On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, Gary Edwards wrote:
|Master Maitani had the ultimate OM completed in his mind, but Olympus chose
|not to build it? I don't think that I'm better off knowing that. <tears>
I hope he at least wrote out the specs in case more adventurous minds
at Olympus prevail later on.
|"N.Maekawa" wrote:
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|> I have just bought and read December issue of Japanese photography
|> magazine "Asahi Camera". It has special articles on OM-4Ti.
|>
|> One article is interview to Mr.Maitani.
|> In the last Q&A he refers to next OM though it ended in only a dream of
|> him.
|>
|> It is vague Japanese and it is hard for me to translate it clearly, but
|> I would like to do my best.
|>
|> Translation;
|> Editor: Users are worrying about the future of OM, about their
|> continuation. It might be only a rumor, but I heard that OM-5 really
|> existed.
|> Maitani:It is not "5". Much greater... like integration of everything
|> following OM-1. It had completed in my mind. People tend to be
|> interested in each single functions. So I wanted to say, there is a
|> camera like this after all such discussion. But it was my big dream and
|> it was not realized.
|> -end of translation
|>
|> Mr.Maitani was a chief engineer of OM development. He is executive
|> advisor of Olympus now.
|>
|> N.Maekawa
|> Japan
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