His comments are not necssarily true. his salary may be commision based, he may
be out of stock of the 2000, he may make more profit on a model he is
overstocked
on, he may be behind on his bill paying Olympus and they won't ALLOW him to
order
any .
You never know. Or he's telling the truth.
John
KenK1ZYW@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I was in Cambridge Mass taking pictures of Harvard. A near by camera shop
> (where in the past I had purchased an OM2n) had the new OM2000 in the window.
>
> Naturally I went in to check it out - it felt great. I liked the LED exposure
> indicators more than expected. Since I had my OM2n with me I tried several
> lenses of my Zuiko's out. In general I liked it and started asking price.
>
> The salesman then told me "I don't recommend you buying this camera we have
> had several come back. "
>
> Evidentally the mirrors lock up and have to be sent back to a repair shop due
> to defects in the camera.
>
> I asked how the new lenses were, and he said so far so good - none have come
> back but the camera bodies are a real problem
>
> I was saddened by this - not only because I would have bought one - -but
> because it speaks to the quality of the product - and perhaps its future.
>
> Can anyone else add to this?
>
> Ken
>
>
< This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
< For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
< Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >
|