And that is what Oly has been saying from the beginning. Nikon and Canon
designed bodies to make use of all the warehoused lenses they hadn't sold
yet.
----------------------------------------------------
John Hermanson www.zuiko.com
mail: omtech@xxxxxxxxx
Camtech, Olympus Sales & Service since 1977
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743-4714
631-424-2121 Turnaround 4-5 weeks
----------------------------------------------------
----- Original Message -----
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] E-1 4/3 vs. full sensor
> You're missing a VERY important point here, Winsor - Neither Nikon nor
> Canon has designed a line of lenses specifically for use with their
> digital bodies; and neither company contends that they have specific
> lenses that produce the best images with their DSLRs. Olympus designed
> the camera and lenses from the ground up, to be used together, and
> contend that using other lenses will produce less than optimal images.
> So, again, why would they want people running around getting less than
> optimal results with the E-1?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Winsor Crosby
> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 4:24 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] E-1 4/3 vs. full sensor
>
>
>
> On Nov 30, 2003, at 8:31 AM, B. D. Colen wrote:
>
>
>
> IF Olympus were to release the OM lens adapter for the E-1, is it at all
> likely that the members of this group would refrain from vociferously
> complaining all over the net about less than perfect images they
> obtained when mounting their old MF lenses on the E-1 body - a body
> specifically designed to use lenses designed for it?
>
> The answer, of course, is "no way." So given that Olympus contends that
> its E-1 lenses are needed to get the most out of the sensor - and given
> that it contends that lenses designed for film SLRs will not provide
> optimal images - why would Olympus want to release the adapter only to
> have OM users bitch and complain far and wide about the results they
> obtain when using those lenses? Would the sale of a few hundred bodies
> be worth more to the company than the bad publicity that would result
> from the bad mouth of the E-1 system based on the use of OM lenses?
>
>
>
> Funny, but it seems to work for Nikon and Canon. And if you want to see
> complainers visit a Canon forum. Most are very happy slapping their 35mm
> lenses on their digital bodies and spending lots of buck for new extra
> wide angle lenses for digital. We all know that special digital lenses
> was a lot of hype except for maybe wide angles anyway. The evidence is
> all around you. Bad marketing doesn't make the E-1 a bad camera though.
>
> Winsor
> Long Beach, California
> USA
>
>
>
< This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
< For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
< Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >
|