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[OM] Re: 2SP battery drain

Subject: [OM] Re: 2SP battery drain
From: AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 10:48:54 -0800 (PST)
> What was it about the SP that the dealers did not like
> initially?

Profit margin.  Add to that, the fact that Olympus America began
it's major job of blowing off the dealers.

Canon gave the dealers attention, profit margin and products
that moved.  Olympus?  We're still waiting for that prolevel
autofocus SLR.  The OM-2S went head to head with the AE-1
Program and A-1 and later the T-xx bodies. Olympus had the
superior internals, but the customers were more interested in
features. Canon won that battle then and still win that battle
today.

I think the same question you ask about the OM-2S could be
applied to the E-1. Superior "camera", inferior features as
compared to the primary competition.

Oh, and don't forget--Olympus dropped the silvernosed lenses
about the same time.  They deserved to be punished!

AG


                
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