Olympus Cameras in Collection

1959 Olympus PEN	1965 Olmpus Pen EM	1968-71 Olympus Pen EES-2	1974 Olympus OM-1 MD	1974 OM 1 with  250 Film Back 1 & Winder 2
	1975 Olympus OM-2 MD	1979 OM-10	1982 Olympus OM-G

Olympus began by making microscopes in 1920 under the name of Takachiho Seisakusho. Olympus made its first camera in 1936 (the "Semi-Olympus") and in 1949 changed it's name to Olympus Optical Co. Ltd. (adopting the name of its cameras) and still makes both cameras and microscopes today under that name.   Olympus has often managed to squeeze the full functions of a quality camera into a smaller and lighter body. In addition to their light and compact full frame models, Olympus created a line of popular half frame models in the 60's and 70's, the famous PEN cameras, so named because they were as small and convenient as putting a pen in your pocket.