Acer, not to burst Olympus's techno bubble, but...
idea and Patent trading are evidently common among
Japans camera industry. For instance, I believe the
TTL flash feature introduced on the OM-2 was a Minolta
development. John Robison
--- Acer V <siddim01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
http://members.xoom.com/maitani_fan/camera_technologies.html
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> 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?
>
>
> /Acer V
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