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No Olympus E-400s end up Stateside in stores
More or less supports the idea that the production run of these cameras
was so low only a select few European and Asians stores got them. "Grey" market bodies are non-existent. |
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No Olympus E-400s end up Stateside in stores
RichA wrote:
More or less supports the idea that the production run of these cameras was so low only a select few European and Asians stores got them. "Grey" market bodies are non-existent. Proves nothing! It is not economical to make a tiny run. |
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No Olympus E-400s end up Stateside in stores
On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:42:24 -0500, Not Disclosed wrote:
RichA wrote: More or less supports the idea that the production run of these cameras was so low only a select few European and Asians stores got them. "Grey" market bodies are non-existent. Proves nothing! It is not economical to make a tiny run. However sometimes early on a problem surfaces. -- X:\Newsreaders\sig.txt |
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No Olympus E-400s end up Stateside in stores
J. Clarke wrote:
On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:42:24 -0500, Not Disclosed wrote: RichA wrote: More or less supports the idea that the production run of these cameras was so low only a select few European and Asians stores got them. "Grey" market bodies are non-existent. Proves nothing! It is not economical to make a tiny run. However sometimes early on a problem surfaces. I would believe that, look at the Canon 20D they had to issue 3 firmware updates while PhotoKina 2004 was running. By the end of the run there was 8(?) firmware updates for the 20D. I understand there is a sensor issue with the Oly E-400 |
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No Olympus E-400s end up Stateside in stores
RichA schrieb:
More or less supports the idea that the production run of these cameras was so low only a select few European and Asians stores got them. "Grey" market bodies are non-existent. As Olympus announced at Photokina, the Olympus E-400 is available in Europe and Asia only. There is no mystery or anything else about that, it is as expected! In German online stores, the Olympus E-400 seems to be very good available (see http://www.preissuchmaschine.de/psm_...rodukt=394734), and I know many people who did already get one. Clemens |
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No Olympus E-400s end up Stateside in stores
Clemens Dorda wrote:
RichA schrieb: More or less supports the idea that the production run of these cameras was so low only a select few European and Asians stores got them. "Grey" market bodies are non-existent. As Olympus announced at Photokina, the Olympus E-400 is available in Europe and Asia only. There is no mystery or anything else about that, it is as expected! In German online stores, the Olympus E-400 seems to be very good available (see http://www.preissuchmaschine.de/psm_...rodukt=394734), and I know many people who did already get one. The reason that the E-400 will not be available in the USA is that the US Olympus importer decided that the camera would not sell well in the USA. Apparently the reason given was that it was too small for American buyers. Back in the 1990s, Olympus UK declined to offer the OM-2000 35mm SLR because it was unlikely to be reliable. The camera was made by Cosina and was basically junk, so it was a good call by Olympus UK. However, Olympus UK came under a lot of pressure from Olympus in Japan to sell the camera. |
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No Olympus E-400s end up Stateside in stores
Tony Polson schrieb:
The reason that the E-400 will not be available in the USA is that the US Olympus importer decided that the camera would not sell well in the USA. Apparently the reason given was that it was too small for American buyers. OK, this statement is pretty close to the official statement, where Olympus stated that the E-500 sells still very well in the US, so that they don't want to worsen the E-500 sellings by introducing the E-400 in the US ... True or not, a German photo shop dealer told me that the E-500 didn't sell very well regarding his shop compared to Nikon or Canon sellings, so this could be an explanation - if this is representative for the European market - why Olympus decided to stop the E-500 in Germany to introduce the E-400. Clemens |
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No Olympus E-400s end up Stateside in stores
Clemens Dorda wrote:
Tony Polson schrieb: The reason that the E-400 will not be available in the USA is that the US Olympus importer decided that the camera would not sell well in the USA. Apparently the reason given was that it was too small for American buyers. OK, this statement is pretty close to the official statement, where Olympus stated that the E-500 sells still very well in the US, so that they don't want to worsen the E-500 sellings by introducing the E-400 in the US ... True or not, a German photo shop dealer told me that the E-500 didn't sell very well regarding his shop compared to Nikon or Canon sellings, so this could be an explanation - if this is representative for the European market - why Olympus decided to stop the E-500 in Germany to introduce the E-400. Interesting, thank you. |
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