Olympus OM-1 Film Camera - the XA Series

Olympus has a long history as a camera company, and are considered to be leaders in creating innovative new cameras. In 2005, Yoshihisa Maitani, an Advisor at Olympus Corporation, gave a great presentation overviewing the history of Olympus as a company, as well as discussing his uncompromising philosophy as a developer to create cameras that previously didn't exist elsewhere.

From Maitani's mind and team, we saw the creation of things such as the Pen FT, the world's first half-size TTL SLR camera, and the overall advancement of SLR cameras. If you're looking for an interesting read, check out the presentation Maitani made here - it's a good read.