Olympus has a huge loyal following if anyone knows anything about the used
camera market.
If you talk to any "Professional" Camera Salesman in the business, that
knows the stuff and the business, they will all tell you the same. I am
talking about a guy with 15 - 20 years experience. Olympus and Pentax has a
significant loyal customer base group.
My only gripe is, why Olympus ignores them? Maybe they are smarter than I
am. Most women and some guys would prefer convenience over quality and I am
referring to the point and shoot camera. ( easy to carry)
It would just be nice to see Olympus reintroduce the OM-1 to show a little
respect to those customers that have remained loyal. I think it would rake
in huge rewards and benefits. Give Cossina the specs and have them do it,
retro....
Just a thought.... Sam....
-----Original Message-----
From: Lex Jenkins <lexjenkins@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, June 24, 2000 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Fw: Cossina cranks out a retro-range finder camera, why
Olympus
>I don't know how the popularity per capita compares, but I see quite a few
>OM items in places like pawn shops. Mostly OM-10 bodies (sometimes
>working), occasionally OM-1 or OM-2 bodies (usually not working). Lots of
>50/1.8 Zuikos and third-party OM mount lenses.
>
>This isn't necessarily a reflection of the OM-at-large population since
pawn
>shops are increasingly declining to loan money on items that don't sell
>quickly.
>
>Conversely, camera shops claim that desirable used OM items just fly off
the
>shelves. Personally, I think that's just sales hype. But it is difficult
>to find certain items locally.
>---
>Lex
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>>From: "Gregg" <giverson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>This made me wonder again. Where has the OM system had it's greatest
>>following? I began to wonder this after seeing the gold OM and where it
>>was
>>released. I also wonder if the lower cost of OM equipment meant that the
>>US
>>market has the lowest following for the OM line, you know, the lowest
>>demand
>>and excess supply makes the price go down, etc.
>
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