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7 unusual facts about Olympus Corporation


Adolf Zika

In September 2004, his photographs were once more on display at the world exhibition PhotoKina in Cologne, this time in the Olympus E-system Gallery.

Dody Weston Thompson

She eventually selected the Olympus 35mm, which became her constant companion throughout her later years.

Hartmut Esslinger

Other major client engagements include Lufthansa's global design and brand strategy, SAP's corporate identity and software user interface, Microsoft Windows branding and user interface design, Siemens, NEC, Olympus, HP, Motorola and General Electric.

Hesketh 308E

For 1978 the team reverted to rather less controversial sponsorship from the Olympus Corporation, although results were less dependable.

Lotus 97T

Sponsorship came from John Player Special, French oil company Elf (the official oil of engine supplier Renault) and Olympus Cameras, while the car used Goodyear tyres.

Oyako Day

“It was the coincidence of being asked to photograph punks and being an expectant father that gave birth to the idea of Oyako,” Bruce Osborn stated in an interview with Olympus.

Stabler Center

Many prominent businesses have moved into the center recently including the Olympus Corporation and ALDI.


Dust reduction system

Olympus was the first to include a dust reduction system on a DSLR, featuring their "Supersonic Wave Filter" (SSWF) dust reduction technology on the Olympus E-1 in 2003.

Hirox

From 2000 offices and associated companies were set up in Osaka, USA, China, Nagoya, Korea, Europe, and Asia, with distribution agreements with LECO (USA), Leeds Precision Instruments, and Olympus Corporation.

Rockbox

Beginning in 2007, ports became available for a large number of additional ARM based targets, including players from Sandisk, Toshiba, Olympus and Philips in addition to newer Apple and iRiver players based on a variety of ARM7, ARM9 and ARM11 series processors.


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