Boy, the things people say when they're handed an entire E-1 outfit for free to
promote
it...:)
(Buy E-1 lenses....buy E-1 lenses.....buy E-1 lenses....buy E-1 lenses...buy
E-1 lenses...)
(who cares if they're too expensive.....who cares if they're too
expensive...etc...)
Larry :)
"B. D. Colen" wrote:
> I did indeed mean E1. And while I agree that this move would sell a few
> cameras, what may also happen is that if people on this list buy a body
> only, and just use it with OM lenses, I guarantee we will start to hear
> all sorts of bitching about the image quality, handling, etc. of the E-1
> - which will hardly sell cameras for Olympus. ;-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of NSURIT@xxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 9:51 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: Free OM-to-E-System adapter?!
>
> In a message dated 1/16/2004 8:38:00 AM Central Standard Time,
> bdcolen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> I hardly think, Windsor, that giving away an adapter to a comparative
> handful of OM diehards is going to make the difference between success
> or failure for the OM1. And, let's see if this turns out to be true. ;-)
> Assuming you meant E-1 rather than OM1, what it might do is push a few
> folks
> off the fence and those few might also help to push a few more and so
> on.
> >From where I sit on the fence, I certainly see it as a positive move.
> Rather
> than having to buy a body and 2 or 3 lenses, I could get my feet wet for
> the
> price of a body and probably 1 lens. Could be done with no lenses.
> What I think
> would happen is they would end up selling all the lenses they wanted to
> sell
> as people started using the camera and appreciating the differences
> between the
> E-1 lens and their "old" OM lenses. It would give the user an
> opportunity to
> transition over a period of time. What they need to do is generate more
>
> users and this may do the trick for them. Bill Barber
>
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