Repairing a Trip 35
This Olympus Trip 35 had the dreaded stuck aperture blades - the shutter was firing, but the aperture blades in front of the shutter were stuck closed down to their smallest opening. Luckily, I have taught myself how to delve into the camera far enough to pull out the aperture assembly and clean it (shown in lower right corner). And then most importantly, put it all back together so I have a functioning camera still, as opposed to repair attempt where the camera ends up in the garbage! The use of an ice cube tray to keep parts organized in the order removed was the best trick I learned some years back - it's the only way I can keep track of all the tiny parts. Note the Trip 35 is very similar internally to the Olympus-Pen EES-2 I posted repair photos of recently.
Repairing a Trip 35
This Olympus Trip 35 had the dreaded stuck aperture blades - the shutter was firing, but the aperture blades in front of the shutter were stuck closed down to their smallest opening. Luckily, I have taught myself how to delve into the camera far enough to pull out the aperture assembly and clean it (shown in lower right corner). And then most importantly, put it all back together so I have a functioning camera still, as opposed to repair attempt where the camera ends up in the garbage! The use of an ice cube tray to keep parts organized in the order removed was the best trick I learned some years back - it's the only way I can keep track of all the tiny parts. Note the Trip 35 is very similar internally to the Olympus-Pen EES-2 I posted repair photos of recently.