[Imaging Resource] Olympus dust reduction system wins award

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Olympus Corp. has today announced its receipt (http://www.olympus.co.jp/jp/news/2010a/nr100618awardj.cfm) of the Asahi Shimbun invention prize (http://www.jiii.or.jp/hyosho/zenkoku/2010/asahi.html) in Japan's 2010 National Commendation for Invention awards (http://www.jiii.or.jp/hyosho/zenkoku/2010/announce.html), which are sponsored by the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation (http://www.jiii.or.jp/english/e.htm). The prize was received for Olympus' Super Sonic Wave Filter dust reduction system, which was developed for the company's first digital SLR, 2003's Olympus E-1. The technology offered a unique and effective solution to the problem of dust adversely affecting image quality. Mot only has the SSWF system been retained for every subsequent Olympus DSLR, but it has also been mimicked by many of the company's...
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