Hallo Hans,
The camera chronological chart at Olympus Japan's site says:
"1958, Olympus Eyeflex (Prototype), 4x4 twin-lens reflex EE
(electric eye) camera"
and the price is not given so I think it wasn't ever sold.
Another prototype I found in the chart is:
"1959 Olympus Eye 44" ... no specs or pictures available :-(
kazuya matsumoto
> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:01:21 +0200
> From: "Hans van Veluwen" <hcvanveluwen@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] Olympus Eyeflex ?
>
> I discovered an Olympus camera I had never heard of before in the Dutch
> VisionAge nr.16 which I acquired recently: the Olympus Eyeflex (1958) in an
> article about the Camera Museum in Tokio. It looks like it's based on the
> Baby Rolleiflex 44 for 4x4cm film, with a built-in selenium cell for auto
> exposure, also supporting manual exposure. After blowing up the scan I can
> decipher it has a 60mm/F2.8 lens (the widest aperture can be read on the
> aperture scale); shutter speeds B, 1-1/500.
>
> The camera does not appear in my Dutch Cibaf sales catalogue. Does anyone
> know more? Has this camera ever been put into production, and if so, maybe
> not available worldwide?
>
> I've uploaded the scan:
>
> http://www.taiga.ca/~esif/om-sif/camhistory/eyeflex.jpg
>
>
> hnz
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