I always felt the OM-F, 77 and 88 were a half hearted attempt to have some
kind of AF SLr out there with the Olympus name on it. The OM-F (for one)
had focus assist, but it was only as accurate as the person setting the
focus system it up at the factory (or the service center).
John
Camtech
Gary Schloss wrote:
> Frank Wijsmuller wrote
>
> >BTW, could the short live of the OM-F and its rivals be explained by
> >the big succes of Minolta's 'real' AF system? Has anyone worked the
> >timetable out?
>
> Here's what I have (the source is Rudolph Lea's excellent "The Register
> of 35mm SLR's", 2-nd ed., Wittig Books 1993, ISBN 3-88984-130-9):
>
> 1981 - Pentax ME-F
> 1982 - Canon AL-1 QL
> 1983 - Olympus OM-F and Nikon F-3 AF
> 1985 - Canon T-80
> 1985 - Minolta Maxxum 7000, the first real AF
>
> Cheers,
>
> /Gary.
>
> /Gary Schloss.
> Studio City, CA
> schloss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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