But the 3rd party lens market is pretty big, no? I mean, why wouldn't
Sigma, Tokina, Tamron etc. jump in the fray? They don't make bodies so they
are not competing with Oly per se.
Geez, I wonder if this means there will be lots more OM stuff for sale in a
few months...
At 06:11 AM 12/20/2001 -0500, you wrote:
Isn't this also a huge gamble for Olympus? Who's to say anyone else will
adopt Olympus' new lens mount? With all the $$$ it takes to be a player in
the digital market, why should anyone else market something that'll serve
to put $$ into Olympus' pockets by supporting Olympus' digital body?
Olympus has great products, a terrific reputation in their digital cameras
now, with about a 13% market share, and sales of $1 Billion (USD), BUT,
that said, they're still LOSING $92 Million on that $1Billion in sales.
Look at APS, there was 5 or 6 manufacturers getting together to produce
and market something new, and It still hasn't 'made it' in my opinion.
They've gotta be losing 'tons' of $$$ on that scheme.
George S.
I.A.Nichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
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.
// richard http://www.imagecraft.com
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