The late Maitani Yoshihisa (米谷美久)^[1] was a famous designer working for Olympusfrom the 1950s. He was born in 1933 and passed away July 30th 2009. He designed the original half frame Pen model, the Pen F half frame SLR, the OM 35mm SLR system and the XA ultra compact 35mm camera.

OM-1	XA	PEN F

Notes Edit

Maitani's fan page and OM history links no longer work.

1. ↑ The name is given in the Japanese order, with family name followed by the given name.

Links Edit

• Maitani's fan page
• Olympus' official Pen history, XA history and OM history at Olympus Global [1]