For Sale Olympus multi af camera/bell howell "spy camera"

[ann]

This is dropped off with other cameras. It needs a battery, altho, we did test it with a borrowed one to be sure it was working. It is very clean and would make a nice point/shoot for a young person, or for someone who doesn't want to carry around some heavy. It also comes with a nice little carrying pouch. $10 plus shipping

the bell and howell i am clueless about. It is the strangest little thing I have ever seen, it is a half frame 35mm , but other than that....... Propably a collector's item as i am not even sure it works.
make offer (not looking for big bucks :confused Just hate to just throw it away.

 

[Paul Sorensen]

Interesting camera. It is a Canon Dial 35 with Bell and Howell branding for the US. Here is a user manual. You might be able to test it out, it does take a Mercury battery. The big handle is to wind a spring motor drive.

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[ann]

Interesting, I had figured out the handle. It even has a molded hard case. I will bookmark the manual just in case someone needs it.

 

[rjbuzzclick]

I have two Dial 35's. If you pull out the black knob, it will let you adjust the f-stops manually, even without a battery or if the meter is dead. Pushed in, it's shutter priority. The big problem with these seem to be that the wind-up spring motor gets gummed up from dis-use (that, and the light seals get gummy). The motor come out relatively easy and mine at least cleaned up well with naphtha.

 

[dehk]

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[TheFlyingCamera]

For anyone interested, the Oly is a really nice P&S - I remember selling those back in the day when I worked at the camera store, and they produced some really good pics (for a point-n-shoot).

 

[ann]

Half frame camera is no longer available. Thanks to all for the tips about it's use. I must say, I was amazed at the interest it gathered.