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« on: June 22, 2016, 01:09:09 PM »
The Olympus Pen F was introduced in 1963 as an alternative for 24 x 36 mm format.
The Pen F was a system SLR camera with interchangeble lenses.
It was at that time a very innovative and daring design!
I purchased it as an alternative for my Petriflex 35 mm SLRcamera and used it for a few years.
It was at that time very expensive; but I could purchase a new one at a sale-out for less than half-price (still a lot of money for that time!).
Unfortunately telephoto lenses were not even more expensive than the camera, but also hardly available.
I finally switched a few years later to a Pentax ES II!
The 'Pen F' name is still used by Olympus for a digital camera with a remarkable similarity in shape of the 1963 'icoon'!
I still have my Pen F.
Had to dig deep, but I finally found it! Think it is now a well sought collectors item.
Olympus also had a lower-priced alternative with a fix-focus lens and automatic exposure.
It lasted on the market for some 10-15 years, but then it silently disapeared.
I believe Olympus was the only company trying the half-frame format camera on the market...
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