Things are bound to veer off course as out focus shifts from time to time.
I expect it and if I see a topic I don't care about, I just hit DEL.
John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
Olympus OM Service since 1977
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean Tyler" <dtyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 8:43 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: [ON TOPIC] Is the Olympus list already dying?
>
> I like the list the way it is. While I am most interested in OM
> equipment,
> I like having the digital information. Eventually, I will have a digital
> system, but I'm not ready yet. If I don't care about an OT thread, I
> don't
> read it and move on. The list is way it is and I enjoy it.
>
> Dean
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AG Schnozz [mailto:agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 4:20 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: [ON TOPIC] Is the Olympus list already dying?
>
>
> Well, I tried slugging the E1 posts with CWMNBN-BUTRAG, but
> nobody bit. Oh, well.
>
>> Where "ON TOPIC" I myself understand:
>> -OM/Zuiko+OM/Zuiko compatible (not digital) equipment
>> discussions...
>
> Why would the OLYMPUS E-1 and OLYMPUS E-300 which are not only
> made by OLYMPUS but are compatible with Zuiko lenses not be "on
> topic"?
>
> Just think, you have pro/part-time pro photographers actually
> using 30 year old Zuiko lenses in professional applications.
> Not only that, but you have real in-use examples and data
> regarding these lenses. Much of this information may be applied
> to the analog realm too. For example, who would have guessed
> that my Zuiko 200/4 has horrid color fringing at 5 meters, but
> is fine at closer and further distances. No wonder I
> consistantly had to toss those pictures. Now I know.
>
> Except for some B&W, I pretty much have stopped using the OM
> bodies professionally. If it wasn't for the emperical data
> presented ON THIS VERY LIST by other members who proceeded me, I
> would have totally bailed to another brand. Any remaining OM
> equipment not sold off (the On-Topic FS) would have been
> relegated to a dusty shelf in the basement.
>
> It's not a matter of "IF" you'll go digital and park the OM
> bodies, but "WHEN". Many proceeded me, others will follow.
>
> If the list doesn't adopt the newer technologies it will become
> a "collector's only" list. I'll be gone in an Iowa minute.
>
> AG
>
>
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