Semi-Olympus Model I-1936
Semi-Olympus Model II-1938
The very first camera that carried the name Olympus was the 120 roll film bellows camera Semi-Olympus I. Only the lens, a fixed Zuiko 75mm F4.5 was made by Olympus; the body was made by The Proud Company, and the shutter was a German Auto Compur. Perhaps this explains the name.
Its successor, the Semi-Olympus II however was a full Olympus product with a Koho shutter. This body was horizontally orientated and had a rigid finder instead of a folding one.
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