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| − | The late '''Maitani Yoshihisa''' ( | + | The late '''Maitani Yoshihisa''' (米谷美久){{japanese name order}} 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 [[Olympus Pen|Pen]] model, the [[Olympus Pen F|Pen F]] half frame SLR, the [[Olympus OM system|OM]] 35mm SLR system and the [[Olympus XA|XA]] ultra compact 35mm camera. | He designed the original half frame [[Olympus Pen|Pen]] model, the [[Olympus Pen F|Pen F]] half frame SLR, the [[Olympus OM system|OM]] 35mm SLR system and the [[Olympus XA|XA]] ultra compact 35mm camera. | ||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
| − | * [ | + | * [http://www.maitani-fan.com/ Maitani's fan page] |
| − | + | * Olympus' official [https://web.archive.org/web/20120221041144/http://www.olympus-global.com/en/corc/history/camera/pen/ Pen history] (archived), [https://web.archive.org/web/20120213001817/http://www.olympus-global.com/en/corc/history/camera/capsule/ XA history] (archived) and [https://web.archive.org/web/20120320013633/http://www.olympus-global.com/en/corc/history/camera/om OM history] (archived) at [http://www.olympus-global.com Olympus Global] | |
[[Category: Camera designers]] | [[Category: Camera designers]] | ||
[[Category: Japanese people]] | [[Category: Japanese people]] | ||
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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.
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| OM-1 by Howard Somerville (Image rights) | XA by Martin Taylor (Image rights) | PEN F by Vagn Sloth-Madsen (Image rights) |
Notes
- ↑ The name is given in the Japanese order, with family name followed by the given name.
Links
- Maitani's fan page
- Olympus' official Pen history (archived), XA history (archived) and OM history (archived) at Olympus Global
