In 1972, Olympus’ chief designer Yoshihisa Maitani – by then famous for his Olympus Pen series – created the Olympus OM-1 with his team. It was the smallest 35mm SLR to reach the market since the 1958 Zunow.
Arriving up to a decade later than most of the established SLR brands, the OM-1 succeeded because of its incredibly compact size, light weight, robust engineering, superb lenses and excellent metering.
