I agree Olympus seems not to encourage dealers to stock the OM-2000. Earlier
this year, I was talking to the owner of one of the camera shops in town.
He had not even heard of the 2000; and this was well after Olympus had
released it in the US. I explained about the Cosina/Olympus/Nikon
connection and he ordered some OM-2000s.
Last week when I talked to him I asked how the 2000 had sold. He said he was
pleased with the sales and liked having a manual body as a counterpoint to
the Canon and Pentax offerings in the same price range.
On the other hand, every time I go into another shop here, (former Kit's now
Ritz franchise) I ask to see the 2000. Invariably, the salesperson gives me
a blank look and asks "..is that an APS or digital model..". Of course, the
staff of a large franchise store can't effect a change as readily as the
owner of a small shop; but you don't see a mention of an OM anything in the
Ritz catalogs I have seen.
If there is a point to this post, I guess I am sad to see Olympus apparently
wasting another opportunity.
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Schloss <schloss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, September 03, 1998 11:25 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Re: new OM model
>Christopher Biggs wrote:
>
>>PCACala@xxxxxxx moved upon the face of the 'Net and spake thusly:
>>
>>> I was hanging around in the local shop when a mother and her student
>>> daughter came in looking for a manual focus and manual exposure
>>> camera. There sure wasn't much available. The bad sign was that the
>>> OM-2000 wasn't there despite it being an Olympus distributor.
>>
>>I saw the same thing in my local (in Brisbane), only the ending was
>>better: the store owner sold her an OM-2000.
>
>My experience is more in line with Chris's: whenever a buyer is
>presented with a choice of several similarly priced new cameras,
>which includes an OM-2000, he/she invariably picks the OM-2000,
>or at least gives it a very serious consideration.
>
>IOW, this little OM-2000 is an extremely attractive entry in
>this "student camera" category, and it practically sells itself.
>IMHO, the problem must be with Olympus/Olympus USA: apparently,
>they make little effort to motivate their authorized dealers
>to sell more OM-2000's.
>
>Cheers,
>
>
>/Gary Schloss.
>Studio City, CA
>schloss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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