Olympus Trip 35
The Olympus Trip 35 is a 35mm compact viewfinder camera introduced in 1967, aimed at travellers and casual users who wanted simple, reliable shooting without batteries. It uses a selenium meter ring around the lens to drive a programmed automatic exposure system, and was sold in chrome, black and limited gold finishes over a production run lasting into the early 1980s.
At UK auction in 2026, hammer prices for the Trip 35 typically sit in the £44–£62 range, with a median around £50 based on recent saleroom results. Because these are wholesale auction figures rather than retail asking prices, clean cosmetic examples with a working selenium cell tend to sell for more than tired bodies, and the rarer black variant is worth a useful premium when it appears. Buyers researching what an Olympus Trip 35 is worth today should expect tidy chrome examples to settle near the middle of that band.
Variants
| Variant | Years | Edition | Sales | Price Range |
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| (black) | — | — | 0 | — |
| (chrome) | — | — | 4 | £44 – £62 |
| (gold) | — | — | 0 | — |
Sales History
Prices shown are UK auction hammer results — the wholesale level achieved in the saleroom. Neither buyer’s nor seller’s commission is included. Dealer and retail asking prices are typically higher.
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| Oct 2024 | £56 | Flints Auctions | (chrome) | |
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Auction: Cameras & Scientific Instruments (Lot 151) Title: An Olympus Trip 35 Compact Camera
Description:
chrome, serial number 5354963, shutter working, camera appears to respond to light, body G-VG, optics G. |
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| Oct 2024 | £42 | Harper Field Auctions | — | |
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Auction: Buying & Selling (Lot 1396) Title: Olympus Trip 35 film camera, serial number 4808736, with lens cap and soft case
Description:
Olympus Trip 35 film camera, serial number 4808736, with lens cap and soft case |
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| Feb 2024 | £62 | Flints Auctions | (chrome) | |
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Auction: Cameras & Scientific Auction (Lot 110) Title: An Olympus Trip 35 35mm Viewfinder Camera
Description:
chrome, body G-VG, shutter working, aperture value changes depending on volume of ambient light, optics VG, with lens cap & case, (Qty: 1) |
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| Feb 2024 | £38 | Harper Field Auctions | — | |
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Auction: Buying & Selling (Lot 645) Title: Olympus Trip 35 35mm film camera, serial number 2905542, with 1:2.8 f=40mm lens
Description:
Olympus Trip 35 35mm film camera, serial number 2905542, with 1:2.8 f=40mm lens |
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| Nov 2023 | £44 | Flints Auctions | (chrome) | |
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Auction: Cameras & Scientific Instruments (Lot 207) Title: An Olympus Trip 35 35mm Compact Viewfinder Camera
Description:
chrome, serial no. 5280621, body G-VG, shutter working, responds to changes in light, optics G-VG, some light haze present, with maker's case, lens (Qty: 1) |
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| Jun 2023 | £44 | Flints Auctions | (chrome) | |
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Auction: Cameras & Scientific Instruments (Lot 171) Title: An Olympus Trip 35 Compact 35mm Camera
Description:
IR 284630, chrome, 1967-84, serial no.4986179, with a D.Zuiko f/2.8 40mm lens, tested as working, body G-VG, lens G, with soft pouch and wrist strap |
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