My thoughts exactly. I would like to see Olympus come out with a new OM camera
in the $500 price range like Contax did with the Aria.
Wishfully thinking,
Robert Lewis
"Dirk Wright" <wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx> on 12/15/99 03:18:22 AM
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>Jim, I couldn't agree with you more that the OM-1 will (past present
and
>future) have more appeal than any Rebel, and I agree with your other
points
>too. *But*, I was responding to the term "viable" from the point of
view of
>someone who would be looking for a camera system to use years from
now, and
>you are speaking of collector value. A "viable" system to me is one
that is
>alive and attracting new photographers, something the OM system sure
ain't
>gonna be doing 30 years from now. ( It probably can be argued that
it's not
>attracting any great numbers of new users even today).
>
They need a camera body in the 500$ range. Something good enough that a
pro may buy it as backup for his OM4t, or as an entry level pro camera.
Be seeing you.
Dirk Wright
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