i guess anything is worth trying!! i just want to know what to do next!!! buy
now or
later!! i'm desperate and gary, no i will not sell my stuff even if they are an
evil
company.
francis
George Ling wrote:
> May be Gary, Warren, Winsor, Tomoko... can draft an e-mail/letter:
>
> ....persuading Olympus to sell its OM division
> ....(or its OM knowledge, tools and patents)
> ....to Pentax so that Pentax can continue to
> ....maintain and expand the OM line of products
> ....or some form of cooperative nature to resusitate OM.....
>
> and send/mail it directly to both Presidents of Pentax and Olympus in
> Japan.
>
> If e-mail, the job is to find the Presidents' e-mail address, so that
> all those downline vice-presidents/directors/managers can be bypassed.
>
> If air-mail, the job is to find the Presidents' name and mailing
> address, and simply address the envelope to them direct. (the Japanese
> has this good custom at least that somebody will reply)
>
> ************************
> Gary Schloss wrote:
> >
> > >Warren Kato wrote:
> > >
> > > > In a message dated 98-03-26 20:47:19 EST, Winsor Crosby wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I just looked at a friend's new Pentax ZX-5. What a nice little camera.
> > > >
> > >
> > >I wonder if Pentax and Olympus are friends? They could rebadge the camera
> > >and
> > >add an AF OM mount, compatible with present OM lenses, while Olympus could
> > >continue to sell its present line of lens and bring out a few new AF
> > >lenses.
> > >Then they wouldn't have to go through the probably (incredibly) high start
> > >up
> > >costs on a new body. (Just a thought...)
> >
> > Hey, you two must be new to the list, or must have me in your kill file.
> >
> > Several months ago, I suggested here that Olympus and Asahi Pentax are
> > ripe for a friendly merger -- at least, their photogear divisions are.
> > Both companies' approaches to 35mm and design philosophies are similar.
> > Moreover, their relative strengths complement each other: Pentax is
> > strong in AF, medium format, etc., whereas Olympus is stronger in P&S
> > as well as in digital photography.
> >
> > Of course, since we are talking Japan here, this is unlikely to happen.
> > Too bad for both companies, IMHO :-(
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > /Gary Schloss.
> > Studio City, CA
> > schloss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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