Good points Skip. I for one (and I am sure I going to get blasted for
this one) am amazed at the attitudes on this list. Why in the world
should Olympus care about a group of folks who tenaciously stick to
twenty year old technology and buy nothing but used equipment? Get real
folks, this is a small group, and of this small group an even smaller
group have bought NEW equipment recently, and of that even less have
bought NEW CURRENT product from Olympus. Truth of the matte is that we
ARE NOT OLYMPUS CUSTOMERS! Why should they pander to us. I would guess
that the real reason the OM adapter is not being produced for the E1 is
that Olympus has determined they will not sell enough of the adapter to
justify the cost of producing it! Doro put it well, the group is small,
and old. We are not the ones buying DSLRs by and large. Even if all of
us were to buy the OM adapter it would not likely cover production
costs. And not all of us would, probably not even a large percentage.
As much as I love my Zuikos and my OMs I certainly see no real sense in
using the Zuikos on a digital camera of any make. It certainly will not
be a major deciding factor when evaluating DSLRs when/if that day comes
for me.
FWIW, I agree wholeheartdly with Skip. The E-1 is the first digital
camera that has really excited me. Not that I am in any position to buy
a digital camera or shopping for one at all. I have, up to this point
had no interest at all, the E-1 does have some interest for me. I will
be very curious to see if the 4/3 system and the E series DLSRs catch on.
Jim Couch
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