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The characteristics of Pen F ? Well, it's many to list up and surely you could publish those in one book. After all, Pen F 's top of body is flat, no projection , compact and light weight. Pen F is a single-lens reflex camera of 17.5mm size. But it's not reason why the top of body is flat.

Since OLYMPUS put first Pen on the market in 1959 and have commercialize various kind of Pen series such as Pen S, Pen D, Pen W. They were all highly efficient. As time goes on, Pen user were wanted to more efficient model and were impatient for new "SUPER Pen". But the development team of OLYMPUS concluded that's impossible to find in variation of existing Pen series. The team groped for some new format that must be consistent with Olympus's basic ideas. And it was not only down sized from ordinary 35 mm size single-lens reflex camera. They finally reached to a single-lens reflex camera of 17.5mm size which agree to their basic ideas. The result was flat, no projection, small and light single-lens reflex model.


-Specification-

Film Size:24x18mm (15/16X11/16 in.)

Lens:Standerd Lens/F Zuiko Auto S, F1.8 f=38 mm

Lens Mount:Bayonet type ( Pen Mount )

Shutter: Olympus rotary metal focal-plane shutter

Finder: Through-the-lens type, magnification x 0.8, Porroprism system

Focus adjustment: Specially computed focusing lens with 5x magnification

Mirror: Horizontally revolving, quick return

Film advancing:Double action with 110 degree self-cocking lever. Double exposure impossible. Self resetting film counter.

Rewinding:Crank system with rewind release button.

Rear cover:Hinge system with release built into rewind knob

Size: 127 mm x 69.5mm x 32.5mm. Weight: 560g. with std lens


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