For the most part I agree, but we buy used equipment for two reasons:
1. They don't make NEW stuff any more!!!! (The other guys till make 35mm
SLRs... but not Oly...)
2. The damn stuff is so ergonomically damn-near perfect. I recently bought a
M*nolta Hi-Matic 7s. Not nearly as good in the hand as Oly rangefinders. I'll
use it, but am hunting for fang Olympus SP and RDs to add to my rangefinder
stash.
Earl
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On 12/1/2003 at 2:11 PM Jim Couch wrote:
>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.
>
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>Jim Couch
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