amazing info, simply amazing.
but...
HEY, AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO BE SLEEPING???!!
:-D
----- Original Message -----
From: "khen lim" <castanet.xiosnetworks@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 3:10 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Next E-x?
>
> OK this will have to be my last post...it's 5:04am and I'm supposed to be
> working tomorrow...horrors of horrors....and I know someone "out there"
> will
> be breathing down my neck with "aren't you supposed to be in bed?!!?"
> hahahaha...
>
> The OM-4Ti was selected by NASA over some of the most formidable opponents
> we have had to face. Here's the roundup of rivals we were competing
> with - -
> - Leica R4s, Hasselblad 500EL/M, Nikon F3hpT, Nikon F4s, Canon F1n and one
> or two others I cannot remember now for the life of me. NASA PURCHASED
> these
> off the retail shelves! They did not come to us to supply because they did
> not want us to "modify" the OM-4Ti (or OM-3Ti) to impress them. All
> cameras
> went through the wringer, spun and dried, so to speak, and expect no bolts
> sheared, no screws loose and everything in tact. In fact I can make you
> feel
> real proud by telling you that never in the history of NASA space
> expeditions has there been a camera that required no modification other
> than
> the replacement of the leatherette with silver tape. And that camera was
> the
> Olympus OM-4Ti. Other cameras had to be SERIOUSLY MODIFIED.
> Now let's go out and have a beer. I'm gonna sleep. So have one on me. :)
>
> K.
>
>
> On 30/08/06, ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Ah, the 330! A paradigm shifter indeed! For those who want a quick
>> reminder/overview:
>>
>> http://www.camerapedia.org/wiki/Olympus_Infinity_SuperZoom_330
>>
>> Too bad the market is so resistant to change. The advent of digicams
>> *could* have ushered in a completely new way of looking at the design
>> of the picture making machines, but . . . ah, well.
>>
>> Apparently an OM4Ti went up with one of the shuttles that crashed; I
>> had no idea.
>>
>> ScottGee1
>>
>>
>> On 8/29/06, khen lim <castanet.xiosnetworks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> > Thanks AG and Johann
>> >
>> > I will do my best for all of you. I'm trying to bring back parts of my
>> life
>> > that have all too often been buried for all too long a time. I was for
>> most
>> > parts with Olympus all the way to the OM-4Ti and also the V-1000
>> > Vectis,
>> > which incidentally was the first commercially saleable digital camera,
>> > running on floppy diskettes. And yes, yes, yes, it was an Olympus. You
>> can
>> > still buy spare parts for the V-1000 today!
>> > I was involved in some development projects that were then NDA-covered
>> but
>> > they're pretty much open now. The AZ-330 SuperZoom was a favourite of
>> mine
>> > for two reasons. Firstly it changed the course of camera design and
>> > only
>> > now, others are catching up. That's some twenty years later! Secondly
>> I'm
>> > proud that the built-in dioptric control was the first in the world and
>> I
>> > was the guy behind it but it came by accident!
>> > The most heartbreaking time I had at Olympus was watching the Space
>> Shuttle
>> > explode in mid-air, perishing all within and the OM-4Ti. We had toiled
>> on
>> > the OM-4Ti but that's another story....
>>
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