The E-300 verges on piquing my interest because of the combination of features,
size, and cost. Though a digital retard, I've already got a card reader, so
the USB 1 or 2 conumdrum means nothing to me. It takes the same lenses as I
expect will be the Olympus standard for some time to come. It costs little
enough so that in a couple of years, when it's of a value the equivalent of an
old 386 computer, I can sell it for enough money to buy a half-way decent
bottle of single malt Scotch to drink while I decide what to buy next. Or I
can just give it to some neighborhood child. And if it doesn't come with the
whatchamacallit adapter from Olympus, there's always that other one you can
buy. Plus, if it sells enough units, that'll get us those third-party lenses
and accessories.
I see a definite upside to this thing. Of course, I could be wrong. I've got
some stock shares to prove it.
Walt
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"Progress might have been all
right once, but it's gone on too
long." -- Ogden Nash
-------------- Original message from AG Schnozz : --------------
>
> Why is it, then, that the (R)EVOLT does absolutely nothing for
> me? I look at it and say "yuck". Maybe it's better in person,
> but me thinks that Olympus is losing it. Brilliant idea and it
> will sell well against the 2/3" prosumers and maybe the D70 or
> Dribbel. But it doesn't bring anything new to the table. It
> doesn't advance the Digital State of the Art.
>
> They'll sell a few hundred thousand units, though.
>
> Olympus still hasn't answered the need for optical
> stabilization, larger/better monitors, higher frame-rates and
> bigger buffers, faster auto-focus, or improved relations with
> dealers.
>
> Or how about the ability to get Tamron and Tokina to provide
> 3rd-party lens support?
>
> AG-Schnozz
>
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