Finally, an interchangeable-lens SLR system developed specifically for digital cameras, including the body, lens, flash, and system as a whole. On 24 June 2003, press conferences were held worldwide to unveil the new system. This has been followed by an unending barrage of requests for material for stories by camera magazines and other media.
What is the image quality like? Are there any problems with mobility? What types of lenses are you using, and if it's an interchangeable lens, how do you keep dust from getting in?
The process of examining each of the elements demanded by professional photographers, developing the technologies to make each of them possible, and developing manufacturing processes to implement them, was not all smooth sailing. We interviewed our staff involved with the development, design, and manufacture of the E-1 about this process before its sales launch in mid-October 2003. |
