罕见的新发现——第一台奥林巴斯相机：该型号的原型相机仅生产了10台（编号101至110），如今已知的仅有三台（编号102、107和110）。正是这台编号为107的相机被用来在1937年11月的《朝日相机》杂志上宣传新的奥林巴斯产品。它带有相配的可更换镜头Takatiho Tokyo f3.5/65mm（编号1304）。奥林巴斯Standard是一支旁轴相机，株式会社高千穗制作所（奥林巴斯前身）在1937年制作了它的原型机。它使用127型胶片，可拍摄4×5cm相片。它有与取景器结合的联动测距仪，以及焦平面快门，速度为T、B、1/20-1/500。过片钮位于照片上顶板的右后方。它能同时过片并为快门上弦，其底部由曝光计数器围绕。在相机后背的左侧，有一扇红色窗口，由滑盖保护，可用来对第一张底片进行调整。利用相机底部的钥匙可打开后背，而且后背可与底板一起拆卸。相机底部的一个零件可向前方滑动，用作支脚。相机后背的内部有一个可拆卸的压力板，据说其材质为铝。在顶板过片钮的左方，有一个用来连接快门线的接口。快门钮位于正后方，连有一枚有T和I两档可选的拨杆。据说需要使用这枚拨杆来进行上卷，其作用是将过卷卡口与快门分离。在设置到T档时，联动机械装置会松开，底片可以自由卷动，至红色窗口中出现数字1，然后曝光计数器可以手动重置为零，然后可将选择按钮转至I档，用于正常拍摄活动（可能该拨杆也可用来进行多次曝光，因此才有T和I两档之分）。在延长快门线入口的左边，是快门速度转盘，有下列档位：B、20、30、50、100、200、500。再向左边一点，顶板有个小突起，与取景器窗口对应，一个小小的箭头指出当前所选的快门速度。附件插座板在稍微偏左方，序列号107就刻它的前面。顶板的左端刻有草体的“Olympus Standard”字样。测距窗口在机身的最左端。在两个窗口之间有奥林巴斯·东京的标志，相同的标志也印在右边的皮革上。这台奥林巴斯Standard相机有可拆卸镜头，用螺口固定在调焦底座前面。调焦底座本身是固定在机身上的，不可拆卸，该设计与康泰时相机类似。它由一个拨杆调整，并有对焦锁定。不同寻常的是，相机的距离标尺是固定的，且景深标识刻在可旋转的部分上。这台相机上没有其他可见的镜头接口，也不清楚远摄镜头和广角镜头是如何调焦或与测距仪联动的。标配镜头为一支全铬色的Zuiko f3.5/65mm。它可以伸缩，内部的三锁扣卡口可维持伸展的状态。光圈环位于前方，光圈刻度为3.5至22。镜头正前方的边框为黑色，上面刻有白色的“Takatiho Tokyo No.1304 Zuiko 1:3.5 f=65mm”字样。 Sensational discovery of the first Olympus camera: Only 10 of these Prototypes were made (nos.101-110), only three are known to exist (nos.102, 107, 110). Exactly this camera no.107 was used to advertise the new Olympus product in Asahi Camera magazine from November 1937. It comes with the matching interchangeable Takatiho Tokyo 3.5/65mm no.1304. The Olympus Standard (オリンパス・スタンダード) is a rangefinder camera, made in 1937 by Takachiho (predecessor of Olympus) at prototype level. It takes 4×5cm pictures on 127 film. It has a coupled rangefinder combined with the viewfinder, and a focal plane shutter with T, B, 20–500 speeds. The advance knob is at the right end of the top plate, as seen by the photographer. It simultaneously advances the film and winds the shutter, and its base is surrounded by an exposure counter. There is a red window at the left of the back, protected by a sliding cover and used to set the first exposure. The back is opened by a key under the camera, and is removable together with the bottom plate. There is a plate under the camera at the center, that slides forward to act as a support leg. Inside the back, the camera has a removable pressure plate, said to be made of aluminium. On the top plate, immediately to the left of the advance knob, there is a hole for a distant release connection. The shutter release itself is just behind, combined with a two-position selector, marked T and I. It is said that this selector is used for film loading, to disconnect the film advance from the shutter operation. When set on the T position, the coupling mechanism is disengaged and the film is freely wound until the number 1 appears in the red window, then the exposure counter is manually reset to zero and the selector is switched to the I position for normal operation. (It is possible that the same selector is also used for T exposures, hence the T and I indications.) To the left of the distant release hole is the shutter speed selector, with the following positions: B, 20, 30, 50, 100, 200, 500. Just to the left there is a step in the top plate, corresponding to the viewfinder window, with a small arrow engraved to indicate the selected shutter speed. The accessory shoe is slightly offset to the left, and the serial number is engraved just in front of it: No 107. The left end of the top plate is engraved Olympus Standard in cursive script. The rangefinder window is at the left end of the body. Between the two windows is an OLYMPUS TOKYO logo. The same logo is also embossed in the back leather, on the right. The Olympus Standard has an interchangeable lens, screwed to the front of the focusing helical. The helical itself is attached to the body and does not come off, the same as on the Contax. It is driven by a tab and has an infinity lock. Quite unusually, the distance scale is fixed and the depth-of-field indications are on the rotating part. No other lens mount is visible, and it is unclear how the tele and wide angle lenses would have been focused or coupled to the rangefinder. The standard lens is a Zuiko 65mm f/3.5, with an all chrome finish. It is collapsible, with an internal three-lug bayonet to maintain the extended position. The aperture ring is on the front and the aperture scale goes from 3.5 to 22. The lens bezel is black, with the following marking in white: Takatiho Tokyo No.1304 Zuiko 1:3.5 f=65mm.