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I finally put a couple rolls through this where I feel like I am ready to talk about it. I went on a hunt to try and find the smallest, most pocketable 35mm fully mechanical rangefinder that I could. It seemed like that path took me right to this Olympus 35 RC. Olympus has a few other rangefinders in their 35 range but this is in fact the smallest.

I was worried about the actual functionality since it was so small but it is really enjoyable to use. The winding level feels incredible and is recessed into the body, it has an OFF position on the Aperture ring so that you don't accidentally take photos, the view finder is nice and bright and the patch is easily visible. It goes up to 1/500th a second and all the way down to Bulb which is actually kind of insane to me on something this small. It has an E. Zuiko 42mm f2.8 which is also suprisingly sharp but has this sort of vintage charm to it since its single coated.

The only thing I don't love about it is the frame lines in the viewfinder arent exact but once you put a roll or 3 through it you figure out the real framing of things.

This is now my favorite EDC camera and I have it with me constantly. It is also the first camera I have enjoyed shooting ultramax through.

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I finally put a couple rolls through this where I feel like I am ready to talk about it. I went on a hunt to try and find the smallest, most pocketable 35mm fully mechanical rangefinder that I could. It seemed like that path took me right to this Olympus 35 RC. Olympus has a few other rangefinders in their 35 range but this is in fact the smallest.

I was worried about the actual functionality since it was so small but it is really enjoyable to use. The winding level feels incredible and is recessed into the body, it has an OFF position on the Aperture ring so that you don't accidentally take photos, the view finder is nice and bright and the patch is easily visible. It goes up to 1/500th a second and all the way down to Bulb which is actually kind of insane to me on something this small. It has an E. Zuiko 42mm f2.8 which is also suprisingly sharp but has this sort of vintage charm to it since its single coated.

The only thing I don't love about it is the frame lines in the viewfinder arent exact but once you put a roll or 3 through it you figure out the real framing of things.

This is now my favorite EDC camera and I have it with me constantly. It is also the first camera I have enjoyed shooting ultramax through.

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I finally put a couple rolls through this where I feel like I am ready to talk about it. I went on a hunt to try and find the smallest, most pocketable 35mm fully mechanical rangefinder that I could. It seemed like that path took me right to this Olympus 35 RC. Olympus has a few other rangefinders in their 35 range but this is in fact the smallest.

I was worried about the actual functionality since it was so small but it is really enjoyable to use. The winding level feels incredible and is recessed into the body, it has an OFF position on the Aperture ring so that you don't accidentally take photos, the view finder is nice and bright and the patch is easily visible. It goes up to 1/500th a second and all the way down to Bulb which is actually kind of insane to me on something this small. It has an E. Zuiko 42mm f2.8 which is also suprisingly sharp but has this sort of vintage charm to it since its single coated.

The only thing I don't love about it is the frame lines in the viewfinder arent exact but once you put a roll or 3 through it you figure out the real framing of things.

This is now my favorite EDC camera and I have it with me constantly. It is also the first camera I have enjoyed shooting ultramax through.

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