Certainly there may have been exceptions, Walt. But that Pentax was an
aberration - look at the Nikons, Pentaxes, Mirandas, Minoltas, etc.,
that came out post-1960 and pre-OM1. And compare the lenses for those
cameras with the compact Zuikos. But when the OM hit the market, the
real shrinkage began.
B. D.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Walt Wayman
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 11:38 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] The Olympus brand & 35 mm equivalency issue...
If this is so, then explain, please, why my old Heiland Pentax H1,
which I have had since 1960, more than a decade before the first
OM appeared, is just barely -- and I do mean barely -- bigger than
an OM. Do I have a rare prototype built at the secret Nevada
Pentax plant? Wonder what it might fetch on *bay.
Walt
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 10:35:50 -0400
>Remember, before the OM, all SLRs were biggggg; the OM is the
camera that began the tend toward lighter, more compact bodies.
>
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