Naaa. I don't see that we would have bought it, especially if the Oly
price on the 5T would be consistent with 4T & 3T pricing, since the FM3a
is less than half the price and is selling poorly.
There will always be those with lots of extra cash like the ones running
to snag a new 3Ti at $1500, just because its discontinued. But, not
enough to keep that part of Oly's market alive.
Larry
AG Schnozz wrote:
> > >Would anyone have bought an OM-5? Probably not many users of
> > >OM-3/4Ti's would have (I doubt much improvement could have
> > been
> > >realized),
>
> Ok, reality check time! The OM-4T is such a perfect camera that
> there isn't room for improvement? You're right. We don't need:
> -TRUE flash sync speeds faster than 1/60. (not without vertical metal
> shutter)
> -Aperture in the viewfinder information. (big deal) (requires
> redesign of zuikos)
> -Fill-flash ratio control.
> -1 second mirror pre-fire.
> -Program modes. (yech!!!)
> -Auto film loading. (lame)
> -Auto ISO detection.
> -Infrared remote control. (available already)
> -Autofocus. (blech)
> -Matrix metering. (ack!)
> -High-point viewfinders.
> -Manual shutter speeds slower than one second.
>
> Shall I go on?
>
> Don't kid yourself. If Olympus made an OM-5 we would have
> bought it. After all, how many of us have OM-4(t,ti) bodies
> even though we have the ultimately perfect OM-2(md,n,s)?
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