Yoshihisa Maitani
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Yoshihisa Maitani was a designer of cameras for the Japan-based camera manufacturer Olympus Corporation.
circa 1972
Olympus Pen (1959)
Olympus Pen EE (1961)
Olympus Pen F (1963)
Olympus OM system
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The Olympus OM System was a line of 35mm single-lens reflex cameras, lenses and accessories sold by Olympus Corporation between 1972 and 2002. The range was designed by Yoshihisa Maitani, chief design
Yoshihisa Maitani
…for 40 years. He was involved with the design of many of the company's most well-known cameras, including the Pen and the Pen F half frame cameras, the OM System, and the XA. Maitani credits Eiichi Sakurai, a keen photographer, with shifting Olympus from microscopes to cameras starting in 1935. When he was…
Olympus OM-1 MD
Olympus OM-2
Olympus OM-2 SP
Olympus OM-3