Let me throw in my 2 cents.
Generating any manual is no easy job, especially translating into other
languages is compounded amount of task, effort and financial burden.
One might argue why not hire professional technical translating agencies with
computer power. May be it is not as financially burdensome for companies
such as sony or toyota, who have vast product lines all over the world.
Olympus is not a really large company with lots of financial muscles although
their market share of medical video endoscope is somewhere in the 90% range
world-wide.
Regards,
Jim Terazawa
>
> William Sommerwerck wrote:
>
> > This doesn't relate directly to OM, but I thought I'd post it anyhow.
>
> lion1 wrote:
> >
> > Hear, Hear. I am completely in agreement. All manufacturers should have 2
> > sets of instructions packed with the product. One is the Gateway 2000
> > poster type that let me set up and run my first computer in 1/2 hour with
> > out skipping a beat.
> > Then there should be another set to explain just how the thing works.
> >
> > This seems to be especially needed with cameras such as the OM 3 and 4 which
> > I see so many posts like; how does this really work? and, can I do this with
> > it?
>
> Maybe this persons should read the OM-4Ti or OM-3Ti manual first?
>
> This manuals are exactly composed as you sugest, first the general part,
> how to attach the lens, put in batteries, etc. folowing a more in depth
> explaination of the meter and technical concepts of the camera. The only
> thing I would change is the page format, a little bit biger like the
> first OM-1 manual, this would improve readability. Poster size would be
> to big for such a small, mobile device like an OM. Yashica provides an
> poster type manual with there P&S T4, it´s awful to use.
>
> Manuals are no guide books on general concepts of photography, such
> things would only clutter the manual.
>
> William Sommerwerck wrote further:
>
> > However, if this comes to fruition, it could mean that, over the next
> > few years, most companies will obliged to start writing their manuals in
> > clear, simple English.
>
> I would prefer clear, simple German. ;-)
>
> > Any comments on this? How do you guys/gals feel? I resent paying several
> > hundred dollars for a product that comes with a manual that not only is
> > poorly written, but has incomplete, confusing, and grossly INcorrect
> > information about the product and its use.
>
> Olympus failed once in this respect with there "euro-version" of the
> OM-2SP manual, 4 languages simultanious. Another example of this
> "babylonic" style is the F280 manual, a confusing cluttering of
> languages and typefaces on an very small format.
> But Olympus learned with there Ti manuals.
>
> Regards
>
> Richard
>
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