OTF was indeed patented - but by Minolta. Olympus paid them a royalty to
use the concept. May be expired by now; I don't know how long patents run
in Japan.
Gary Edwards
people, places, flight at http://members.home.com/garyetx/
----- Original Message -----
From: "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxx>
> OTF is patented, I think they need to pay Olympus if they want to use
> OTF. OTF is only important at exposure longer than 1s, may be most
> manufacturer don't care about it.
>
> C.H.Ling
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