History of Olympus Digital Cameras
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One of the oldest companies, Olympus has had a long and historical journey. Olympus digital cameras are being used all over the world today. Let us take a look at the glorious history of Olympus here.
Olympus was started way back in the year 1919 under the name of Takachiho Seisakusho. The name ‘Olympus’ was introduced in 1921 as a trade name for the company’s optical products.
There is an interesting story attached to the name of Olympus. According to Greek mythology, Olympus is the mountain where the Gods live. For example, the first product made by Olympus for photographic purposes was the Zuiko 75mm/F4.5 lens in 1936.
In the ’30s, Olympus introduced many different types of cameras. The Twins Reflex camera was introduced in 1950s and became instantly popular. It became increasingly popular and helped Olympus to gain hold of the market. As far as digital cameras are concerned, by the 80’s and ’90s, the video camera and the consumer digital cameras were already present in the market. It was at this time, in the year 1996, that Olympus introduced its P&S style cameras which had a resolution of 810.000 pixels.
Slowly and steadily, Olympus came up with a 2 mega pixel and then a 3 mega pixel camera by the year 2000. At this time, one of the significant launches of Olympus was the 2.11 mega pixel model C-211 which also had an in-built Polaroid printer.
Today, Olympus is considered to be one of the well-known digital camera manufacturers in the industry. The latest digital cameras by Olympus are:
D-Series: Simple point-and-shoot cameras for beginners.
C-Series: Digital cameras for advanced photographers.
Stylus: Stylish cameras in attractive colors and designs.
E-System Digital SLR’s: Professional SLR’s for digital cameras
By Kevin Rockwell
