Since I’m a bit of an Olympus camera fangirl (I have the E-P1 as well as two old Oly SLRs and a Trip-35), Josh bought me this beautiful collectors’ Olympus Ecru for our anniversary. A limited edition from 1991, it was designed as a stylish concept camera for the Japanese market, but it also happens to have a lovely little lens and take quite gorgeous photos. I took it to Barcelona on a test run and already succeeding in scuffing it up a bit :/ but I’m very pleased with the sharp, bright pictures it produced:
You can’t tell, but i’m trying to ape the stupid lobster sculpture in the background
San Antoni food market
Resting my sore festival feet at the hotel
The hotel’s rooftop pool (we stayed at Hotel Soho)
At the festival
It came with a cute Japanese/English manual as well.
I might start collecting limited-edition Olympus cameras; next on my list would be the pretty little leather-bound LT-1 and the startlingly unusual O-Product.
Beautiful and functional, the best kind of collectors’ item, no?
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Great pics! That Lobster's got nothing on you…
Great snaps Katie — that lobster sculpture is so unbelievably garish, isn't it? Still, the rest of Barca more than compensates for it!
That O-Product cam is amazing; might have to check that out myself. Not so sure the husband will like me adding another film camera to the collection, though as a tech journo that's my excuse right there, surely?!
Stupid lobster tsk tsk! No, that's Mariscal's smiley prawn (made originally for the roof of a seafood restaurant, where it made more sense). And I love it! My, you're practically taking the name of the design god of Barcelona in vain. My you'd better be careful or they won't allow you back.
P.S. Nice pics, and I'm intensely jealous of that gorgeous camera, and your trip to my favourite European city. Next time you visit try the Camper hotel.
Stunning pictures. Olympus's are wonderful.
the pictures turned out beautiful, i saw one of those at the flea market once and i didn't think super highly of olympus's at the time…now i think they're awesome, but i missed out, no!?
Great photos, I stayed at Hotel Soho a couple of years ago.
Love the street art and the retro cameras.
I love my Ecru. I just did a video review:
http://youtu.be/nr7k1P4FwfY
I love the pics you’ve taken. I’m burning the first roll that I’ve installed in the video and developing it myself later tonight.
This is my second Ecru, my first one was stolen. The leather strap for both of them was cracking. I plan on DIYing my own. How is your camera strap?
It’s glad to see this camera still alive today. I love your blog.
My Ecru is currently in for repair – after the first roll, every other roll has come out extremely blurry/unfocused :( Not quite sure what went wrong…