Buying 7 Olympus MJUs For The Price Of 1
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Whether you're just getting started in film photography or been shooting analogue for a while, the Olympus MJU is a great 35mm film point and shoot camera. I didn't fancy paying full price for one so hit up eBay spares and repairs to see if I could get my hands on some cheap film cameras. I was surprised.
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So today I found out Jack from Carthrottle has an analog photography channel, thus combining two of my biggest interests! I love it
So that's who it is!
And what a channel it is too!
Just got a video recommended to me and thought it might have been him! Thanks for the confirmation.
I found the video and while watching it I asked myself „why have i not found this before?“ then i realised this is your first video! Would not have guessed that from the quality of it!! Please give us more :D Thanks for the great video :)
I had a mju that cooked itself and the film wouldn't proceed or rewind. Tried everything i could to fix it, left it in a drawer eventually. I pick it up today, throw a battery in and hit rewind and what do you know, the motor started working again! Absolute lifesaver
i ADORE your commentary style and raw british humor keep it up!
Fun fact, I asked for people to give me broken cameras and so far I have come into ownership of a Nikon FE, a Sears KS1000, a Mamiya 1000 TL, and a Yashica Lynx 1000. The Yashica actually worked, the others just needed batteries. The FE had a mirror stuck in the up position that dropped as soon as I set it to M90 (Manual 1/90 second) on the speed wheel. After feeding it a set of batteries it runs in all speeds. The Mamiya needed batteries and a little lube on the escapement, poof, good as new. The Sears (a rebranded Ricoh XR-6) was a pair of batteries. All the cameras needed a quick cleaning and some light seals, but that was expected with 60+ year old cameras.
"The wheel was spinning but the hamster was dead." This is a perfect sentence to explain so many problems in a simple way. I love it and I will use it myself in the future, with your permission. 🙂
Great video. I'm glad you managed to salvage a lot of these cool mjus. I too have had luck on eBay with some digicams that were sold "Untested / Spares or repair" and the only thing they needed to work was a good battery. Cheers, and all the best for your channel! //Rick
Hey Jack! Wasn't expecting to find you here! How long have you been shooting film for? Welcome to the film community 📸
i saw this vid a few days ago and just picked up a mju for around $10. the seller states that the film wouldnt rewind so I did the same thing you did, and now its fixed.
for all you inspired like I was by this video, I bought two cameras listed as not working.. and surprise surprise, I couldn't get them to work. someone before has stripped some screws and some of them were just loose and plastic was broken. use me as a lesson and buy a proper working camera
Are you by any chance Jack from Car Throttle or am I seeing things?
Is this that guy from car throttle?
Subbed immediately. Didn't know I wanted this, but I absolutely do.
I had clocked your film camera in a few CT vids, it made me happy.
How the bloody hell is this your first full length video? You are an absolute natural and I chuckled several times and I never do that at photography videos. Do more. Dammit.
That was some great content. Sellers usually refuse to even try to turn the thing on.
actually funny youtube channel? i'll have some of that, subscribed
This is an amazing video duuudeeee !!! I loved it 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 cannot wait to see more!!
Thanks man, I appreciate it!
So happy to hear you know how to pronounce "mju"! I've seen a fair few similar videos and I wince every time I hear it called "mee-joo" 😬
great video. got me to subscribe.
Oh you beauty! My Olympus XA has been dead for years. Press shutter, nothing. Which pained me greatly because it's a stupid lovely little rangefinder thing. Watched your video, tried the open the back/fire the shutter thing... and YES! It only bloody works.
At this point i am going to tell this to a friend of mine who also have an old olympus which doesn't work
Hello!
Probably nobody is going to see the comment, but as a first filmcamera now, would you recommend this or the Kodak H35? Can’t decide if a new or old is better choice and which one is better quality! - would thank a lot for an answer:)
Liked the video a lot!
Interesting video, but it's pretty obvious, you try to be a 2nd grainy days guy for sure. 🙂 Especially, since you're new with that channel...no offense.
Ok, i've binge watched every video today. Need some more now please.
Mine is firing, winding back and forth, but when I turn it on it always shows the E.. help.
Pretty sure I just bought one of the ones you couldn’t fix for $38 shipped. FML 🤣
Very entertaining video, I hope you keep posting videos like this one!!
Haha--well played, sir. Great to see those MJUs back on the job!
Sick man! Do some more videos like this :) the Ricoh GR1 will be a big challenge as the LCD screens are super hard to repair (if you’re up for the challenge)
Love it, new sub, cheers
Excellent video, just inspired me to see if I can try to fix my mju. Well done
Thoroughly enjoyable watch. Easy subscribe.
almost died from a little bastard like that. spark was big enough that my neighbors thought I shot myself. it was fun, gonna do it again soon
what film did you use for the shot of the train station at 4:12? absolutely love the way it looks
Buying untested garbage is the best. It's just like shooting film. Ebay was made for the game of "is it going to come out right or did I waste a bunch of money"
When you love both cars and photography. And you come across none other than Jack from Car Throttle. Nice !
finally i got some fun film photography video..
this is cool but also funny, i'll be your 49th subscriber
You’ve got the funniest personality out of all the film photography channels I’ve found in my 2 days on this part of RUclips, I hope you find more time to upload stuff like this
Nic work mate, great story-telling and cool shots. Youve got my sub
I like Mju a lot, and used to have one from my mom, but it got broken.
Mjus are super overrated and more importantly severely overpriced.
Nice video! Regards from Chile!😁
mate this was ridiculously entertaining, you’ve earned a sub!
I wasn't aware that Jack of Car Throttle is an analog camera nerd. That's cool brother
This was a lot of fun to watch. I'm really lucky, I got one of the, "not sure if it works or not" ebay specials a few years ago and it's been perfect ever since. Wild what can happen when you put a battery in a camera.
YT recommended me. Subbed to see what else is in store.
Price of Olympus stylus for parts after this vid 📈📈📈
Great video, Thank you!:)
I just did your recommendation of pressing the shutter button with the back open and my broken mju finally took a picture! then it stopped after that :(
But why is the reason to shoot film with the backdoor open? 😅😅
Great vid Jack, cars and now cameras is cool to see.
Gotta keep them flaps tight bruv
Make more videos, please. I love film cam content
epic video!
I love your stupid videos and humour.
First video and its a banger! I'm subbed and ready for more dude!
What do I do if there's water in the lens?
Cinematography is on point!
This is great! Another channel about photography I can watch rather than getting out there and shooting. Keep it coming.
great vid, subbed
What a fantastic video repair or highlighting how these cameras can live beyond their years expected is great
Say Jack, how do you know the flash wants you dead..?
Call it intuition
truly amazing video man
Neat first video mate, welcome to the platform!
Cool stuff. Subbed
Great video
Haag Junction
this is CONTENT !!
Very Nice video! Enjoyed every second!
Love this video 😆 excited to see more film stuff from you !
Mixed feelings about finding your channel today. Really enjoy your videos but "accidentally" bought a spares and repair Mju off Fleabay 😁 Might have to tap you up for some spares 😉
Hi i bought one of these and all looks and works fine except the film advance it makes a weird sound when advance for the next photo i mean it advances but with a strange sound i think in a rewind spool , i have two mju one sound great the others not (but works great) what can i do? It sound like a repetitive click sound
fab!
i have a problem with my mju 1 it keeps taking pictures when i turn it on what's the problem with that?
Fantastic. But you saying you dont know what youre doing is a bit ridiculous. You clearly do
I had one of these in the 90s, in the US they were the Stylus Epic. I did a series called Point and Shoot Milan with Tri-X
well done ✨
Nice video man! Didn't know you were into cameras AND cars lol
I bought a £400 mju ii ltd from ebay, I took it to japan for a holiday. I came home and found all my photos were blurry. It turned out that the lens board was joe mangel'd. I tried to sell it on on ebay but my morals kicked in and i removed the listing. I found a guy called Bo in Taiwan who fixes these mju's and I sent it to him. He had the craziest address I ever saw and I had to write it in chinese symbols. The total bill will be like £100 - £120 I think, so the camera has cost me like £520 + one trip of a lifetime and £200 of film and £200 dev costs, really cool when you stop and think about it.
I would like leonardo to play me in the movie remake.
Awesome video, really making me consider pulling apart a camera I have laying around whose shutter won't fire.
Awesome video man. Type of stuff I’d like to do. I opened up my mju because it wouldn’t rewind and unfortunately the rewind gears were stripped. Getting in them isn’t to hard imo, after that it’s nebulous tho.
are you the carthrottle fella or do you have the worlds best doppelganger?
That is a great little camera. Put loads of tri x and kodachrome 25 through a few. Sold about 200 of em a month in the day.
Bro, awesome channel, somehow fresher and a lot more fun than so many already out there doing it longer. Keep it up, man! Appreciate the time and energy you put into these!
Or find one at the thrift store for Mega cheap happening last week
we're not worthy of a new channel. thanks. keep it up.
You literally found gold
tg--od video i say
Nice deals
great video
Nice one!
Just found your channel, and together with Attic Darkroom and Grainydays, this makes the holy trinity of film community. The clown pictures made me fall to the ground. Seriously this man is no joke.
Curious to know how much time you spent repairing these and what tools you picked up to dismantle and reassemble them! Great vid
Didn't take too long, after a while I got faster at taking them apart. Only bought a standard precision screw driver set 👍
Stop and think about this. If he can without any particular knowledge of camera repair restore to operation most of these "dead" Mju units, just how much of a piece of crap they are. The fact that someone hypes them up on YT doesn't make them less so. So, sell them to the fools who want them, probably just as hipster jewelry, and buy something decent to actually use.