I wonder how much they are going to get from sales of the adapter? $5-10k? It
hardly seems worth it.
How about this? You're Olympus UK. You drag a new customer into your shop
from the competition next door, cajole and convince him to fork over $3,000 on
a new, unproven camera system. He has to buy all new lenses for maximum
quality, the accessories are overpriced, and it gets beat up on MPs, the
typical benchmark yardstick for quality, But you convince him of the benefits,
image quality, and build.....OK, now you've just about got him......He bends
over to see that neat adapter in the cabinet that might let him play with a few
of his old OM-System Zuikos that aren't out yet in the ZD mount. "It's free
if I buy the camera, right?".....QUICK, kick him in the ass and laugh as he
flops over on to the floor.....Gee, wasn't that funny? "Oh, and how would you
like to pay for that sir?" The response in many cases? "FO, I'll walk next
door and take that 20D the other guy tried to sell me. A**hole!"
Sorry for the rant, I couldn't resist.
Skip
----- Original Message ---------------
Subject: [OM] Re: OM to 4/3 adapter
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 16:55:16 -0500
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>Good luck, wouldn't it be nice if they just did the right thing?
>
>John Hermanson
>Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
>21 South Lane, Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
>631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 11:15 AM
>Subject: [OM] Re: OM to 4/3 adapter
>
>
>>
>> I have just spoken to Ian Aston at the Olympus Camera Club. His view
>> was that the company (UK) have made a bit of a mess of this. I have
>> therefore written an email to the General Manager Sales, Peter
>> Duddridge, in an attempt, no doubt vain, to persuade him to change the
>> policy.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 1 Dec 2004, at 13:31, John Hermanson wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> That sounds like Olympus UK policy only. AFAIK, they will still be
>>> free in
>>> the US.
>>>
>>> John Hermanson
>>> Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
>>> 21 South Lane, Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
>>> 631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
>>> <:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 4:13 AM
>>> Subject: [OM] Re: OM to 4/3 adapter
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>> I have just telephoned Olympus UK (00800 6710 8300 from the UK) to
>>>> find
>>>> that the MA-1 will be available in Europe at a cost of ?200! Going
>>>> from free to around $200 is a pretty heavy markup...
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>>
>> <|_:-)_|>
>> C M I Barker
>> Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
>> +44 (0)7092 251126
>> http://www.threeshoes.co.uk
>> http://homepage.mac.com/zuiko
>>
>
>
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