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Olympus OM-10

35mm single-lens reflex camera

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 25, 2025
Entity authorityQ1971044 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Olympus OM-10 is a 35mm single-lens reflex camera, part of the Olympus OM system, manufactured by Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., later Olympus Corporation, in Japan between 1979 and 1987.

Specifications

Model: SLR camera automatic exposure control electronic shutter type 35mm focal-plane

Size: 136 x 83 x 50 mm

Screen size: 24 x 36 mm

Weight: 430g (15.17 oz)

Sensitivity range: ISO25-ISO1600

Mount: Olympus OM mount

Winding film: lever

Rewind film formula: crank

Shutter: Electronically controlled focal-plane

Shutter speed: B, 1-1/1000 seconds

References

External links

Media related to Olympus OM-10 at Wikimedia Commons

Olympus History : OM Series Olympus Corporation History Page.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Olympus OM-10” is 35mm single-lens reflex camera. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Olympus, OM-10 and 35mm, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1979, 1987, 1000—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1979. For this dossier, Olympus, OM-10 and 35mm is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from “Olympus OM-10” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.