Get it as far in advance as possible so you can learn to use it, and get
plenty of backup nimh batteries.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Wayman" <hiwayman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Help me! Help me!
> Slick, silver-tongued devil that I am, after only moderate
> cajoling and the tiniest bit of whimpering, I have been given
> permission by my good lady wife to buy an E-20, or the like,
> before we leave for Alaska the last week in June. I've decided to
> go digital on this outing to avoid the airport film x-ray hassles
> and travel as light as possible, leaving the OM stuff at home.
> These cruises are, after all, not full of great photo
> possibilities, but are more snapshot opportunities. I really
> don't think they'll change course or anchor for a while just so I
> can get a better shot.
>
> So I am soliciting opinions regarding which of two possible
> courses of action to take:
>
> (1) Go ahead and get an E-20, even though the price is still high
> and it does have certain faults, some of which are currently under
> discussion here.
>
> (2) Wait for the interchangeable lens digital body. I understand
> it's supposed to be in the $1500 range, and if so, that leaves
> $500 of my allowance for a lens, possibly a zoom the equivalent of
> the E-20 lens.
>
> I have always been opposed to buying serial number 0001 of
> anything, so I am a little leery on that count. I don't want to
> be the first to discover some disastrous problem that will be
> fixed by the time they make number 1001. But whatever I get, I
> want to have it a month or so before we leave so I can have time
> to become familiar with it and be comfortable using it. When is
> this thing supposed to be available?
>
> Decisions, decisions. Anybody got a suggestion? An opinion? A
> clue? The tiniest glimmer of a thought?
>
> Walt Wayman
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