Motor Sport Visions Photography wrote:
>
> In a message dated 10/23/00 "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> << They're really trying harder and harder to kill it, aren't they.
> There is
> no way to justify the prices they want for equipment like this. These
> have
> to be incredibly cheap to manufacture, without any sophisticated
> electronics
> and with tooling that has long been paid for. >>
>
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>
> While no bargain, the new OM4Ti and OM3Ti bodies are certainly not the
> most expensive 35mm bodies out there today. Yet, if one does not require
> whiz-bang wunderbrickisms, the OMs still rank among the best out there
> IMO. Having played with a friend's Pentax PZ-1P some I will say that
> certain mainstream camera makers in the wunderbrick market are gouging
> much worse than Olympus. There doesn't seem to be much it can't do as
> well as certain wunderbricks that cost 3-4 times as much. Pentax appears
> staged for an aggressive comeback...I can only hope Olympus follows in
> queue.
A brand new OM3Ti body sits all alone on the shelf in a downtown
Vancouver photo store. The price tag is Cdn$2,299 to which would be
added the customary sales taxes. I suspect this body is going to be very
lonely for a very long time.
John Hudson
Vancouver, BC
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