Olympus Trip 35
Olympus Trip 35, Retro Rangefinder Recipe
Classic Negative film recipe inspired by prints from an Olympus Trip 35 camera
Inspiration for my film recipes comes from all sorts of places, but I particularly enjoy looking at photos taken with 35mm film cameras and seeing the results. One of our regular film recipe challenge contibutors, David Forsdike, recently shared a set of images he took on an old Olympus Trip 35 camera.
I’ve always liked this little camera, with is compact form and simple classic form factor in a rangefinder stlye.
In many ways it’s ideal, with easy controls that just let you take photos without the pressure of too many settings and functions.
David took his Olympus Trip out for a photo session, capturing, developing and sharing the images he took. Here’s a few to give you the idea …
These lovely images were taken in and around Narbonne in France, and David used Fujifilm 200 film in bright and sunny Springtime conditions.
In order to build a film recipe, I started to try and match certain characteristics of the images. Within the gallery there was quite a bit of variation, so I first decided to work from the ones (like those above), with a red shift and magenta cast to the blues.
With a Fujifillm film stock, I picked Classic Negative as the film simulation, and then explored colour balance and shift settings to get the main feel of the colour tone. The other main element was heavy grain, which I also added with a strong, large setting. With these main elements and tweaks to try and bring a little of the softness and nostalgia to the images too, I settled on the below film recipe.
It’s not a perfect match, but within the range of settings we have on our cameras, I feel it has captured the spirit of these nostalgic images and the analog feel of shooting in the 60s and 70s with rangefinders on basic 35mm film.
Olympus Trip 35 Film Recipe Settings
| Film Simulation | Classic Negative |
| Grain Effect | Strong, Large |
| Col. Chr. Effect | Weak |
| Col. Chr. Blue | Weak |
| White Balance | Daylight, +6 Red, +2 Blue |
| Dynamic Range | DR200 |
| Highlights | ‑2 |
| Shadows | 1 |
| Colour | 2 |
| Sharpness | ‑4 |
| ISO N.R. | ‑4 |
| Clarity | 2 |
| EV Comp. | +1/3 |
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