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Re: [OM] Oly rep speaks about future offerings...

Subject: Re: [OM] Oly rep speaks about future offerings...
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 09:18:22 -0500
I think an OM digital SLR is great, but I think it is a leap to believe that
our lenses will work on it.  I would be shocked.  Without the ability to
provide aperture to the camera body and, more importantly, AF, I don't think
the market would accept them. I expect new lenses.

Hope I'm wrong.

Tom

> Hi.
>
> At my local pro camera shop, I bumped into the Olympus sales rep. I was
> there to pick up an accessory for an OM camera that took more than six
> months to arrive (backordered from Japan, apparently). I took the liberty
> of complaining tactfully about that, but then I asked for the skinny on
the
> future of OM SLRs. He corroborated the consensus that has been reached on
> this group - no successor to the 4T, little attention paid to garnering
> more market share, no refief in sight for escalating prices, concentration
> on digital cameras almost exclusively, as well as point and shoots.
>
> He did, however, offer this:
>
> "I'm on my way to the national sales meeting next week. The advance word
on
> the focus of the meeting is the upcoming push to present to market digital
> cameras for the professional. We already have the $300 to $1200 market
> covered, so next will be the $1200-? market to compete with such things as
> Nikon's D1..."
>
> So, it sounds like all the Zuikoholics will get to bring their favorite
> lenses into the next era of photography technology.
>
> And lastly, the rep gave me this sharp little pen with the Oly logo on it.
> He offered it up like a reflex - the instant you opened your mouth to
> address him, his hand went into his bag and produced the pen. Old-world
> salesmanship, to be sure.
>
> That's all I know.
>
>
>
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