Naw, they discounted you and us a long time ago. The new target is
smiling, young Japanese women with little kids to buy the new PEN. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Ken Norton wrote:
>> I forgot to add that they also need the chap who wrote the A1 user's
>> manual. Of course, his job was made much simpler by the interface guy
>> who made the whole thing logical.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>> Now when they make their OM compatible, full frame autofocus mount they
>>> also need to remember that they need to hire the Minolta guy who did the
>>> interface on the A1.
>
>
> Obviously, none of the above has an ice-cube's chance of happening.
> The Minolta UI author is probably retired. The Technical Writer for
> for the A1 actually knew something about photography, and the OM
> compatible mount? The culture war inside of Olympus probably killed
> off any possibility of that ever happening. Anybody who knew anything
> about that mount is long since retired or totally beat into
> submission.
>
> No. It's a sad day, indeed, when Canon has better OM lens support than
> Olympus does. Canon is being a better Olympus than Olympus is Olympus.
> I honestly don't understand why. For being mortal enemies with Canon,
> Olympus does everything possible to drive customers to Canon.
>
> I'll use myself as Exhibit A. Here I am, a lifelong Olympus fan. I
> doubt there are many bigger cheerleaders for Olympus than me. Not to
> place myself up on a pedestal, but if Olympus loses me to Canon,
> they'll probably lose hundreds, perhaps thousands of users. It's not
> that people follow me, but maybe I'm the bellwether--the specific type
> of photographer they've counted on.
>
> AG
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