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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. | 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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||OM-1 <small>by {{image author|Howard Somerville}}</small> {{with permission}} | ||OM-1 <small>by {{image author|Howard Somerville}}</small> {{with permission}} | ||
||XA <small>by {{image author|Martin Taylor}}</small> {{with permission}} | ||XA <small>by {{image author|Martin Taylor}}</small> {{with permission}} | ||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
− | * [http://www. | + | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090301131555/http://www.geocities.com/maitani_fan/home.html Maitani's fan page] (archived) |
− | * Olympus' official [http://www.olympus-global.com/en/corc/history/camera/pen | + | * [https://www.flickr.com/photos/camerawiki/52821742101/in/pool-camerawiki/ Olympus advertising highlighting Maitani design] begun c.1980 (''Popular Photography'' Vol. 86, No. 1; page 31) |
+ | * 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]] |
Latest revision as of 13:57, 24 April 2023
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 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 (archived)
- Olympus advertising highlighting Maitani design begun c.1980 (Popular Photography Vol. 86, No. 1; page 31)
- Olympus' official Pen history (archived), XA history (archived) and OM history (archived) at Olympus Global