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{{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
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| caption = OM-1MD with 50 mm f/1.8 lens
| type = [[single-lens reflex|SLR]]
| 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]]
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| frame-rate = manually wound
| dimensions = 136 × 83 × 50 mm
| weight = {{convert|490|g|abbr=on}} (OM-1); {{convert|510|g|abbr=on}} (OM-1n)
| 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
[[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
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-
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.
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 ==
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{{Olympus OM System}}
[[Category:Olympus SLR cameras|OM-1]]
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