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Re: [OM] We're just going to have to get past this...

Subject: Re: [OM] We're just going to have to get past this...
From: "Earl Dunbar" <edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 16:48:00 -0400
Bill:

You make some good points.  But John said there was pricing when the item was 
listed in the dealer section of the Oly site.  Seems like they might have 
thought it through but maybe a marketing/engineering/management/who knows who 
turf war broke out.

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On 10/3/2003 at 2:45 PM Bill Pearce wrote:

>On the subject of the E1-OM compatibility...
>
>I know it would be nice for the few of us that still use OM's seriously,
>but
>commercially, it just doesn't wash. First, the number of working pros using
>OM's can probably be measured on your digits. Perhaps without the use of
>toes! If Nikon couldn't hang on with their sometimes pro support, Olympus
>lost that market long ago. A rational view would be that the company
>management never really wanted that market in the first place. So, count
>off
>the sales to legions of existing users.
>
>Second, how many medical facilities are still using film? If they do, they
>sure aren't buying off the shelf camera equipment. Medical equipment comes
>from a totally different supply line, and if Olympus is like any other
>large
>corporation, the medical people don't talk to the camera people unless
>forced (or vice-versa).
>
>Third, the market for macrophotography is so slim, it can't drive a
>commercial enterprise.
>
>So, there it is. IF Olympus makes an OM to E1 adapter, it's a gift. It
>probably boils down to the question, is the market size able to support a
>mainly handmade item, at a price that will be profitable. If we're
>expecting
>this to be offered because the company wishes to support loyal customers,
>remember how few new items we've all purchased in the last ten years.
>
>I know digital is in my future, but the big question is when. I need to
>balance the cost and product useful life against the potential added
>revenue
>to my work as an industrial photographer and value to my own hobby and
>travel photography. Right now, I'm still shooting film. the one thing I
>don't expect is to use any OM lenses on a digital system.
>
>Bill Pearce
>
>
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