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Re: [OM] Olympus Digital SLR Naming Scheme

Subject: Re: [OM] Olympus Digital SLR Naming Scheme
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:30:29 +1000
On 22/09/2009, at 10:10 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:

> I don't know that you'd find an official description anywhere but I
> think it's fairly clear that, just like Canon, single digit bodies are
> professional or pro-sumer grade, double digit bodies are pro-sumer  
> grade
> and triple digit bodies are consumer grade.

And quadruple digit bodies are entry level. :-)

> Nikon had seemingly been
> following a similar numbering system but has recently announced bodies
> with model numbers that don't seem to fit the pattern.

Not quite - the D200 was better than the DXX's and that continued  
although the new entry level is in the thousands.

Andrew Fildes
Chief Reviewer
digital photography & design magazine
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.pbase.com/afildes

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