I can second this in spades. I recently bought my wife an Oly Stylus
120 to replace her aging P&S (some of you may recall the "stinky" flash). We
were both taking photos over the Xmas festivities, her with the new camera
and me with my Oly Stylus Epic. She picked up the prints from both rolls and
immediately questioned why mine looked so much better. My pithy comment was
"Because you wanted a zoom". Thanks for listening...now I will return to the
doghouse.
Charlie Geilfuss
-----Original Message-----
From: John Hermanson [mailto:omtech@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 9:50 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Does it have a zoom?
That's sad. You started a great pitch. If they were to see how sharp the
Epic results are compared to "zooms" , they'd be
jealous..............atleast she didn't demand panorama.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lama-Jim L'Hommedieu" <lamadoo@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Oly List" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 9:51 PM
Subject: [OM] Does it have a zoom?
> A woman at work was talking about Christmas and cameras. She said that
between her mom, her sister, and herself, they had only one
> camera. She had loaned her camera to her sister and didn't expect it back
before Christmas.
>
> I went home and got the Stylus Epic QD that I bought to resell and gave it
to her. I said, "Here's the camera, a fresh battery,
> film, the box, the strap, and the instructions. It's even splash-proof."
>
> She said, "It's so tiny! Does it have a zoom?"
>
> "Well, no. But Sharon, the thing about zooms is..."
>
> Her phone rang and took the call. Right in the middle of her phone
conversation, she turned to me and went, "How do I open it?" I
> showed her but she lost interest in the camera, turned her back towards
me, and talked to her sister. I stood patiently for awhile
> but another call came in and she took that one too! End of discussion.
So I shrugged and went back to my office.
>
> She came upstairs later to return the Stylus Epic QD. Her words were
very telling. She said, "I think it's sweet that you went
> and got this for me but... here. I'm going to buy something with a
zoom.... Because... <pregnant pause> I just want a zoom."
>
> Riiight. I never got to the selling point of loading the Stylus with 800.
I never got to explain that the Stylus is small but it
> lets in EIGHT TIMES AS MUCH LIGHT as an f8 zoom. I never got to say that
she can have 10 years of snapshots without a single flash
> exposure if she chooses her camera wisely. No red eye for 10 years worth
of snapshots!
>
> She has it in her head that she needs a zoom so she can hold her head up
when she shows it off. All the other Moms have zooms, I'm
> sure and I'm sure the stink of being a hand-me-down didn't help.
>
> Joni Mitchell said, "*HIP* is a herd mentality."
>
> BTW, Sharon drives herself and her two children in a mini-van. She's
"herd mentality" the whole way. She'll probably get a digital
> with an underpowered flash (3/4" away from the lens), and a compromised
f11 zoom. She'll be happy though, because her pictures will
> look JUST LIKE all the other redeye-infested ones taken by the other
soccer moms. When her hard drive dies, she can moan about how
> she should have taken better care of her children's memories. She'll have
lots of company.
>
> I hate my life,
> Jim
>
> PS, My apologies to you, my friends. Because I didn't have the "last
word" with her, I had to have it here.
>
>
>
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