Mark,
By any chance did you speak to Greg at Lake Shore Camera in Palm Harbor?
He's a long-time Olympus dealer and the last time I spoke to him he
indicated he would probably stock the E-1 and the accessories. Fulmer's in
Clearwater is (or at least was!) an Olympus dealer, but I haven't spoke to
Jerry in some time.
Jim Caldwell
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On 10/28/2003 at 1:36 PM Mark_Jennings@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>Hello all!
>
>I only receive the digest these days because I seldom post to the list.
>But I thought this is important enough to share with everyone. Over the
>past couple of days I have called around and received feedback from the
>local pro-level photo retailers in the Tampa Bay area regarding the Olympus
>E-1. These are stores that are currently authorized Olympus dealers and
>currently stock Olympus digital cameras. All were candid with me about
>this and willing to talk about it..
>
>Not one of the stores will be stocking the E-1 body or any new Zuiko
>digital lenses. No cameras will be displayed in any store. They will only
>accept special orders for the system components. The reasons for this were
>consistent from the three stores I contacted.
>
>None is confident that the Olympus 4/3 system will be popular with serious
>amateur/professional photographers. Olympus requires a significant minimum
>investment in E-1 stock merchandise and marketing items, separate from
>Olympus' other digital photo equipment. None is comfortable with the
>minimum amount of investment. They all feel that the pricing of the lenses
>is too high. They stated the demand for pro digital equipment is for Canon
>and Nikon. Both those systems meet the demands of the vast majority of the
>market for pro digital equipment and they see no reason that will change.
>None of them wants to make the major investment in acquiring inventory of a
>new Olympus system they have serious reservations about. One of the stores
>is taking a wait and see approach. The other two don't think the 4/3
>system will be a widespread success.
>
>I was informed that the Olympus sales representative for this area has said
>only one photo retailer in central Florida has committed to stocking the
>E-1system and that single shop is in Orlando. That doesn't sound too good
>to me. I guess I won't be seeing an E-1 in person unless I drive to
>Orlando, which I'm not going to do.
>
>Mark Jennings
>Seminole, FL
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