I've heard complaints from owners of not so old Nikon stuff. It seems Nikon
will only support discontinued models for about 7 years. Has anyone heard
otherwise?
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Phillip Franklin <pfranklin@xxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 1999 5:42 PM
Subject: [OM] What's the market like for a Zuiko 16mm 3.5?
> BJ & others,
>
> I have to agree that "size does matter" in choosing a lens & camera
> system. Why can't some designers from Canon or Nikon steal some designs
> from Olympus. It's becoming obvious that Olympus executives don't care
> to sell to their life long SLR customers such as myself and some others
> on this list. I've toyed with the idea of selling off some of the OM
> bodies & lenses to aquire a clean used Nikon N90s and and one or two
> superwide Nikkor lenses for immersive vr. The first reason (second
> being price) I chose OM over Nikon & Canon on that memorable early June,
> 1974, day in Northern California, was that the OM-1 fit in my young
> hands so much better than those massive Nikon & Canon clunkers. My Bogen
> VR tripod head rig now even has some special features for the newer
> Nikon bodies. You won't see this for OM gear. Most major third party
> manufactures have all but given up on making things for the OM user.
> And you're right on the money on the digital transformation. We all
> know that regardless of who makes the new professional digital bodies,
> all will have mounts for Nikon (or Canon). Will any have mounts for
> this fabulous Zuiko glass? Why would a studio who has never used Zuiko
> before rush out to buy Zuiko glass now when it's becoming so pricey and
> it has a questionable future? Hopefully some of the Olympus executives
> read these posts and maybe they will get a clue. Will someone invite
> them to join our discussions?
>
> In speaking of the digital transformation, I have designed (in my dreams
> of course) a digital flex body (a bellows design with tilts & swings &
> shifts) which will incorperate a Zuiko mount. Using current
> professional quality 3 chip ccd arrays (meaning that the image size will
> be less than 35mm x 24mm), coverage area will not be a problem in
> extreme tilts & shifts & swings. With this current 3 ccd chip array
> (from 3000x2000 pixels to about 2000x1400 pixels) one could produce
> excellent product and general photography for both printed materials and
> ofcourse on-line media. This would allow us to capitalize on our
> biggest investment in our 35mm gear (our glass) and alllow us to
> transition into a 100 0igital realm without having to buy newer & less
> qulity optics. I know Horsemen makes a very expensive (and somewhat
> useless IMO) tilt & shift bellows for 35mm bodies but you have to of
> course use their very expensive lenses. So any thoughts on this from
> you (BJ) or anyone else on this list who sees the questionable long-term
> relationship with our beloved Zuiko glass?
>
> Phillip Franklin
>
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