Olympus E-3 User Manual page 11

instrument is constructed – as transparent as possible when in
the photographer's hands. That is to say the company hopes to
make the camera "disappear" when it is in use.
I am working towards 'no camera at all' – a seamless link
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between your mind's eye and the printed photograph. That is
perhaps far in the future but it is my ideal. For now, we work so
that the tool is not so complicated to use that it becomes the
focus of your attention. It should allow you to instinctively
express you vision without imposing its technical will on you. It
must never interfere with your ability to capture the photograph
you have in mind."
Effectively, to this day, the Olympus designers strive to make the
camera do as much of the technical drudgery of photography for
you as possible. This is done so as to leave you free to
concentrate your energies on composing the image you have in
mind - and selecting just the right moment at which to trip the
shutter. The idea is to make the focus of your time the pleasure
of making photographs, not the handling of equipment and the
performance of intricate calculations regarding exposure, lenses
and flash ratios.
THE FOUR THIRDS SYSTEM
The Four-Thirds system is, to date, the only "designed for digital"
photographic system on the market. When Olympus regarded the
world of the D-SLR before launching its first product, it was felt
that a new approach was needed for the new digital technology.
Accordingly the company partnered with other firms –
Panasonic, Sigma, Kodak
standard for a digital imaging system. The sensor decided upon
was only part of the solution. Other aspects such as the manner
in which lenses and cameras transfer data, the coupling of flash
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and – to arrive at a common
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Leica,