Olympus's fixed-focus 35mm Trip compact — Zuiko 33mm f/4.5, motor wind, switchable panorama mask
The Olympus Trip Panorama was a fully automatic fixed-focus 35mm compact launched in 1991 as an update to the Trip Junior, part of the run of cheap fixed-focus models Olympus sold under the Trip name. Its selling point was a built-in panorama mode at a time when letterbox-format prints were a popular novelty; it launched in Japan at 18,000 yen including case.
The lens is a four-element Zuiko 33mm f/4.5 with fixed focus — there is no autofocus. Film speed is switchable between ISO 100/200 and 400 via a slider on the front, and the camera has a motor wind, an integrated flash and an integral sliding lens cover. Panorama mode raises a mask in front of the film gate and shows a P mark in the viewfinder; it can only be selected before the film is loaded, so a roll is shot entirely in one format or the other.
It suits casual shooters and film beginners after simple snapshots, with the panorama masking offering a fun wide-crop look for landscapes. The f/4.5 lens is slow, so it leans on flash indoors, and the whole-roll panorama commitment is a quirk to plan around rather than a toggle.
As a motor-driven compact it needs battery power to wind, rewind and fire the flash, so confirm the transport runs. Check the panorama mask flips up cleanly in the film chamber, the sliding cover powers the camera on, the flash charges, and the film door and seals are sound. Examples are cheap, so condition matters more than rarity.