The core technologies of the OLYMPUS E-SYSTEM that you have just seen are not something that can be achieved in a short time span. This is the fruit of the knowledge and techniques of master craftsmen backed by rich tradition, and bleeding edge technological factors developed night and day for a long period of time.
Excellent lenses cannot be made without a great deal of knowledge in optical technologies. Simultaneously, these optical technologies are indispensable for developing image processing technologies that create outstanding quality images. Even if we could develop very high density integrated circuits, without engineers that have a sense for art and fully understand the properties of light, we would not be able to create the programs that represent the heart (engine) of a digital camera.
We have named the collaboration of optical technologies, the representative technology of analog knowledge, and digital processing, “Opto-digital technology.” This, we believe, is OLYMPUS’s strongest point.
OLYMPUS first started as a development and manufacturer of microscopes. Our history is long, dating back to the Taisho-era (1912 to 1926), a time when realistic and precision microscopes were starting to come into demand. It was since this time that our inaugural spirit placed us on a quest for precision, and ways to recapture what cannot be seen by the naked eye. At OLYMPUS, we call this a “sensing technology.” We have since succeeded in developing and manufacturing “sensing technologies” such as ultrasonic microscopes and ultrasonic endoscopes, capturing the world beyond that of the naked eye. We have also been a pioneering company in the area of laser pickup devices that require ultra precision drive technologies.
And now, with the OLYMPUS E-SYSTEM, these ultrasonic technologies have been used to create the “Dust Reduction System” and “SWD (high speed Auto Focus and accurate camera shake compensation)”, along with the development of small form factor and high precision sensors.
