Hello Zuikomates,
I think that USB 1.1 is not a real drawback for the E-300. USB 2.0 Card
readers do sell at 15-20 US$ so they are quite affordable for someone
who has spent 1000 US$ or more to buy the camera. However the choice of
USB 1.1 makes no sense to me and I agree on the point you did mention- a
strange way to differentiate the two models.
The real problem with the E-system is that professionals stay away. It's
a long long time when Olympus had dedicated and loyal pros. I
participated at the Athens 2004 Games as a volunteer for the photo team.
I didn't see even One E-1 except mine- do I need to tell that the pros
laughed when we talked about the E-system?
A fortunate E- and OM-system user
Stylianos
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Moose
Sent: Τρίτη, 28 Σεπτεμβρίου 2004 1:05 πμ
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: E-300 ponderings, the new Pen-F?
Skip Williams wrote:
>Well it's obvious that Olympus used the Pen F/FT as inspiration for the
finder system in the new E-300: Sideways-swinging mirror, porro-prism
instead of a penta-prism....
>
>I'm not sure that I like the camera, but it's definitely heading in the
right direction as far as offering what should sell. With the smaller
lens mount, they've begun to take additional advantage of it's size,
which is a good thing...........
>- USB 1.1 only vs. USB 2.0 or Firewire on E-1
>
This is the one thing that makes no sense to me. Why cripple the camera
this way? I realize they have to differentiate from the E-1, but setting
it up so buyers will be frustrated with slow downloads seems foolish to
me. This seems to me to be a camera perfectly positioned to pull people
up from the 8mp prosumer fixed lens cameras. USB 2.0 would be a selling
point for those folks. The Sony 828 already has it. Oh well, maybe
everybody will have a new PC with built in card readers.
Moose
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