I recently acquired a vintage Olympus C-5050 for a modest £14, slightly lower than the going rate, and just 2% of the original RRP, after inflation. Considering its age and specs it's well beyond any reasonable BBE date, and some functionality has been lost along the way. Disarmingly, it looks like it was designed by a drunk.
Small but weighty, built around a magnesium alloy frame, with, for the time, a bright f1.8 lens that drinks in the light. Which is useful, as even at base ISO 64 there is some noise rippling around, and the range only goes to 400, which is a rather sketchy. It feels good in the hand and I like the way it sits around waiting to go out and look for pictures for the simple pleasure of it. So, this decades old machine, like some rescued old mutt, gets to go for walks again of a summer evening, (at least until some weary component fail brings about final darkness), if only for a lingering look upon the little world of the local neighbourhood.
