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Re: [OM] Why Oly is in a hole / screens & 280 flash

Subject: Re: [OM] Why Oly is in a hole / screens & 280 flash
From: "John Austin" <j_austin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 10:10:49 -0700
Shawn Wright wrote:
>To me, the F280 is an early example of technology which Olympus could have
>lead the market with, had they not abandoned further development of the OM
>system. If they could come up TTL/OTF metering in 1975, just imagine what
they >could do today.

If I'm not mistaken, I believe it was Minolta who invented and holds the
patent on TTL/OTF flash. I think Olympus licensed the technology from them
and was the first manufacturer to actually use it in a production camera
that was sold to the public.

Regards,
John Austin


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