At 11:06 PM 2/9/98 +0100, Lars Haven <mailto:lhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> aka
<lhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I think one conclusion from your tally would be that we OM users, taken
>as a group, generally are quite happy with the basic characteristics of
>the system (compactness, manual focus). Or we are plain conservative.
>
>To me the responses to the models in the price ranges indicate that if
>Olympus want to sell the OM system to a wide market, they will need models
>in (at least) two price ranges.
>
>The wish for compatibility is natural in this forum, as most of the
>participants (all?) in the tally probably have some investment in
>current OM gear.
>
>>From the general discussions on the list I gather that many of us are very
>enthustiastic photographers, who want full control of the final result.
>This calls for manual control, so if you make a bummer, it's not due to
>some automatic system being misinterpreting the situation. These people
>probably mostly use automatics for flash control. Or for instance to keep
>the shutter speed as fast as possible with long focal lengths (I do).
>
>Finally I must say that the result of the tally is quite mixed, which to
>me indicates that we are a very mixed lot. Not much of a surprise, but maybe
>hard to plan a future OM body from.
>
>
Thanks, Lars, for analyzing the results. Perhaps the mixed results have
made it difficult for many to respond to the tally I put on Monday.
Tomoko Yamamoto
Photographer, Composer, Soprano
mailto:tomokoy@xxxxxxxxx
http://www.charm.net/~tomokoy/
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