Olympus-OM
[Top] [All Lists]

[OM] Re: Oly made Vivitar lenses NOW Vivitar flash

Subject: [OM] Re: Oly made Vivitar lenses NOW Vivitar flash
From: Steve Goss <stevegoss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 23:27:15 -0500
So, does anyone know who made (makes) Vivitar flashes?
  Or was it a bunch of players over time?

Thanks, Steve Goss, Dallas Tx usa

John A. Lind wrote: (among other things)

> Vivitar's strategy worked well for some time, but the risks caught up with 
> them as the marketplace shifted and their market share slipped 
> considerably.  Firms that have made lenses for Vivitar are now bigger 
> players with their own non-OEM lenses.  Vivitar is more toward the 
> periphery now, not with the ubiquitous retail presence and name recognition 
> it once enjoyed.  Their web site shows only have six AF lenses . . . five 
> zoom and one prime.  Likewise with their MF lenses (the prime is a 
> CAT).  They seem to be doing a little better with their flash line.
> 
> -- John Lind



==============================================
List usage info:     http://www.zuikoholic.com
List nannies:        olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx
==============================================

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Sponsored by Tako
Impressum | Datenschutz