Received this by way of another list. Sad news, but expected. If the 4Ti
is still being sold new, how can they be doing final repairs with no
warranty?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Goss" <steveg3@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Clint Rumbo" <clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "John Hermanson"
<omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2001 12:06 PM
Subject: [Fwd: Important News from Olympus Plaza!*! [Yahoo! Clubs: Olympus
Mount]]
| This came through on the "Olympus Mount" list, and thought you two might
like
| to let them know that repair services are still available.
|
| Thanks, Steve Goss, Dallas Tx usa
|
| david_redhawk wrote:
| >
| > Important News from Olympus Plaza, Kanda, Tokyo, Japan!
| >
| > I visited the Olympus world headquarters on Friday August 10th, 2001.
According to the people at Olympus, all Olympus SLR cameras, excluding OM-4,
OM-4Ti , OM-3, and OM-3Ti , will no longer be technically supported. They
will not provide overhaul service for the OM-1's thru OM-2n's.
| > They will provide very limited repair services only with no gaurantees.
| >
| > I was informed that this would be the last chance to have such older
cameras
| > considered for repair by Olympus. I believe this marks the pending doom
of
| > the OM system cameras within a couple of years. The Zuiko lens line up
has been slashed!
| >
| > Discontinued lenses as of this year;
| > - Zuiko 50mm 3.5 Macro ( 50mm 2.0 macro available @ $800 )
| > - Zuiko 85mm 2.0
| > - Zuiko 35-70 zoom
| >
| > Not surprising, a giant camera store chain in Japan no longer stocks OM
cameras and lenses.
| > Even in Tokyo Olympus OM equipment is becoming scarce. Unlike the United
States, there are no 'freelance' camera technicians in Japan.
| >
| > The end is near for us 'die-hard' manual focus SLR users! It marks the
end of photography's
| > most important advances as in seen in 1972, with the release of the
Olympus M-1, (OM-1).
| > It also marks the end of Maitani's era, along with the millions of
devoted OM users.
| >
| > David RedHawk
| > Sat, Aug 11, 2001
| >
| > ---------------------------------------------
In some ways we're "ahead" of Japan ;-) They "just" stopped doing 1
through 2N? OA stopped doing them YEARs ago.
John Hermanson
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