Olympus Announces the World's Fastest Fixed Aperture Zoom Lenses Ever Designed for Digital Photography

Melville, New York, February 17, 2005 ? Olympus today announces the breakthrough development of the world?s fastest "Designed for Digital" interchangeable fixed-aperture wide zoom lenses. Designed for use with Olympus E-System digital SLR cameras, including the E-1 and EVOLT E-300, these three exciting new Digital Specific? lenses ? Zuiko Digital ED 14-35mm f2.0, Zuiko Digital ED 35-100mm f2.0 and Zuiko Digital ED 90-250mm f2.8 ? feature fixed apertures through the entire zoom range to offer the most advanced and fastest zooms of their kind available anywhere today.

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Olympus Announces E-300 Underwater Cases

Melville, New York, February 17, 2005 ? Olympus today announced the PT-E01 Underwater Housing for the EVOLT E-300 Digital SLR, as well as a series of housings ports for several E-System Zuiko Digital Specific? Lenses and the FL-36 Flash. Specifically designed for the EVOLT E-300 camera and the Zuiko Digital Lenses, these durable housings enable underwater imaging aficionados to explore digital photography in the beauty of the undersea world.

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