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The late '''Maitani Yoshihisa''' (谷村吉久){{japanese name order}} was a famous designer working for [[Olympus]] from the 1950s. He was born in 1933 and passed away July 30th 2009.
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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.geocities.com/maitani_fan/home.html Maitani's fan page]
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* [http://www.maitani-fan.com/ Maitani's fan page]
* Olympus' official [http://www.olympus-global.com/en/corc/history/camera/pen.cfm?ote=1 Pen history], [http://www.olympus-global.com/en/corc/history/camera/capsule.cfm XA history] and [http://www.olympus-global.com/en/corc/history/camera/om.cfm?ote=1 OM history] at Olympus Global [http://www.olympus-global.com]
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* 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]
  
 
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[[Category: Camera designers]]
 
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[[Category: Japanese people]]

Revision as of 11:34, 27 February 2018

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.

Notes

  1. The name is given in the Japanese order, with family name followed by the given name.

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