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RE: [OM] IS-3 dead as well? (was: Olympus 1.7X B-300 converter)

Subject: RE: [OM] IS-3 dead as well? (was: Olympus 1.7X B-300 converter)
From: "Per Nordenberg" <per.nordenberg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 19:41:10 +0100
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Från: Frank van Lindert <lindertv@xxxxxxx>
Till: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Datum: den 17 februari 1998 21:55
Ämne: Re: [OM] Olympus 1.7X B-300 converter (was: Ken's new IS3)


>On Tue, 17 Feb 1998 18:15:49 +0100, "Per Nordenberg"
><per.nordenberg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>>BTW, is that really an IS-3 that you have? I thought they were called 
>>IS-3000 all over Europe (incl. Holland). Mine was bought in Dubai and 
>>they had 4-digit numbers even there. I sure hope that something happens 
>>with the IS-3/IS-3000 soon like an update or a small improvement. 
>>Otherwise it will probably be outdated before the turn of the 
>>century/millenium and taken out of production, and we will have nothing 
>>else in the IS line than the fancy but inadequate IS-20/IS-200. 
>>IS-3 was after all released as early as 1990. 
>>
>My IS3 was bought in the US (through a rec.photo.marketplace ad). It
>actually is a IS3DLX, but I never use the date/time stamp.
>About getting outdated: I was told by a local Olympus dealer that the
>IS3 is already out of production. So are the converters (and that is
>the reason why I was anxious to get one). Supposedly Olympus would
>only keep selling the IS100/200 line for a few years longer. It is far
>more popular than the 3(000) ever has been. 



Sorry to say Frank, but I simply refuse to believe that the IS-3 is out of 
production as well (at least until I get some firm proof). This would mean the 
death for the whole IS idea. Why is it that every time I buy a new Olympus 
SLR/ZLR camera (OM-2SP, IS-3000) it is taken out of production within a couple 
of years? I think I´ll have to find out what a new B-28 wide adapter costs 
before it´s to late for that also. One thing I know though, I´d rather quit 
photography all together than buy a bulky plastic AF SLR of the kind that 
everyone else have... 


Per Nordenberg
Sweden 


Olympus forever!



  


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