In a message dated 4/19/2005 8:11:49 AM Central Standard Time,
wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Without the adapter,
> my only other choice would have been the digital Zuiko 300mm
> f2.8 and 1.4X,
> which I have no plans to buy at $6000 or $7000. Bill Barber
>
I think you have plenty of alternatives, check out the cameraquest site, 4/3
to various other mounts, you could mount some nice Nikon, Contax, M42 or
Leica glass on that E-1 in addition to OM.
Perhaps I should have been more specific. It would seem to me that Olympus
could provide a little more customer service to those who had "brought them
to the dance." Those of us who use their previous professional camera gear
(Olympus OM) and have migrated to the e-1 digital are the ones I feel they
should most strongly support. Cameraquest does, in fact offer many choices
for
loyal users of other manufacturers lenses, however that is what they need to
be doing as a specialty products supplier. Olympus, IMHO, needs to support
long tern Olympus customers. At $175 the Cameraquest adapter is no great
bargain (unless you need one and it is the only place you can get it). This
adapter is after all, essentially no more or no less than a manual extension
tube.
Cameraquest doesn't need to sell it at a reasonable price, however it would
seem to me that Olympus should make it available at a more reasonable price
to support their current customers as the only people who would have a need
for the adapter are those of us who are both previous and current customers.
Bill Barber
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