On Wed, 19 Dec 2001 ClassicVW@xxxxxxx quoted some stuff from Photo
Industry Reporter:
> Since it will be
> virtually impossible for Olympus to field a complete lens system at once,
> Olympus hopes other lens makers will jump on the Olympus-mount bandwagon and
> produce optics for the new digital Olympus camera.
This came up a couple of months ago, and I neglected to throw in my 2c
before the subject diverged, so I'll express my opinion now. I think
the development of a universal lens mount is a good thing generally, and
possibly the best survival strategy for Olympus - in much the same way
that letting anyone make VHS recorders was a good strategy for JVC who
would otherwise have bee squashed by Sony.
Unlike the VHS/Betamax wars, however, there's nothing about the use of a
generic lens mount that will force a manufacturer to produce lower
quality optics or bodies than they might like to.
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