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Re: [OM] OM Preference-Vote (Was Wish List -Summary & Petition)

Subject: Re: [OM] OM Preference-Vote (Was Wish List -Summary & Petition)
From: "John A. Prosper" <prosper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 17:50:27 -0500 (EST)
On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, Tomoko Yamamoto wrote:

> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 16:34:27 -0800
> From: Tomoko Yamamoto <tomokoy@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] OM Preference-Vote (Was Wish List -Summary & Petition)
> 
> Fellow Olympians!
> 
> I have received only 20 responses voting on my questions so far, but I
> understand that there are more than 100 members on this list.  In order for
> our petition to be effective, the majority should send in their personal
> preferences.  I know the last question might be hardest to answer, but
> please name only one feature.  As far as that question is concerned,
> everyone is limited to one vote.  One individual can buy more than one
> camera, which is fine.  
> 
> The questions are:
> 
> 1. Which one of the new OM bodies (OM reissues with possibly a few new
> features, one under $500, one ca. $700, and an OM-5 under $1500) would you
> buy in the next 2-5 years?

$700 (lenses are more important to photo quality).

> Just one or two or all three? (You have to ask
> your own pocketbook and your buying habit.)

2

> 2.Would you like to have an autofocusing OM-x? (Be honest.  You don't
need
> to be realistic here.)

Preferably focus assist

> 3. Would you be willing to have a somewhat larger OM body so that several
> new features may be accommodated?

No!

> 4. What is the single most important feature of the OM body that you would
> like to see retained? Please narrow your preferences down to the single
> feature.  I will not count those votes with two items here.

Multispot metering.

> Before I send off anything, I will present the tally and my list of all the
> nice OM-x features presented.  If anyone has his/her version of the opening
> statement for this petition, you can send it to me or to the list. 
> 
> Your ballot (?) does not need to be sent to the list; I can receive your
> e-mail ballot if you have a secret desire to own an autofocus OM-x or other
> unusual answers to the questions.  I have created two mailboxes
> specifically for this project, one for wish lists and the other for your
> votes, so I am ready to receive a huge number.
> 
> To those OM bargain-hunting Olympians!  Even if your answer to the question
> 1 is none, you may vote on the rest of the questions.  If any of our OM
> dreams is realized, sooner or later you might get to buy one secondhand.  I
> have seen a few used 3Tis and 35-80mm/2.8s advertised in Japanese photo
> magazines.  It seems that it is much harder to spot a used 24mm/4.5 shift.
> I would suspect that once owned, the lens becomes permanently attached to a
> person.
> 
> One last thing:  I'll extend the deadline: 12:00 p.m.(noon) at your local
> time on Tuesday, the 20th of January, 1998, but please don't wait until the
> last minute.
> 
> 
> 
> Tomoko Yamamoto
> Photographer, Composer, Soprano
> mailto:tomokoy@xxxxxxxxx
> http://www.charm.net/~tomokoy/
> -All the photos (except panorama) with OM's-
> http://ep.com/ep/csp.html?csp=1130
> -Olympus Equipment Classifieds-
> 
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