>Tony writes:
>
>My own take on the status and future of the OM system is fairly
atypical.
>Olympus manufactures lenses in a single run. Thus, if they design a
>lens, they then set up a manufacturing facility, make all they want
>to make with the manufacturing run, box them up and store them in a
>warehouse, then take down the manufacturing facility for this lens.
>Thus, they make all they expect to sell in the one run. They might
>set up a new run if they run out, but more likely, they do a re-design
>of the lens as well at that time to take advantage of the latest in
>optical technologies.
>
I forwarded this email to Olympus Japan. Hopefully, I'll get a response
and post that.
Be seeing you.
Dirk Wright
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