Doesn't bode very well for future service, eh? Maybe this is truly what you
have to do but product development costs must be eating everyone's lunch.
They still seem to be on a sensor shrinking march on the point & shoots.
Maybe the sensor is more expensive than we might guess.
Chuck Norcutt
Moose wrote:
> Oly is not immune either. A little bit ago, John warned "C-8080 an
> C-7000 Olympus digitals are sold old and discontinued. Better grab 'em
> if you can find 'em."
>
> At the time, I wondered whether Oly simply ran off one production run of
> each these cameras and moved the production line on to the next thing.
> The 8080 was announced 2/04 and the 7000 9/04.
>
> With product life cycles so short, it would make sense to just guess
> about how many will likely sell, make just that number and move on.
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