Julian Davies wrote:
Does anyone know why Japanese camera manufacturers always invented a
different name for the lenses?
I believe Zuiko lenses were used on other brands of cameras before there
were any Olympus cameras?
Is it as simple as a market belief that a company couldn't do both bodies and
lenses well,
That was indeed the common practice back when they started making
Zuikos. Certainly back in the late 40s through mid-60s, camera, lens and
shutter makers were often different.
There is an interesting explanation of the derivation of the name Zuiko
on the eSIF
<http://olympus.dementia.org/eSIF/om-sif/lensgroup/lensterms.htm>
Moose
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