New lens elements and glass materials ensure the clearest possible imaging performance, and the proven dust and splashproof mechanism originally featured in the Four Thirds SHG (Super High Grade) series lenses is now incorporated for the first time in a Micro Four Thirds System lens.

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We are confident that our competitive advantages in materials science and deposition technologies, as well as our know-how in digital imaging, will enable us to capitalize on those opportunities and extend our leadership in key growth markets.

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"One patch is about 25% brighter than the rest of the asteroid, and that's a very large difference from the materials you expect to find on the surface, " says Dr Mark Robinson, a Near imaging team member from Northwestern University.

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