Why doesn't Olympus release an OM-1d?

"Steve Franklin" writes:

It's like buying a car with airconditioning and you don't like
airconditioning. Don't use it?

That's one of the three *expensive* options on a car, nearly $1000
usually. Bad example, I think; if it's expensive enough to notice, I
can see why "don't use it" isn't a satisfactory answer!
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"Darrell" wrote:


"Tony Polson" wrote in message
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"wilt" wrote:
I entirely support the concept you propose, so that my lens
investment (with some somewhat exotic and with some fairly fast glass)
would be more actively used once again. What I have for my 20D is not
nearly fast enough maximum apertures to equal my OM system, and I have
an OM perspective control lens I would dearly love to use with a
digital camera.

So buy a E300 or E1 and get the Olympus MA-1 adapter, seems easy enough. The
downside is the FOV with the 4:3 system is the lens will be doubled.


The Olympus OM shift lenses are virtually useless on the Four Thirds
cameras - even the 24mm shift has an equivalent focal length of 48mm
on an E Series body, and a 48mm shift lens is of very limited value.

In article , says...
That's one of the three *expensive* options on a car, nearly $1000
usually. Bad example, I think; if it's expensive enough to notice, I
can see why "don't use it" isn't a satisfactory answer!
--
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RKBA: http://noguns-nomoney.com/ http://www.dd-b.net/carry/
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Air conditioning is not as bad an example as it might seem.

When a co-worker of mine went car shopping, he found just the car he wanted,
and it was "On Sale" at a reduced price!

The catch was -- he didn't want air conditioning.. (I wonr even speculate
why.. I wouldnt buy a car without it)

Because the model he wanted isnt produced (usually) without "air" he would
have to pay a $1500 premium to get one without "air".

Its not a great analogy, but it works.. if you could get Canon/Nikon/Oly et
al to build a customized camera model (lets say the Canon D20) without Av /
Tv/ P/ and Auto modes it certainly wouldnt cost LESS to buy it.



--
Larry Lynch
Mystic, Ct.

And now I can report that I have indeed found and purchased an adapter
to use my OM lenses on my 20D!

Now I can use my 24mm PC lens and use it for architectural shots
(albeit not as wide in the crop format). And I have quite a few fast
lenses that can be used on my 20D without reinvesting in fast Canon
glass. Since the 24 PC is a preset lens, it works no differently on my
20D than on my OM-4! And since I would shoot with a 50mm f/1.4 or
135mm f/2.8 at or near wide open for available light situations, I am
not bothered by lack of auto diaphram. And since I have been using the
technique of prefocus for shooting at events, I am not bothered by the
loss of autofocus.

--Wilt