Dan wrote:
> I'll have to agree. I've said it before and I'll say it again
> -- we, as a group, are the worst enemy of Olympus. EVERY time
> someone asks "should I buy an OM2000 or an OM-1", the answer
> from this group has ALWAYS been "buy a used OM-1". Granted the
> OM2000 is not really an Olympus design, but it is a new release
> from Olympus. It seems that our collective wish is for the
> OM2000 to fail, and it will, because WE don't buy it. The other
> recommendations from this group consistantly is to buy used,
> "for far less cost".
>
> So what is the message we are giving to Olympus??? -- there is no
> market for good (read expensive) new OM photographic gear. Even
> the die-hard OM users/supporters out there are not buying new
> stuff from Olympus.
>
> Thank you for agreeing with me, Dan! But now I'm going to (slightly)
> disagree with you! <g> Yes, when we are asked "OM-1 or OM2000?" We say OM-1
> because for around $150 that 30 yr old OM-1 has a better chance of still
> being around in 10 or 15 years than a brand new OM2000. (IMO). It just
> feels like plastic. Cheap plastic, not the somewhat proven polycarbonate
> that Canon and others have used. I don't think our shunning the "Olympus"
> OM2000 sends the wrong message, it sends the message to "don't offer us
> junk, but perhaps if you give us the quality you gave before, THEN we'll
> buy." But I don't think they'll get it because they aren't even listening.
George S.
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