It was never about auto focus. It was all about Oly abandoning the OM
system. No one had heard of 4/3rds. The sentiment seemed to be "fine,
make a digital slr, but don't end OM". You had to be there. Looks like
your first question to the list is dated 8/27, 4 days ago.
Back then, people were scrambling for their best deals on the 90mm f2
macro, or going after the last of the OM-3Ti bodies in the Olympus
warehouse (dealer net topping out at $1600). OM lenses were essentially
new items, warehoused in Japan, manufactured years earlier. Then one
day, for no apparent reason other than profit, long standing lens net
prices went up atleast 25%, some prices doubled. THOSE were the days.
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John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121 | Olympus OM Service since 1977
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On 8/30/2007 10:35:24 AM, Leandro DUTRA (leandro.gfc.dutra@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> 2007/8/30, John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> > and I remember all the people who said they
> wouldn't buy an Olympus
> > digital because they were discontinuing the OM System.
>
> Don't
> quite get it. OM was never autofocus, so it made little sense
> to have a suboptimal digital system in order to get compatibility. As
> for manual focus, one can use old lenses with a cheap, good quality
> adaptor.
>
> Sure the OM system was much bigger, and even with Leica, Panasonic and
> Sigma on board we aren't likely to see all that any time soon in
> FourThirds. So people who really needed a full OM system are left
> with maintaining their legacy until FourThids develops enough or
> migrating to Cannikon or whatever. But for the rest of us…
>
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