Half a Sky OLYMPUS PEN F | Friend of Photography

In 1956, Japan was in the midst of an economic depression following the Korean War. It was in this year that Miyuki Miku joined Olympus, becoming the sole new recruit in the camera development department that year. During the first two years, Miku spent most of his time familiarizing himself with camera design and manufacturing processes. At the time, Olympus's headquarters was located in a simple two-story concrete building in Funabashi, near the center of Tokyo. The camera development department, formerly known as the Second Design Department, was situated in an office on the third floor (a floor that was later added to the main building). Among the 13 members of the design department, Miku was the youngest.