You are in "the other camp" as soon as you buy that Canon body. Do you
think that Olympus is going to be excited by the idea that you are using
their lenses - which you may well have bought 15 years ago - on a Canon
body? What's in that for them.
If you're wed to the OM lenses, then you're already lost to Olympus, as
they've gotten out of the OM business.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Winsor Crosby
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 1:39 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] E1 sensor
On Saturday, November 15, 2003, at 09:28 AM, B. D. Colen wrote:
This whole mgp thing is really becoming such a typical 'mine is bigger
than yours' competition - or the modern photography version of the old
automotive horsepower arguments.;-)
That is true, but Olympus does not understand marketing or how important
the horsepower race is to sell cameras. We watched year after year as
other cameras got covered in every photo magazine while the OM4 just sat
there. Olympus did not understand that little changes that justify a new
model designation every couple of years generates the free press
coverage and reviews that sells cameras. If they had worked to improve
the camera, brought out image stabilizing lenses, tilt-shift PC lenses,
fixed the FP flash so it really worked, brought out an autofocus model
that would take our manual focus lenses, we would all be goofily happy
with our OM 6, 7, or 8s without an obsoleted line of lenses. There would
be a lot more of us. And Olympus would not be saying they will not sell
an adaptor for our older lenses because they are gambling that they will
make more money getting new customers who will start from scratch than
selling cameras to their former customers with OM lenses. What they
don't understand is that everyone who buys an adaptor for a Canon camera
will have fun for a while with their Olympus lenses, but within a year
will get their first Canon lens just to try out all the capabilities of
their camera. "Just a fast easy to use travel lens." And then the
experience will be so much better that they will be in the other camp.
Winsor
Long Beach, California
USA
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