Very sad, actually. I would have hoped they would have concluded with:
"May we have a high resolution photo of your lens for our archives?"
Nope. They don't care about the past.
However, some companies do try to keep track of their past:
<http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/cc/cc_room.html>
Chuck Norcutt
Paul Yates wrote:
> Here is Olympus' final reply:
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> "Thank you for your sending us the pictures of your lens.
>
> We checked our record again.
> Unfortunately, there is no record that we put such lens on our
> production line.
> There is no record that we sold such lens either.
>
> Since all the people who were concerned with
> the production of OM lenses have already retired,
> no one knows about this lens in our company.
>
> There are not manuals for products that were neither produced nor sold.
>
> We are sorry that we cannot be more helpful about this matter.
>
> Thank you for your understanding.
>
> Best regards,
>
> S. Sato
> Customer Support Center
> OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. Tokyo, Japan"
>
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>
>
> Geilfuss Charles wrote:
>> Paul,
>> Did you send along the photos in your e-mail to Oly Japan?
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Paul Yates
>> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 10:42 AM
>> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [OM] No Record (yet) of Zuiko 24-40mm f4
>>
>> The first reply from Olympus:
>>
>> ---------------------------------
>>
>> Dear Mr. Yates,
>>
>> Thank you for your e-mail.
>>
>> While we appreciate your interest,
>> there is not a record that we produced the lens you mentioned.
>> Therefore, please reconfirm the model name of the lens.
>>
>> However, even if we find the record of the lens,
>> the information we are able to offer you will be a manual
>> for the lens.
>> We are unable to offer you other information.
>>
>> Thank you for your understanding.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> S. Sato
>> Customer Support Center
>> OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. Tokyo, Japan
>>
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>>
>>
>> I have replied with more info where I discuss the patent that Fabio
>> found, etc.
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