At 19:25 20.11.01, Hans v.W. wrote:
Will Olympus make serious profit from a digital 'OM'? I think they will.
There must be tens of thousands of Zuiko owners who are watching the digital
revolution. How many of them will rush to the shop when Olympus releases a
digital body for them they can afford? I know I would. And if this body
would also work with a range of dedicated AF lenses I would also buy one or
more of these (if only to cover the wide angle range, or to use the full
range of features including AF). We form a big group of potential buyers;
let's hope Olympus realizes this.
I suspect Olympus hasn't kept the OM system alive for us maniacs, but for
the (lower end, in relative terms) scientific market. There must be quite a
few OMs and accessories collecting dust on microscopes, endoscopes and
what-not, and I bet they still sell a few OM bodies with their microscopes.
Here at the Department of Physics, University of Oslo, the semiconductor
guys now use Olympus digitals with their optical microscopes. I guess
convenience is king for simple visual documentation of material samples,
but according to friends at the Department of Biology they still use a few
film cameras there. This market must be vanishing fast now with digitals
getting better and more accepted.
Regards,
Thomas Bryhn
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