Regardless, my choice would have been to retain functionality rather
than beauty.
Chuck Norcutt
khen lim wrote:
> Yes, Chuck, you are right with your comment.
> Olympus eschewed the removable finder, which then inspired Maitani-san to
> create the lens throat focusing screen method. By making the camera body a
> single seamless piece, Maitani-san was able to achieve the desire structural
> rigidity to make the OM-1 virtually indestructible....well not quite but
> very very very good anyway. We acknowledge that the OM Varimagnifinder is a
> poor substitute for a full-blown groundglass finder but according to
> Maitani, the trade-off to achieve structural strength was quite important to
> his ideals, which included also, making the camera smaller and lighter. If
> the finder was removable, the OM would not have been the size that is is and
> certainly, it would have also been heavier - the two things he positively
> hated to the core. With the removable finder issue out of the way, the OM-1
> achieved a unique and beautiful silhouette. That instantly recognisable
> pyramidal profile (with hotshoe removed) is just stunningly beautiful.
>
> K.
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