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[OM] Re: [OT] Why no FourThirds DSLR the size of a Pentax Auto110? ;-)

Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Why no FourThirds DSLR the size of a Pentax Auto110? ;-)
From: Jay Maynard <jmaynard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 20:29:50 -0500
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 08:33:33AM +1000, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> The lesson of the OM-1 was that it was never considered a pro camera  
> except by a tiny minority and was never a market leader. Some lesson.

Hm. Why, then, do I keep hearing pros say that the OM system was definitely
one of the better professional systems out there?

No, it wasn't a market leader, but it was definitely pro-quality, at least
until autofocus became the pro standard.
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