>After reading all of these "OM-RIP" messages, the thought kept going
>through my head about comparing Leica to OM. I was thinking in terms
of
>an "old" camera design persisting in the market in a similar way to
>Leica M. But, without a cult status similar to Leica, I don't think
>it's going to happen. Olympus would have to start making lenses on a
>equal footing to Leica, and price them accordingly. Right now, the
>lenses are just about equal to Nikon, and about the same price. There
>also would have to be an exclusiveness to it that the OM system
>currently lacks.
Just to follow up on my previous post, and to deflect any flames
heading my way, I compared Gary's tests of 50mm lenses from several
manufacturers, and the Olympus 50mm/1.4 MC with serial number >
1,000,000 was clearly the best. Why the photodo results don't reflect
this in thier tests of Zuiko lenses, I don't know. Maybe it's time to
start a "Ronin OM" cult??? <g>
Be seeing you.
Dirk Wright
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