From the Maitani interviews, I'd guesstimate about five years. Pretty
much what they would have had, had they spent more thought with regard
to their own future markets while slowly killing off the OM system.
Something is afoul here, and it's not the technology - It's their
management, if you ask me (oh yeah, some "stellar" engineers wouldn't
hurt either).
From what I've seen so far happening at Olympus, my approach is this:
I'll continue to use Oly OM gear as long as bodies, the occasional lens
and repairs are available _easily_. Once that goes, I'm off to Leica
Land (at least they DO keep spares for 30 years after killing off a
product like the M6 - oh, and they don't forget to give you something
equivalent like the MP in return)
Bests, Jan
John Hermanson wrote:
How much lead time did Olympus have invested in the OM system before it was
released? Probably much more than used for the E-1, and no one was looking
over their R&D shoulder wagging fingers.
A "pro" market alone won't support a camera system.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Scharf" <scharfsj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 11:18 PM
Subject: [OM] E1 first thoughts
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 12:24:08 +0200
From: "Dirk Seffern" <ds@xxxxxxxxx>
Althoug I am sceptical about the success (too early to judge without
more "sure" information), I think we have to credit Olympus that they
offer from the very beginning already many lenses. It is logical, that
they can not bring out ALL lenses we would like to have in the first 6
months. But as far as I can see the most important (by sales numbers)
lenghts are offered.
Why not? This was done with the original OM system in the early 70s...
Look at the competition, what do they offer below 21mm?
??? There are a lot of lenses below 21 mm....Sigma has a 15-30, and Canon
has
two, a 16-35/2.8, and a 17-40/4.
Resolution is a point, but as long as we do not know more about the
image quality, it does not make sense to speculate about numbers only.
I agree....despite what many think, there is more to image quality
than the no.
of pixels. The VP of Olympus US marketing has expressed the same
information.
<snip>
I do not think that Olympus is trying to catch a market of
sport-professionals or other people who need extreme features. Lets face
it. These guys already switched 2 years ago into digital i.e. to Canon
or Nikon. So it is unlikely with these heavy investments, that they
would now start completely new with the E-1. You will not get these
people anymore, so Olympus is IMHO focussing on the prosumer (inkl. the
wannabes) and the normal hobby photographer.
Agreed.
-Stephen Scharf
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