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Re: [OM] Olympus R&D (Was Preference Vote)

Subject: Re: [OM] Olympus R&D (Was Preference Vote)
From: WKato <WKato@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 02:39:17 EST
In a message dated 98-01-17 20:36:06 EST, you write:

> Is there a solid base to your first statement that Olympus has dicontinued
>  R&D on new lenses?
>  
No, I was just tracing the announcement (or lack) of announcement of new
lenses for the OM mount.  They do continue to do R&D in the digital field;
however optical excellence is not required there.  I think that the pattern is
clear, unfortunately.  The newest Olympus digital camera, D-600L, has an 8 to
24 mm zoom (or something in that range).  This technology will be difficult to
transfer to 35 mm.  What was the last lens announced before the 35-80/2.8 and
when?  I haven't been following this closely enought to know.  I saw that
Pentax rebadged the Tamron 28-200 and think that Olympus should do something
similar.  They should survey the best of the third party manufacturers, and
adapt them for Olympus.  Just my humble thoughts.
Warren Kato

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