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Re: [OM] Feeding the rumor mill

Subject: Re: [OM] Feeding the rumor mill
From: "Bill Pearce" <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 10:06:00 -0500
In the middle seventies, I left Nikon for Olympus. I continued happy until
digital, and now, I'm back and happy with Nikon. Hummmmmmmm...

Bill Pearce

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From: Ken Norton [mailto:ken@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 5:41 PM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] Feeding the rumor mill

> I forgot to add that they also need the chap who wrote the A1 user's 
> manual.  Of course, his job was made much simpler by the interface guy 
> who made the whole thing logical.
>
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> Now when they make their OM compatible, full frame autofocus mount 
>> they also need to remember that they need to hire the Minolta guy who 
>> did the interface on the A1.


Obviously, none of the above has an ice-cube's chance of happening.
The Minolta UI author is probably retired. The Technical Writer for for the
A1 actually knew something about photography, and the OM compatible mount?
The culture war inside of Olympus probably killed off any possibility of
that ever happening. Anybody who knew anything about that mount is long
since retired or totally beat into submission.

No. It's a sad day, indeed, when Canon has better OM lens support than
Olympus does. Canon is being a better Olympus than Olympus is Olympus.
I honestly don't understand why. For being mortal enemies with Canon,
Olympus does everything possible to drive customers to Canon.

I'll use myself as Exhibit A. Here I am, a lifelong Olympus fan. I doubt
there are many bigger cheerleaders for Olympus than me. Not to place myself
up on a pedestal, but if Olympus loses me to Canon, they'll probably lose
hundreds, perhaps thousands of users. It's not that people follow me, but
maybe I'm the bellwether--the specific type of photographer they've counted
on.

AG
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