I went Nikon two years ago or so when I discovered that the E5 was
nowhere to be handled within a good 200 miles.
I had asked the Oly rep who was present at a photo fair, and even he,
didn't have one for me to handle it and look though the VF ...
Well, my ZD lenses seem to have made their new owners happy now.
Philippe
Le 9 oct. 12 à 20:20, john.duggan10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx a écrit :
> Steve. Was not intended as Olympus bashing....l think that the D5
> is a
> cracking camera but if it not available for customers to handle they
> will end up with Nikon/Canon/Panasonic instead
>
> My friendly dealer says he has customers who would buy Olympus
> from him
> but end up with other makes cos. Olympus will not supply him at
> trade
> as cheaply as Argos (think lower quality Best Buys) is able to
> supply
> to customers.
>
> Also cost and availability of accessories is prohibitive.
>
> John.D
>
> Sent from Samsung mobile
>
> sctroy@xxxxxxx wrote:
> ---- Original message ----
>> From: Ken Norton
>> Subject: Re: [OM] OM. Customer Service $@*+!!!
>> The camera store here might be a rarity, but EVERY time I'm in there,
> the place is packed with customers. Being the only game in town has
> worked for them, but they also have done an amazing job of
> constantly
> adapting to the changing marketplace.
>>
>> They haven't sold Olympus in decades.
> Just to counter the anti-Olympus slant, the local camera store
> here in
> the northern Philadelphia suburbs has survived while most of the
> in-city shops have folded. It's always crowded - and they carry a
> respectable line of Olympus (not as much as Canon and Nikon -
> where you
> can rent 400mm and larger lenses for the weekend - but respectable
> nonetheless). I buy my Olympus stuff there as they are usually a
> few
> dollars cheaper than B&H. They do a decent Olympus business because
> they actually care to promote it a bit.
> Steve Troy
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