Olympus OM-1

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Olympus Optical Company, Limited
NATIONALITY: Japanese
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Japan
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1973
PRODUCTION DATES: 1973-1974
PATENT DATE: ca. 1973
FILM TYPE: 35mm rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 24 x 36mm
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: 35mm SLR
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: 50mm f/1.8
INTERCHANGEABLE LENS: Yes    INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "Weighing in at only 660 grams, accepting a full range of bayonet-
  mount lenses and interchangeable screens, and introducing a quiet
  shutter all improved the first impression of the OM-1 as it entered a
  world of more experienced and reputed cameras. Its lenses are still
  usable on more current Olympus cameras, ans the OM-1 itself, though
  aging, is still primarily a usable camera. Match-needle CdS TTL
  metering. With normal 50mm/f1.8 lens: $120-180." (McKeown: 353-354)

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: O534.00001

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras: 1997/1998.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1996. pp 353-354.//