Yes, Frank. Quite interesting.
BTW, The Nikon is shown on the same (long) page as the new Oly. Just page down
a ways to see the photos and a brief description of it. Here is copied the
text, the photos are worth seeing. This is probably what the OM-6 will look
like :>)
What you're looking at here is the camera which may well turn the pro-consumer
and professional digital camera market on its head. This camera is based on a
combination of the excellent F100 and F5 bodies, with some features which come
from the F5 and some from the F100. It's a true SLR with fully interchangeable
lenses, flash mounts and all the features you'd expect in a top-of-the-range
SLR.
This is NOT the Kodak DCS 620 / 660 (which I will be reviewing in the next two
weeks), it is a BRAND NEW camera which will be priced very much cheaper than
the previous Pro SLR cameras, it is COMPLETELY built, designed and engineered
by Nikon
George
At 09:31 PM 2/16/99 +0000, you wrote:
>On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 11:08:24 -0800, gma <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>RE digital backs:
>>
>>
>Interesting, George. I missed the Nikon but as a coincidence I wrote
>about these developments to a nice German guy (list member too!) in
>the Olympus digital software department in Hamburg. I quote from my
>message to him - the last sentences are the most relevant here:
>
>>I think the Camedia 1400XL price should be substantially _less_ than
>>the about $900 (DM 1650) the C2000-Z sells for, even considered that
>>this is a Japan price. Yodobashi is regularly visited now by some
>>Olympus collectors I know... ;-)
>>
>>I expect the C1400XL / D620L at least in the US to sell for less than
>>$650 in 6-9 months from now. Remember my prophecy on the price of the
>>D600/C1400L, indeed going for $450-500 in the US now...
>>
>>I think the price development is going the same way as with other
>>computer products, rather than that of other cameras. Many camera
>>dealers will suffer losses because they are not used to this
>>phenomenon.
>>Maybe this is also the reason why so many of the digital cameras are
>>sold through computer outlets rather than in camera shops: the latter
>>simply can't afford to have them in stock if every year the prices are
>>halved.
>>
>>I will wait and see what happens. Every day I wait and keep using my
>>old (!) D-600 my next camera gets cheaper...
>>
>>There would be one exception. If any camera would appear on the market
>>which can take my existing Zuiko lenses I would not hesitate and buy
>>it. I am sure that this will happen sooner or later - if it isn't
>>Olympus who does it than it will be another factory, making a camera
>>which can be adapted to take the Zuikos and other brand high quality
>>lenses. Or Imagek will do the long-promised thing and build a back for
>>our OM's, but I am afraid we will never see that happen....
>
>when giving my ideas on the price development I took into account that
>probably very soon a new Olympus digital SLR will be marketed as well,
>with 2.5M pixels.
>
>Frank van Lindert
>Utrecht NL.
>
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