I had no idea that Olympus American was so independent of Olympus in
Japan. You would think that OJ would see this whole thing with
dismay, especially the part about not having a camera in the US to
compete with all the other 10MP competition. One could reason that OJ
does not care whether it is an E-500 or E-400 that is sold, but as
you point out the difference is as a competitor and lost sales to
newer cameras because of the E-500 now and later lost sales because
the E-400 will have newer competition when they start selling it
here. Plunging sales of Olympus should make them unhappy enough to do
something about their US distribution I would think.
Winsor
Long Beach, CA
USA
On Sep 19, 2006, at 12:38 PM, khen lim wrote:
> This is why I believe that Olympus America's decision not to bring
> the E-400
> in fast is unavoidable but all the same, it is a tacttical mistake.
> It has
> shot itself in the foot. It cannot afford to have the E-400 eating
> into the
> E-500's intended pie. Bringing it in will spell potential disaster
> for its
> E-500 stockpile. Not bringing it in will mean the E-500 will
> eventually
> "canon fodder" (pun unintended) when facing an increasingly tougher
> competition. Either way, Olympus America loses but the biggest
> losers right
> now are the consumers.
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