Moose wrote:
>
> At Costco yesterday*, they had an Oly compact or two and the E-500 two
> lens kit. A woman was complaining about the fancy Oly her husband had
> bought and how it took worse pictures that the prior P&S cameras. As the
> sales guy started to try to find out why, she said it didn't matter,
> since he had dropped it and broken the LCD, so they needed a new camera.
> She asked about the Pent*x Optio and he said something about another
> camera. Then she mentioned they ahd xD cards they didn't want to waste.
> He said only Oly and Fuji use those and promptly showed her an Oly,
> saying it was a vey good little P&S. I don't know whether he avoided
> mentioning it at first because of her report of a bad Oly experience or not.
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With respect to Ali's woes getting the E-500 perhaps it depends as much
on what you ordered as who you ordered it from. Moose comments here
that Costco has the E-500 two lens kit. Checking B&H I see the same.
Two lens kits are available. One lens kits or body only are not.
Then there are xD cards. What a silly development. Trying to chase a
commodity market with inferior technology. I haven't even bothered to
look at the specs of Oly P&S cameras because they use xD cards. Of
course, now I think all the other P&S cameras that had been using CF
cards have moved on to SD cards so I still can't use my CF cards. Ah,
well. The Stylue Epic still works.
Chuck Norcutt
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