There seems to be no operational reason for having left a self timer out of
the 3 / 3Ti.
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: "Julian Davies" <julian_davies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 5:54 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: MLU was Re: Camera prices and values/changed topic i think
>
> The OM3 was a relatively cheap piece of development:
> Take OM4
> Remove mode switch after sticking it in manual
> Put developed OM1 timer mech in base
> Engrave new number on front and drill hole for a slightly amateur LED for
> the battery check
> Sell for premium.
>
> Development costs for 3Ti - a little higher. As was the premium. Ah but
> the
> colour, the colour.....
>
> Development costs for a new digital body?
> Several orders of magnitude different. No premium available.
>
> That's why...
>
> Plus of course it would extend the sales life of lots of OM accessories,
> (nearly) all of which are from a different era of values, engineering and
> production cost. They wanted out, they got out. Remember that Oly UK
> didn't
> even admit to the OM2000 for nearly a year! Too busy trying to not sell
> any
> OM at all!
>
> Julian
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