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Revision as of 14:26, 14 February 2015
Maitani Yoshihisa image by Romuald Swieconek (Image rights) |
The late Maitani Yoshihisa (米谷美久)[1] was a famous designer working for Olympus from the 1950s. He was born in 1933 and passed away July 30th 2009.
He designed the original half frame Pen model, the Pen F half frame SLR, the OM 35mm SLR system and the XA ultra compact 35mm camera.
OM-1 by Howard Somerville (Image rights) | XA by Martin Taylor (Image rights) | PEN F by Anderson Colla (Image rights) |
Notes
- ↑ The name is given in the Japanese order, with family name followed by the given name.
Links
- Maitani's fan page via The Internet Wayback Machine Archive.org
- Olympus' official Pen history, XA history and OM history at Olympus Global [1]