I hadn't seen Fabio's mentioned article before (thanks), but from inspecting
the images, I think that it is a mockup. The lens in the Olympus page
appears to have the aperture and focus in the opposite orientation to real
[O]M system lenses, and on the page Fabio mentioned, the focus grip rubber
looks to be handmade, non-standard pattern. But a very attractive concept
nonetheless.
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Piers
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Manuel Viet
Sent: 22 February 2006 12:27
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Subject: [OM] Re: Olympus prototype spotted
Le mercredi 22 Février 2006 12:01, Piers Hemy a écrit :
> I noticed that olympus have launched an on-line museum of their
> cameras accesible via http://www.olympus.co.jp/en/corc/history/
> Browsing the galleries I came across this attractive prototype which
> seems to have been evaluated prior to deciding on the OM-1 design:
> http://www.olympus.co.jp/en/corc/history/camera/image/pop06_mdn.jpg
Rhaaa. I've been drooling over that camera ever since I read the article
mentionned by Fabio, a couple of years ago.
What I'd like to actualy know is wether this prototype is just a mock-up or
is it fully functional ? From the words of Mr Maitani, I'd say it's non
functional, but by the look of it, everything seems in working order. Maybe
they had the same problems Rollei faced with the SL2000 (bad film transport,
and extremely frail shutter).
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Manuel Viet
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