I found an Olympus PEN EES camera from 1981. How much should I sell it for? I'm not sure if this is valuable.

I don't know anything about cameras, but there were no batteries in it, but its looks like its brand new.. the lens is a little foggy though.

Actually the EES is a lot older than 1981. It was made from 1962-66.

I bought one in Viet Nam in 1967. Used it until the jungle literally destroyed it, then bought myself a 35mm Pentax.

Those little Pens were great. they used 35mm film, but shot half frames. So you could get either 48 or 72 frames from a single roll of film. i shot mostly slides with mine. Still have hundreds of 1/2 frame slides filed away.

Funny thing is a friend of mine (whose father died recently) told me he had a camera that had belonged to his dad, and asked if I'd like to have it (since both his dad and I served in Viet Nam).

i said sure. Boy! Was I surprised when he brought it over! It was an absolutlely mint condition Olympus Pen EES, in its original leather case, and not a scratch or flaw anywhere except for a tiny spot of rust on the back of the case.
It now occupied an honored place in my shelf full of old cameras.

I doubt that they're worth much. I don't really know much about collectibles. But if you want to play around with it, I bet it'll still work. They used some kind of light sensitive cell as a light meter, and didn't require a battery.

One problem, though ... not many places will know what to do with the 1/2 frame film these days.

As Jim pointed out its a half frame camera from the 60's. To check and see if it still works take it out moderate light (enough light to read by, maybe a little brighter) and rotate the outer dial to a white number. Now look directly into the lens and press the shutter. You dont even need the shutter to fire. You should see the aperture blades move open as you press the shutter button. If the blades dont move then its just something pretty at this point. Now if that works ok set the shutter to fire and press the shutter release. If you hear it click your probably in business. Now its worth about $10 on eBay.

Put a roll of film thru it and see what develops. You may be surprised. http://brettscaife.net/photo/manuals/pen... Heres a manual for an EES

Valuable, not really. Odds are it is not working if the batteries leaked or corroded. You might be able to get $5 for it on eBay. Most people have gone to digital now.

does it work?