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Re: [OM] Shock Horror - OM-4Ti Discontinuation Panic :) :)

Subject: Re: [OM] Shock Horror - OM-4Ti Discontinuation Panic :) :)
From: "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 09:43:02 -0700
Michael A. Covington wrote:
> 
> "The OM4Ti was deleted from the English page, but it is still in the
> Japanese page, http://www.olympus.co.jp/LineUp/Camera/camera.html.
> It is quite possible that the OM4Ti has stopped production. If Olympus
> are not going to introduce new high end OM system cameras (film or
> digital), it is now for me to save some money for the OM3Ti in order to
> support my 15+ Zuiko lenses."  -- C. H. Ling
> 
> Nonsense -- let's use OM-1's forever!  (With John Hermanson's battery
> modification, of course.)
> 

Okay! let's wish our 20 years old OM-1 can last for another 30 years. 

> Seriously, the OM-4Ti disappeared off the American Olympus page a year or
> two ago and panic spread through the community (especially this mailing
> list).  Eventually it was reinstated.
> 
> I'll bet it's out of production due to adequate stock on hand, but that
> doesn't mean it's discontinued.  

What a marketing strategy, stop listing for sales on an item that have
enough stock on hand??

>Or are they about to release an update at
> Photokina?  OM-4HP (high eyepoint), anyone?
> 

I have already stop dreaming on that.

C.H.Ling

> Michael A. Covington  /  AI Center  /  The University of Georgia
> http://www.ai.uga.edu/~mc  http://www.mindspring.com/~covington   <><

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