OMs - Trendy among Nikonians ?

[Trius]

Konica ... gone
Minolta ... gone
Ricoh ... gone
Olympus ... gasping? But OM gone. Yes, it is sad. I think it didn't have to be this way with Olympus. As you inferred, Maitani's departure was a bad thing. He could have kept Olympus from missing the AF boat, and he would have designed the E System that would have been much more like an OM, with mount compatibility.

But enough of my moaning. It's about the pictures.

 

[ruben]

.....But enough of my moaning. It's about the pictures.

Photography is very much about the pictures.
Olympus, Nikon, Canon, etc. is about our best money we hardly earn, where we put it, what value we get.

 

[MikeyGaGa]

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Ruben:

I have out of photography for a decade,so must admit to ignorance of this subject;however in a free-market system corporation tend to do what they believe is in there best financial interest.

Brand loyality is important to manufacturers;Saturn had very high brand loyality,but failed to introduce anything new for many years and so lost potential customers.

I dont know what the story is with Olympus,so perhaps you could clarify it for me.

Olympus was a successful line,but it too had its gross failures-its entry into the autofocus SLR market was a disaster.

Mikey

 

[tkluck]

Interesting thread. Nikon always generates a bit of heat. Sometimes without much light.
My Dad traveled a lot back in the 70's, when all this stuff was new. He took a lot of pictures without much knowledge of photography, or interest for that matter; he just wanted pictures of my mother on a camel.
Many times he mentioned that fellow travelers with those little cameras like mine (OM-1) never had any trouble, but people with those expensive Nikons were always looking for the authorized service in Fiji or Cairo. No ax to grind, he just thought it was funny.

Nikon used to make better lens caps. Little buttons you could tie a string around. Hard to find in 49mm though....