Greetings,
I'm mostly a lurker here because of my workload and the sheer volume of
traffic, but I ran across this annoucement at the Olympus USA website. I
don't know if it's been discussed already, if so, please ignore it. If not,
I thought y'all should be aware of this development:
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Important notice: Olympus will discontinue its 35mm OM SLR system
Olympus will discontinue the 35mm OM SLR system. The company continues to
manufacture selected lenses and accessories for the OM System that will
remain on sale with limited availability until the end of March 2003.
Olympus launched the original OM-1 in 1972 and has developed and sold
numerous OM System lenses and accessories. After 30 years, it is becoming
increasingly difficult to find stable supplies of parts for the camera
system. This has made it impossible to continue to keep the system on the
market. Olympus is committed to providing excellent levels of after sales
service for its products, including:
Body, Lens, Flash:
Olympus will maintain parts for approximately 10 years after the end of
production.
Other Accessories:
Olympus will maintain parts for other accessories, but time periods differ
from part to part.
For more information, please contact Customer Support at 1-800-622-6372.
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Sadly,
Bill
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H. William Welliver / Fairchild Semiconductor Mountain Top Systems
email: bill.welliver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx / phone: 570.474.6761 x4445
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