For the same reason that IBM used to make 150 and 300 card per minute
punch card readers... the only difference between them was the gear
ratio on the drive motor. It's product differentiation to justify a
much higher price for the premium product. Cost of manufacture may have
little or nothing to do with it. Of course, you run the risk of a
competitor undercutting you on features at a lower price.
Chuck Norcutt
Roger Key wrote:
> The roginal/E-1 firmware was 1.4, which seems to be the latest/last. The
> Extreme III accelleration was 25% faster though. I have to admit that I
> really appreciate the 12 exposure buffer on the E-1, rather than the 4 on
> the other Oly DSLRs. Why do Olympus limit it? Memory is cheap these days...
>
> Roger Key
>
>> From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [OM] Re: Does anyone know the write speed for E-xxx cameras ?
>> Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 21:47:48 +1000
>>
>>
>> Rodinal firmware?!!! For fine B&W images?
>> Andrew Fildes
>> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>
>> On 16/05/2007, at 9:44 PM, Piers Hemy wrote:
>>
>>> I have a feeling that the roginal firmware did not take advantage
>>> of Lexar
>>> Write Acceleration, for example.
>
>
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