http://www.vnunet.com/News/1139460
"Olympus aims digital camera at pro market
By Dinah Greek at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany [14-03-2003]
Camera maker takes a shot at open standard for digital SLR model market
Olympus is to take a shot at capturing the interest of professional
photographers this June with a digital single lens reflex (SLR) system
based on an open standard developed with Fuji and Kodak.
Although official announcements are not due to be made until the summer,
Olympus used the CeBIT trade fair to show a prototype camera, lenses and
accessories for what is called the Four Thirds system...."
>From PMA Mar 2
http://www.steves-digicams.com/pr/olympus_03022003_43slr_pr.html
>From Oly Europe - multi pages
http://www.olympus-pro.com/eu/en/productinfo/basics.html
And a new web site:
http://www.four-thirds.com
http://www.dp-now.com/archives/000019.html
"The interchangeable lenses, developed and manufactured by Olympus, are
exceptionally bright and compact, and deliver high quality images that only
digital lenses can provide. The new Olympus lenses are (figures in
parentheses indicate 35mm film camera equivalent):
? 300mm, f2.8 (600mm)
? 14 ? 54mm, f2.8 ? f3.5 zoom (28 ? 108mm)
? 50mm, f2.0 macro (100mm)
? 50 ? 200mm, f2.8 ? f3.5 zoom (100 ? 400mm)"
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