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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090301131555/http://www.geocities.com/maitani_fan/home.html Maitani's fan page] (archived) | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090301131555/http://www.geocities.com/maitani_fan/home.html Maitani's fan page] (archived) | ||
| + | * [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] | * 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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| 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.
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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 (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
