OLYMPUS PEN RAPID EE S analoge camera 35 mm half frame

OLYMPUS PEN RAPID EE S
Country :Japan
Year :1962-1966
Type :35 MM HALF FRAME
Format :18 X 24 MM
Serial Number :100490
Lens :ZUIKO 2,8/30
FILM 35 MM

This is an Olympus Pen EE-S, a 35mm half frame camera made by Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. between the years of 1962 and 1966.  As with all cameras from Olympus’s Pen series, these are compact half frame cameras that shoot 18x24mm “half frame” images on normal 35mm film.  The EE series incorporated an exposure meter and automatic exposure, making it one of the first true “point and shoot” amateur cameras.  The EE-S variant upgraded the original EE model with adjustable focus and a faster 3cm f/2.8 lens.  As with all cameras from the Olympus Pen series, these were well built, compact, but simple cameras that offered economy through their half frame sized photos, and great optics with their quality D.Zuko lenses.