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Re: [OM] Camera Craftsman article on the OM-1

Subject: Re: [OM] Camera Craftsman article on the OM-1
From: Ken Norton <image66@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 13:31:08 -0600
>"Before starting this report, we had thought of the OM-1 as a natural second
>camera - a camera that one could carry conveniently, always ready for that
>unexpected picture. But the OM-1 deserves more than that; it's also a worthy
>first, or only, camera. With its array of accessories, its full-frame 35mm
>format, and its sturdy design, the OM-1 offers a formidable challenge to
>bulkier 35mm systems. That's quite an impressive feat for such a tiny
>camera."
>
>Yeah. Shame the world didn't see it that way.

Actually, it did.  It was Olympus that eventually lost the vision.  Pentax,
Minolta and Nikon all downsized dramatically through the years following
the introduction of the OM-1.

Olympus' motto should be "We see the enemy and they is us."   (slightly
misquoted?)

Ken

Kenneth E. Norton
Image66 Photography

image66@xxxxxxx
(515) 791-2306

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