In <002901c171f0$cccb4d90$380afea9@xxxxxxxx.veluwen>, on 11/20/01 at
07:25 PM,
"Hans van Veluwen" <hcvanveluwen@xxxxxxxxx> said:
>Otoh they've been keeping the OM System alive for the last decade not
>because they've been making so much profit from it, but more out of
>loyalty towards existing users, and probably also to keep the name
>Olympus Optical co. in the ranks of builders of serious camera
>systems.
Someone on this list [apologies; I forget who it was] suggested that the
continued availability of the OM-3T and OM-4T was due to the influence
of the microscope division of Olympus Optical. They're more familiar
with labor-intensive small-batch production, and the cameras are used
with their microcopes. This puts the motivation back in the
lust-for-money camp, which I find easier to understand that Oly's
"loyalty" to OM users, a sentiment which I don't believe they share with
us.
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les clark / edgewater, nj / usa
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