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Line 1: {{Short description\|35 mm film single-lens reflex camera}} {{more footnotes\|date=February 2012}} {{distinguish\|OM System OM-1}} {{Infobox camera \| maker = [[Olympus Corporation\|Olympus Optical Co., Ltd]]▼ \| camera_name = Olympus OM-1 \| ~~image_name~~image = Olympus OM-1.jpg \| caption = OM-1MD with 50 mm f/1.8 lens \| type = [[single-lens reflex\|SLR]] ▲ \| maker = [[Olympus Corporation\|Olympus ~~Optical Co., Ltd~~]] \| date = 1972 M-1; 1973 OM-1; 1974 OM-1MD; 1979 OM-1n. \| production = 1972-1988 \| recording_medium = [[135 film]] \| lens_mount = [[Olympus OM system\|Olympus OM mount]] Line 15 ⟶ 19: \| frame-rate = manually wound \| dimensions = 136 × 83 × 50 mm \| weight = {{convert\|490\|g\|abbr=on}} (OM-1); {{convert\|510\|g\|abbr=on}} (OM-1n) ~~\| made_in =~~ \| footnotes = <ref name="mediajoy_om-1">{{cite web\|title=Olympus OM-1\|url=http://www.mediajoy.com/en/cla_came/olympus-om1/index.html\|work=Guide to Classic Cameras\|publisher=mediajoy\|accessdate=3 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Ting\|first=Ed\|title=Olympus OM1 and OM2 Overview\|url=http://www.scopereviews.com/om.html\|accessdate=3 March 2012\|date=23 June 2008}}</ref> \| madeIn = [[Japan]] \| successor = [[Olympus OM-2]] }} The '''Olympus OM-1''' is a manually operated [[35mm format\|35mm]] [[single-lens reflex]] [[camera]]. It is part of the [[Olympus OM system]]. ==History== The ~~very~~ first model was presented at [[~~Photokina~~photokina 1972\|photokina]] in [[Cologne]] in 1972 and was called the '''Olympus M-1'''. Thirteen years earlier, the release of the [[Nikon F]] had made the 35 mm SLR the standard choice for professionals accustomed to [[Leica Camera\|Leica]] and other rangefinders, but it had driven the market towards heavy and bulky cameras. The Olympus M-1 changed this and with it began a reduction of size, weight and noise of the 35 mm SLRs. It was designed by a team led by [[Yoshihisa Maitani]], who had already created the [[Olympus Pen\|Pen]] and [[Olympus Pen F\|Pen F]] cameras, noted for their compactness. [[File:Olympus om1 jm2.jpg\|left\|thumb\|Olympus OM-1n with 50mm / f1.8 lens]] Since Leica's flagship rangefinder cameras are known as the [[Leica M ~~(camera)~~mount\|M Series]], Leica complained about the name of the M-1, forcing Olympus to rename it as the OM-1 to further clarify between the brands. Because of this, today bodies and lenses with the original M name are rare (~~5000~~52000 bodies were made according to Olympus) and sought after by collectors. The OM-1 is an all-mechanical SLR. It has a large viewfinder with interchangeable screens but a fixed prism. It also has a [[Through-the-~~lens_metering~~lens metering\|through-the-lens exposure meter]] controlling a needle visible in the viewfinder. It has a compact body, essentially retained on later models. The shutter speed dial is located around the lens mount, which allows photographers to keep the camera at the eye between shots more easily than SLRs with the dial located on the top plate. ~~[[File:24mmPCleft.jpg\|thumb\|Olympus OM-1n with 24mm Zuiko-Shift lens]]~~ Originally, the bottom plate needed to be modified to mount a motor drive on the OM-1. In 1974, Olympus launched the '''OM-1MD''' (MD standing for Motor Drive), to which a motor drive can be attached without need for modification. This new version has a small plate marked 'MD' on the front, and a small slot with a circular cover on the underside that covers the motor drive coupling. ~~The~~In 1979, the next iteration was the '''OM-1n'''. It iswas similar to the OM-1MD, with a redesigned film advance lever, a flash ready/sufficient flash LED in the viewfinder, and automatic [[flash synchronization]] (X-sync), regardless of the position of the FP/X switch when used with a T-series flash unit mounted on Flash Shoe 4. Professional photographers who used the OM-1 include [[Patrick Lichfield]], [[Jane Bown]], [[David Bailey]], [[Josef Koudelka]], [[Chris Bonington]], and [[Kate Garner]].<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.maitani-fan.com/maitani_fan/omgraphers.html \|title= OMgraphers \|year= 2006 \|work= Maitani Fan \|accessdate= 20 August 2020 }}</ref> == References == Line 47 ⟶ 54: {{Olympus OM System}} [[Category:Olympus SLR cameras\|OM-1]] [[Category:~~SLR~~Cameras ~~cameras~~introduced in 1972]]