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Subject: [OM] Re: C8080
From: Earl Dunbar <edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 20:45:50 -0500
Well DUH... the Pro guys are in Wyoming

Skip Williams wrote:
> 
> Yep, likely functional silos kept the teams apart.  The professional guys are 
> probably in a skunk works, with their own resources.  
> 
> Ahem...the pro team wouldn't want to be seen associating with the "consumer" 
> guys,...would they?
> 
> But all kidding aside, you're almost certainly right.  The 8080 is an 
> evolution of other Camedia models, not a scaled down E-System camera, 
> 
> Skip
> 
> 
> >
> >Subject: [OM] Re: C8080
> >   From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >   Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 15:27:58 -0500
> >     To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >It's amazing that the prosumer camera (from an interface and software 
> >standpoint) isn't a near knock-off of the E-1.  Clearly lots of 
> >attention paid to usability and the development cost is already sunk.
> >
> >My guess is that the C8080 guys probably didn't have access to the E-1 
> >development team who, in true corporate and divisional fashion, probably 
> >held all of their cards close to the vest even internally.
> >
> >Seen it all before,
> >Chuck Norcutt
> >
> >Skip Williams wrote:
> >
> >> Image quality isn't everything.  For me, handling is right up there.  I 
> >> have a Canon G2 and it produces spectacular results, but it has mediocre 
> >> usability, IMO.  
> >> 
> >> Olympus needs to pay attention the the little things on their pro-sumer 
> >> cameras, just like they did on the E-1.  It has very few faults, and 
> >> almost none of them are in the usability area.
> >
> >
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