General Information

Serial #

1000075

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC & METAL CASE LARGELY COVERED BY SYNTHETIC LEATHER-LIKE MATERIAL; GLASS OPTICS; METAL & SYNTHETIC COMPONENT PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

12.0 cm

Width

7.0 cm

Height

4.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still cameras

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Olympus

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Tokyo

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS ITEM BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED ONLY FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES 1995+.

Canada

PART OF THE EXHIBIT 'TODAY'S JAPAN: DESIGN SAMPLING '95", PRODUCED SPECIFICALLY TO SHOWCASE TALENTS OF CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE DESIGNERS, FOR CANADIAN PUBLIC. EXHIBIT VENUES INCLUDED HARBOURFRONT CENTRE, TORONTO & NMST OTTAWA

Function

TO PRODUCE STILL IMAGES.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF MODERN COMPACT CAMERA, DESCRIBED BY DESIGNERS AS 'CASE-FREE', AND AVAILABLE IN VARIETY OF COLOURS. FEATURES BUILT-IN ZOOM LENS; DATE RECORDING; &LCD FUNCTION DISPLAY

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ALL MARKINGS SAVE SERIAL NOS. ARE IDENTICAL: 'OLYMPUS/ LT-1' STAMPED INTO STRAP COVERING LENS. 'LT-1/ OLYMPUS/ AF' & LABELLING FOR CONTROLS APPEARS ON PLATE SURROUNDING CAMERA LENS/ 'OLYMPUS LENS 35mm 1:3,5' STAMPED INTO LENS HOUSING. ALL CONTROLS, ETC. LABELLED.

Missing

NONE

Finish

.1 BLACK CASE HAS FINE WRINKLE-TEXTURED FINISH ON FRONT, BACK & COVERING FLAP; SMOOTH BLACK RIGID CENTRE PORTION; SILVER METAL PLATE SURROUNDS LENS; BLACK & SILVER CONTROLS/.2 AS PER.1 EXCEPT CASE IS MEDIUM BROWN/.3 AS PER.1 EXCEPT CASE IS DARK GREEN/.4 AS PER.1 EXCEPT CASE IS DARK PURPLE

Decoration

N/A