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From: "Lex Jenkins" <lexjenkins@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Dings, Doinks and Dents
> Anyhow, much as I like mom's iS-2, the iS-3 has the focal range I want.
How about a 28-140 focal range instead of the 35-180? Then we wouldn't need the
unwieldy wide adapter any more. Of course we wouldn't get more than about 240
mm out
of the 1.7X B-300 converter, but that's a small price to pay don't you think?
> BTW, I keep hearing assertions from local dealers that the iS-3 has already
> been discontinued.
FWIW - We've been hearing this ever since 1996 when iS-2(000) was discontinued.
As
long as there's life there's hope...
< I hope Olympus is planning to replace it with an iS-4
> and not just assume everyone will be happy with the iS-30.
If iS-3(000) really is to be discontinued it probably mean the death of the
advanced
line of iS cameras. :-(((
What are the chances that iS-30(0) will be developed into some kind of
replacement
with "advanced" features like aperture/shutter speed value shown in the
viewfinder,
manual (power) focus, continouos drive and multi-spot AF? Don't forget that the
simple line iS's have developed gradually from being merely a P & S type of
camera
[iS-10(0)] to something of a hybrid, incorporating features like long time mode
[iS-10(0)S] and exposure compensation [iS-30(0)] along the way. Is there a
limit to
what's possible with this line of cameras?
Per Nordenberg
Zoo keeper at Kolmården
http://www.kolmarden.com/
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