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Re: [OM] Old OM lenses and E-1

Subject: Re: [OM] Old OM lenses and E-1
From: Jay Maynard <jmaynard@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 06:37:19 -0500
On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 12:07:08PM -0700, ganderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Unfortunately, the way I read the situation is that promoting the use of
> Zuikos on the E-1 is contrary to Olympus' potential success with the 4/3
> system for a couple of reasons.  First, obviously they want to sell new
> lenses as well as bodies, so it's a no-brainer for them to discourage the
> use of older lenses.  But more importantly, use of 35mm-film designed
> lenses on the E-1 directly contradicts their engineering philosophy of
> having lenses specifically tailored to the sensor for much improved
> performance.

There's only one problem with this: If I have to replace all of my OM lenses
anyway, I can freely replace them with Canon, Nikon, Sigma, and so on. I
have no particular incentive to replace them with Olympus 4/3 lenses.

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