Depends what you mean by viable - in this case, both are very viable
in lower sectors of the market and Olympus is still marginal in he
DSLR market to be truthful. Stores here tend to carry an E500 and an
ist-D because they have to and may or may not bother with the latest
KM model.
What's in it for Oly? Well, I don't see Leica providing a series of
lenses for the unit - although Schneider has done for the Samsung
version of the ist-D, complete with blue rings! So, lens sales
perhaps. And then there's the Image Stabiliser - those seem to be a
big negotiating point! It looks like a partnership of equals in some
important ways. They've both been a bit noisy, for instance. :)
AndrewF
On 31/12/2005, at 1:43 PM, Winsor Crosby wrote:
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> Hogan has frequently expressed the opinion that mergers almost always
> hurt the viable partner. He thinks Panasonic will hurt Olympus by
> taking sales.
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> Winsor
> Long Beach, California, USA
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> On Dec 30, 2005, at 6:31 PM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
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>> Whoops - see his point. Should have read it first of course, but I
>> hate to break the habit of a lifetime.
>> And to fine tune the previous question, is Oly really well ahead of
>> both KM and Pentax? Any other sources seen? (Got my journalist's hat
>> on).
>> AndrewF
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