I agree with Khen here. I doubt Sony is even shooting for Olympus, because if
they take even a small bite out of Canon's (or to a lesser exent Nikon's)
marketshare in DSLRs, they will have a larger piece of the pie than if they
took a large bite out of Oly's market.
A good portion of Canon's market is made because of the huge presense of their
brand in the marketplace. I think that someone who knows _nothing_ about
cameras is probably more likely to buy a Canon than any other brand. This
isn't to say that they don't make great products, but it's an indication that
their brand is so huge it's practically a household word even amoungst the
non-photographic crowd. Sony has that same power in the marketplace. The Sony
DSLR was on the shelves of every major electronics store in the USA on the day
of its release. Olympus had to wait months if not over a year to get to get a
DSLR on the shelves at even some of the big box retailers here in the US.
----- Original Message ----
From: khen lim <castanet.xiosnetworks@xxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 12:19:32 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Whither Khen?
On 29/09/06, Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Sorry, Ali, but they have to compete. If people move on to other
> makes the Oly crowd gets smaller and smaller and that means lenses go
> up in price or just are not developed. This happened before with the
> OMs. Oly put out a list of anticipated lenses at one point, some of
> which were amazing. Prototypes were developed and pictures were
> published made with things like 200mm fast macro lenses. They never
> materialized in the market place because nothing was done with the
> cameras to continue attract buyers.
>
> Who do you think Sony is going to eat? Not Canon or Nikon.
Totally totally woefully wrong here. Guaranteed 100pc safe. From the two you
mention, one is DEFINITELY not safe....PARTICULARLY and SPECIFICALLY from
Sxxx.
Winsor
> Long Beach, CA
> USA
>
>
> On Sep 28, 2006, at 1:18 PM, Ali Shah wrote:
>
> >
> > Khen has eloquently pointed out that Olympus is NOT
> > the type of company that will send out an item based
> > on market force. Yes we would all like an E-3 NOW!
> > However, Olympus does not want to push out a product
> > for the sake of competing with the C/N's of the world.
> > They would rather put out a good product that will
> > stand out from the crowd, have the quality that is
> > expected from Olympus, and please those that have any
> > doubts.
>
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