Well DUH... the Pro guys are in Wyoming
Skip Williams wrote:
>
> Yep, likely functional silos kept the teams apart. The professional guys are
> probably in a skunk works, with their own resources.
>
> Ahem...the pro team wouldn't want to be seen associating with the "consumer"
> guys,...would they?
>
> But all kidding aside, you're almost certainly right. The 8080 is an
> evolution of other Camedia models, not a scaled down E-System camera,
>
> Skip
>
>
> >
> >Subject: [OM] Re: C8080
> > From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 15:27:58 -0500
> > To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >It's amazing that the prosumer camera (from an interface and software
> >standpoint) isn't a near knock-off of the E-1. Clearly lots of
> >attention paid to usability and the development cost is already sunk.
> >
> >My guess is that the C8080 guys probably didn't have access to the E-1
> >development team who, in true corporate and divisional fashion, probably
> >held all of their cards close to the vest even internally.
> >
> >Seen it all before,
> >Chuck Norcutt
> >
> >Skip Williams wrote:
> >
> >> Image quality isn't everything. For me, handling is right up there. I
> >> have a Canon G2 and it produces spectacular results, but it has mediocre
> >> usability, IMO.
> >>
> >> Olympus needs to pay attention the the little things on their pro-sumer
> >> cameras, just like they did on the E-1. It has very few faults, and
> >> almost none of them are in the usability area.
> >
> >
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