In the past 17 million Pen series cameras had been produced. That was also
great number. Probably most of them was sold in Japan.
Recent Nikkei news in:
http://biztech.nikkeibp.co.jp/biztech/biz.cgi/general/bb980119066.html
(in Japanese only)
reports that Olympus is keeping top position in digital camera sales in main
camera shops in Tokyo since August last year.
N.Maekawa
Japan
"Jim Terazawa" <jimt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote：
>I was involved in the production of the integrated circuits for the C*n*n
>SLR and P/S between 1980 and 1983 and as I recall the AE-1 was produced
>about 0.8 million units per year but it was gradually taken over by AE-1P,
>which was ramping up to about a million/year. The first generation Sure Shot
>was about 8 million units/year average from my vague memory..
>
>This may be the indication of Olympus' strategy switching to the P/S market
>from the mid '80s. If the mju-II volume production indeed reached to the
>10 million level already, I think it was a good business decision by Olympus.
>
>Regards,
>Jim Terazawa
>
>>
>> Hello Olympians
>>
>> There was recently a notice in foMag magazin, that Olympus has produced
>> more then 10 million myu II / stylus epic cameras.
>> The noticed too, that no APS camera can match the success of this
>> camera.
>>
>> Richard
>>
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