At 11:34 PM 9/27/99 -0700, imagineero wrote:
[snip]
>>Now for most folks this does not apply and the simple point and shoot
>>camera
>>will work. But what it tells me is Olympus has lost it's desire to focus
>>attention on the "PRO MARKET"
>
>This is getting sillier and sillier. I suppose that the Leica R8 is also
>not focussed on the pro market? Nikon F3HP? What about all the manual
>focus Contax gear out there? Why do people always seem to equate 'pro' with
>AF?
'Cause as we all know, pros are usually somewhat long in the tooth, and, as
their fine-detail eyesight is failing, they need electronic assistance to focus
their lenses properly. ;-)
Garth
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