The technological requirements for a digital SLR are not intrinsically an extension of those for a film camera.
While utilizing our experience and know-how from film cameras, we should develop new specifications unique to digital cameras. These were the beliefs at OLYMPUS when we started development of a new digital SLR camera.
The following are the technological philosophies involved.

Digital SLR cameras are approaching a new stage previously unthinkable.
Here we will explain the advancements in the OLYMPUS E-SYSTEM core technologies.

Masterful techniques and knowledge bestowed by tradition, and the latest in technological elements.