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Title: All Olympus Users manuals
Post by: Francois on January 18, 2017, 04:46:28 PM
You just have to LOVE Olympus just for that!
Here is a list of all the instruction books for all their cameras. Almost all of them!
http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/cpg_download_manuals.asp (http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/cpg_download_manuals.asp)
Title: Re: All Olympus Users manuals
Post by: Bryan on January 18, 2017, 05:40:03 PM
They seem to have every camera but mine.  I'm not sure what the DLX designation is but they have a manual for the Stylus Zoom but not the Stylus Zoom DLX with a 35 - 70mm lens.  The only thing I can think of is that the DLX may not have come with the remote control.  I bought mine when it was new and I don't remember it coming with a remote.  That was a few years ago and I may have lost it but I have no memory of it. 

It does say that it will default to ISO 100 for non DX-coded film.  I can use that for shooting expired film, just put some tape over the DX-code. 

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8660/15822606776_d4e1e526a1.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/q7bZK7)Olympus Stylus Zoom DLX (https://flic.kr/p/q7bZK7) by Bryan Chernick (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60348236@N07/), on Flickr

This is the manual that seems to be closest to mine:
http://www.olympusamerica.com/files/oima_cckb/Sty_Zoom.pdf (http://www.olympusamerica.com/files/oima_cckb/Sty_Zoom.pdf)
Title: Re: All Olympus Users manuals
Post by: Francois on January 18, 2017, 08:38:13 PM
I just checked and I should have written "nearly" all cameras.

I can't believe they don't have the manual for the Epic or my Infinity Twin (it's a twin lens Infinity with two different focal lengths in a Stylus like clamshell)
Title: Re: All Olympus Users manuals
Post by: Bryan on January 18, 2017, 10:17:56 PM
how does that work with two lenses?  Do they move into position?
Title: Re: All Olympus Users manuals
Post by: Francois on January 19, 2017, 03:10:03 PM
This is definitely one of the funkier designs I've seen so far.
Inside the film chamber there is a mirror hidden on the top. When you push the switch, it drops down like on an SLR, only with the hinge on the front. Inside there is a periscope that redirects the light to the film.

Very ingenious design. The periscope design was also used on a camera by Kodak.
Title: Re: All Olympus Users manuals
Post by: chris667 on January 22, 2017, 09:18:08 PM
They've even got the manual for my awful OM101!

I might have to have a parting of the ways with it soon. It can do great photos, but it goes through a set of batteries every roll of film, almost.

Really let me down this morning.