The July/August issue of American PHOTO included its "Editor's choice" of photo
gear for 1999 and Olympus was mentioned a few times:
Editor's Choice 35mm:
1) Nikon F100
2) Olympus OM2000
"The Olympus OM2000 won't do a thing for you- and if you
really want to learn your craft that's just as well...."
- Excerpt American PHOTO Editor's comments.
3) Nikon Pronea S
4) Canon EOS-3
5) Canon EOS Rebel 2000
6) Sigma SA-5
7) Minolta Maxxum 9
8) Contax Aria
Mentioned but not ranked: Hasselblad XPan
Editor's Choice P&S:
1) Konica Z-up 120 VP
2) Rollei Prego 70 Data
3) Olympus Infinity Stylus Zoom 80 Wide DLX (Longest name award ;~})
"At the 28 mm setting- a rare and valuable asset on a point-and-shoot..."
- Excerpt American PHOTO Editor's comments.
4) Minolta Freedom Zoom Supreme EX
5) Samsung Evoca 140S
6) Pentax IQZoom 105WR
7) Canon Sure Shot 105 Zoom
8) Contax T VS II
Editor's choice lenses:
No Zuikos made it! {:~0 Maybe we should send them a couple!
Editor's Choice APS P&S:
1) Kodak Advantix T550
2) Yashica Acclaim Profile Zoom 4000ix (Jeez, what's up with the names?)
3) Samsung Impax 210i
4) Fujifilm Endeavor 1000ix MRC Tiara
5) Olympus iZoom 75
" The iZoom 75 even manages to squeeze in a diopter correction control..."
- Excerpt American PHOTO Editor's comments.
6) Rollei Nano 80
7) Canon Elph 370Z
8) Minolta Vectis 300 Beam "me up Scotty"
Mentioned but not ranked: Nikon Nuvis S
Editor's choice Digital P&S:
1) Nikon CoolPix 950
2) Sony Cyber-shot
3) Kodak DC265
4) Fujifilm MX-2700
5) Minolta Dimage EX Zoom 1500
6) Olympus C-2000 Zoom
"The camera's multimode flash...set it to fire at the beginning or end of
the exposure. This may be the first time we've seen rear curtain sync...."
- Excerpt American PHOTO Editor's comments.
7) Epson PhotoPC 750Z
8) Kodak DCS 315
Editor's choice Digital P&S:
Not yet. Perhaps in the near future?
-C Packard (USA)
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