Olympus O-Product Pocket Camera

Max Pine

1988

aluminum, plastic, glass

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

An aluminum and plastic pocket camera with a circular lens panel, viewfinder, and various buttons. Aluminum body (a) of rectangular form with circular panel set slightly to right of center front. Panel has circular lens opening in center with retractable barrier; view finder, auto-focus windows and light sensor arrays above lens; circular shutter button to left and lever-like "barrier knob" at lower right. Body has small rewind and timer buttons on top right and battery compartment cover (b) on underside. Rectangular flash unit (c) with circular lens and short cord attaches to right side of body using screw-mount.