I'm wide awake now..... :)
K.
On 30/08/06, Candace Lemarr <CandaceRocks@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> amazing info, simply amazing.
> but...
> HEY, AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO BE SLEEPING???!!
> :-D
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "khen lim" <castanet.xiosnetworks@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 3:10 PM
> Subject: [OM] Re: Next E-x?
>
>
> >
> > OK this will have to be my last post...it's 5:04am and I'm supposed to
> be
> > working tomorrow...horrors of horrors....and I know someone "out there"
> > will
> > be breathing down my neck with "aren't you supposed to be in bed?!!?"
> > hahahaha...
> >
> > The OM-4Ti was selected by NASA over some of the most formidable
> opponents
> > we have had to face. Here's the roundup of rivals we were competing
> > with - -
> > - Leica R4s, Hasselblad 500EL/M, Nikon F3hpT, Nikon F4s, Canon F1n and
> one
> > or two others I cannot remember now for the life of me. NASA PURCHASED
> > these
> > off the retail shelves! They did not come to us to supply because they
> did
> > not want us to "modify" the OM-4Ti (or OM-3Ti) to impress them. All
> > cameras
> > went through the wringer, spun and dried, so to speak, and expect no
> bolts
> > sheared, no screws loose and everything in tact. In fact I can make you
> > feel
> > real proud by telling you that never in the history of NASA space
> > expeditions has there been a camera that required no modification other
> > than
> > the replacement of the leatherette with silver tape. And that camera was
> > the
> > Olympus OM-4Ti. Other cameras had to be SERIOUSLY MODIFIED.
> > Now let's go out and have a beer. I'm gonna sleep. So have one on me.
> :)
> >
> > K.
> >
> >
> > On 30/08/06, ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Ah, the 330! A paradigm shifter indeed! For those who want a quick
> >> reminder/overview:
> >>
> >> http://www.camerapedia.org/wiki/Olympus_Infinity_SuperZoom_330
> >>
> >> Too bad the market is so resistant to change. The advent of digicams
> >> *could* have ushered in a completely new way of looking at the design
> >> of the picture making machines, but . . . ah, well.
> >>
> >> Apparently an OM4Ti went up with one of the shuttles that crashed; I
> >> had no idea.
> >>
> >> ScottGee1
> >>
> >>
> >> On 8/29/06, khen lim <castanet.xiosnetworks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Thanks AG and Johann
> >> >
> >> > I will do my best for all of you. I'm trying to bring back parts of
> my
> >> life
> >> > that have all too often been buried for all too long a time. I was
> for
> >> most
> >> > parts with Olympus all the way to the OM-4Ti and also the V-1000
> >> > Vectis,
> >> > which incidentally was the first commercially saleable digital
> camera,
> >> > running on floppy diskettes. And yes, yes, yes, it was an Olympus.
> You
> >> can
> >> > still buy spare parts for the V-1000 today!
> >> > I was involved in some development projects that were then
> NDA-covered
> >> but
> >> > they're pretty much open now. The AZ-330 SuperZoom was a favourite of
> >> mine
> >> > for two reasons. Firstly it changed the course of camera design and
> >> > only
> >> > now, others are catching up. That's some twenty years later! Secondly
> >> I'm
> >> > proud that the built-in dioptric control was the first in the world
> and
> >> I
> >> > was the guy behind it but it came by accident!
> >> > The most heartbreaking time I had at Olympus was watching the Space
> >> Shuttle
> >> > explode in mid-air, perishing all within and the OM-4Ti. We had
> toiled
> >> on
> >> > the OM-4Ti but that's another story....
> >>
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