Buying 7 Olympus MJUs For The Price Of 1

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  • čas přidán 11. 02. 2023
  • 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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  • @jadenkorr979
    @jadenkorr979 Před rokem +73

    So today I found out Jack from Carthrottle has an analog photography channel, thus combining two of my biggest interests! I love it

    • @ej_tech
      @ej_tech Před 4 měsíci

      So that's who it is!

    • @rollingtroll
      @rollingtroll Před 2 měsíci

      And what a channel it is too!

  • @martographie
    @martographie Před rokem +76

    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 :)

  • @olliecatmax
    @olliecatmax Před 2 dny +1

    i ADORE your commentary style and raw british humor keep it up!

  • @chimingw
    @chimingw Před rokem +25

    Just discovered this channel from recommendations, and I just have to say the quality is as good as some of the photography channels with hundreds of thousands more subscribers. Good luck on your youtube journey!

    • @ichheissedamian
      @ichheissedamian Před 10 měsíci

      Well he has a lot of youtube experience as a car youtuber

  • @NunoAlmeidaPhotography
    @NunoAlmeidaPhotography Před rokem +7

    Hey Jack! Wasn't expecting to find you here! How long have you been shooting film for? Welcome to the film community 📸

  • @Riccardo_Mori
    @Riccardo_Mori Před rokem +9

    "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

  • @marcisroaming
    @marcisroaming Před rokem +3

    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.

  • @MilledSteel
    @MilledSteel Před rokem +8

    That was some great content. Sellers usually refuse to even try to turn the thing on.

  • @owensteven_
    @owensteven_ Před rokem +1

    Love this video 😆 excited to see more film stuff from you !

  • @dankspangle
    @dankspangle Před 4 měsíci +2

    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.

    • @thebloo12
      @thebloo12 Před 4 měsíci

      At this point i am going to tell this to a friend of mine who also have an old olympus which doesn't work

  • @thatoneasiankid8734
    @thatoneasiankid8734 Před rokem +1

    First video and its a banger! I'm subbed and ready for more dude!

  • @KiINGKaNG
    @KiINGKaNG Před rokem +3

    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.

  • @film.fiasco
    @film.fiasco Před rokem +1

    truly amazing video man

  • @presto2190
    @presto2190 Před rokem +2

    Great vid Jack, cars and now cameras is cool to see.

  • @analoguebodies
    @analoguebodies Před rokem +1

    Neat first video mate, welcome to the platform!

  • @christopherhocker
    @christopherhocker Před 10 měsíci

    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!

  • @FocalMatter
    @FocalMatter Před rokem +5

    This is an amazing video duuudeeee !!! I loved it 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 cannot wait to see more!!

  • @quinnaitkenhead
    @quinnaitkenhead Před rokem +1

    mate this was ridiculously entertaining, you’ve earned a sub!

  • @oscardahl5877
    @oscardahl5877 Před rokem +2

    Very entertaining video, I hope you keep posting videos like this one!!

  • @nikomenicou7304
    @nikomenicou7304 Před rokem +1

    What a fantastic video repair or highlighting how these cameras can live beyond their years expected is great

  • @ColinBloodworth
    @ColinBloodworth Před rokem +11

    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.

  • @oliverdking
    @oliverdking Před rokem +1

    Nic work mate, great story-telling and cool shots. Youve got my sub

  • @pimpal
    @pimpal Před rokem +1

    This is great! Another channel about photography I can watch rather than getting out there and shooting. Keep it coming.

  • @robiulahmed
    @robiulahmed Před rokem +4

    Is this that guy from car throttle?

  • @MegaTroubleII
    @MegaTroubleII Před 9 měsíci

    You’ve got the funniest personality out of all the film photography channels I’ve found in my 2 days on this part of CZcams, I hope you find more time to upload stuff like this

  • @joranvancoillie8133
    @joranvancoillie8133 Před rokem +2

    Cinematography is on point!

  • @evo271
    @evo271 Před rokem +1

    When you love both cars and photography. And you come across none other than Jack from Car Throttle. Nice !

  • @UlyssesGrantParm
    @UlyssesGrantParm Před rokem +2

    Haha--well played, sir. Great to see those MJUs back on the job!

  • @JanMaxwell_Photography
    @JanMaxwell_Photography Před rokem +1

    Very Nice video! Enjoyed every second!

  • @kevinnottim
    @kevinnottim Před rokem +1

    Thoroughly enjoyable watch. Easy subscribe.

  • @GavinLowndes
    @GavinLowndes Před rokem +2

    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)

  • @dominguesgm
    @dominguesgm Před rokem

    Awesome video, really making me consider pulling apart a camera I have laying around whose shutter won't fire.

  • @sumitkolisetty982
    @sumitkolisetty982 Před rokem +1

    finally i got some fun film photography video..

  • @Aeolous1
    @Aeolous1 Před 3 měsíci +1

    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.

  • @josh8494
    @josh8494 Před 3 měsíci

    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.

  • @computationalerror69
    @computationalerror69 Před rokem +1

    well done ✨

  • @antnguyen
    @antnguyen Před rokem +1

    YT recommended me. Subbed to see what else is in store.

  • @mikedudeyo4320
    @mikedudeyo4320 Před rokem +2

    epic video!

  • @buki1375
    @buki1375 Před rokem +1

    great vid, subbed

  • @zombiedude6699
    @zombiedude6699 Před rokem +1

    Make more videos, please. I love film cam content

  • @csmimaging
    @csmimaging Před rokem

    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.

  • @zblsk
    @zblsk Před rokem +1

    Great video, Thank you!:)

  • @sptrasmasa
    @sptrasmasa Před rokem +1

    this is cool but also funny, i'll be your 49th subscriber

  • @iturtlehd
    @iturtlehd Před rokem +1

    Great video

  • @louishat
    @louishat Před 10 měsíci +1

    I wasn't aware that Jack of Car Throttle is an analog camera nerd. That's cool brother

  • @mattallengroupatREAL
    @mattallengroupatREAL Před rokem

    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

  • @sebvz89
    @sebvz89 Před rokem +1

    Nice video! Regards from Chile!😁

  • @carlosoruna7174
    @carlosoruna7174 Před rokem

    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.

  • @whosjozikolnik
    @whosjozikolnik Před rokem +2

    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

  • @eyeofalchemy
    @eyeofalchemy Před rokem

    Nice video man! Didn't know you were into cameras AND cars lol

  • @RossJukesPhotography
    @RossJukesPhotography Před rokem +1

    Love it, new sub, cheers

  • @highpeaklight
    @highpeaklight Před měsícem

    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" 😬

  • @davidbcg286
    @davidbcg286 Před 22 hodinami

    Cool stuff. Subbed

  • @NintendoPlayBox360
    @NintendoPlayBox360 Před rokem +2

    Are you by any chance Jack from Car Throttle or am I seeing things?

  • @ThePhotoDept
    @ThePhotoDept Před 5 měsíci

    great video. got me to subscribe.

  • @chrisdunderdale
    @chrisdunderdale Před rokem

    Nice one!

  • @tittfestx3
    @tittfestx3 Před rokem

    great video

  • @pseudonoises
    @pseudonoises Před 4 měsíci

    what film did you use for the shot of the train station at 4:12? absolutely love the way it looks

  • @weaverflytyer
    @weaverflytyer Před rokem +1

    actually funny youtube channel? i'll have some of that, subscribed

  • @nomnoy2002
    @nomnoy2002 Před 3 měsíci

    I like Mju a lot, and used to have one from my mom, but it got broken.

  • @hudster1969
    @hudster1969 Před 11 měsíci

    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 😉

  • @AnalFarmer
    @AnalFarmer Před 6 měsíci

    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.

  • @DJDiarrhea
    @DJDiarrhea Před rokem +1

    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"

  • @busyboys
    @busyboys Před rokem

    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

  • @Moiguay
    @Moiguay Před rokem +1

    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.

  • @gabgallant
    @gabgallant Před rokem +1

    Price of Olympus stylus for parts after this vid 📈📈📈

  • @alextx1738
    @alextx1738 Před rokem +1

    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 :(

    • @busyboys
      @busyboys Před rokem

      But why is the reason to shoot film with the backdoor open? 😅😅

  • @bboiko
    @bboiko Před rokem

    Nice deals

  • @hiliax
    @hiliax Před 11 měsíci

    i have a problem with my mju 1 it keeps taking pictures when i turn it on what's the problem with that?

  • @wulfboy_95
    @wulfboy_95 Před 7 měsíci

    What do I do if there's water in the lens?

  • @tobiasvandevoort5027
    @tobiasvandevoort5027 Před rokem

    Or find one at the thrift store for Mega cheap happening last week

  • @mariocsee
    @mariocsee Před rokem +1

    Curious to know how much time you spent repairing these and what tools you picked up to dismantle and reassemble them! Great vid

    • @graindead
      @graindead  Před rokem +3

      Didn't take too long, after a while I got faster at taking them apart. Only bought a standard precision screw driver set 👍

  • @fcallo
    @fcallo Před rokem

    You literally found gold

  • @bananasstuff3344
    @bananasstuff3344 Před rokem

    are you the carthrottle fella or do you have the worlds best doppelganger?

  • @joelarriaza1913
    @joelarriaza1913 Před rokem

    we're not worthy of a new channel. thanks. keep it up.

  • @dot_frost
    @dot_frost Před 10 měsíci

    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

  • @jackiechan8840
    @jackiechan8840 Před 4 měsíci

    Gotta keep them flaps tight bruv

  • @jeromebullard6123
    @jeromebullard6123 Před 9 měsíci

    Pretty sure I just bought one of the ones you couldn’t fix for $38 shipped. FML 🤣

  • @marcp.1752
    @marcp.1752 Před rokem

    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.

  • @Campake
    @Campake Před rokem

    tg--od video i say

  • @aramdavid
    @aramdavid Před rokem

    Fantastic. But you saying you dont know what youre doing is a bit ridiculous. You clearly do

  • @nabanitus
    @nabanitus Před 10 měsíci

    I love your stupid videos and humour.

  • @theothertonydutch
    @theothertonydutch Před rokem

    Mjus are super overrated and more importantly severely overpriced.

  • @randallstewart1224
    @randallstewart1224 Před rokem

    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.