Olympus just announced price cuts on the E-500 sets. 2 lens set should
sell now for anywhere from $699 to $749
Closed 7/27 through 8/6
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John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121 | Olympus OM Service since 1977
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Winsor Crosby wrote:
> I am afraid you are right. I can understand that price drives sales
> and that price competition has made small cameras unprofitable, but
> is the lowest common denominator the only one being catered to? I
> would gladly give up a color LCD replacing it with a small black and
> white that would just give me data and a histogram if I had a decent
> viewfinder. I would even pay a little more. What I don't get is that
> there are predictions of $400 DSLRs by next year and they can't make
> and sell a decently featured small cam for the same price.
>
> I mention Nikon because I know about it, but since they have dropped
> all the upper line Coolpix models and only make little
> viewfinderless, cheap purse cameras they are turning a decent profit
> on them for the first time in a long time. Nothing like the little
> cams that lured many of us to our first digital experience are being
> made any more. A shame really.
>
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> Winsor
> Long Beach, California, USA
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