The lens looks like a Zuiko 180/2.8. And I bet that the replacement of the
"leather" was to eliminate any possibility of stray particles or adhesive
bits from floating around in the Shuttle zero-g environment and getting
into the machinery.
Skip
At 4/2/00 01:08 AM -0800, you wrote:
http://members.xoom.com/maitani_fan/camera_technologies.html
USM motors for not only focus but film advance and shutter? Eye-control
Canon style? Wow, did Olympus come up with this stuff first and pass it on
to Canon? If they did have to abandon the SLR market, at least they should
have had these ideas patented and then licensed them...so next time my
Canon-toting friend gets snobby, I can fire back "but that was developed
by Olympus 10 years ago...."
Scroll down...OM-4 in NASA spec! What's that lens though? And why the
silver tape in lieu of the normal leatherette cover?
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Westfield, NJ
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