Dumping is forbidden but usually not enforced if it doesn't harm a native industry. Last I looked we don't build much in the way of high end cameras in these parts any longer.
At 05:33 PM 3/4/2003 -0600, you wrote:
While I did throw some fuel on this fire, I am franly amazed that this discussion has become so focussed on what various cameras look like. To my eye, the Oly looks generically like a 645 film camera, the *ist D looks like a 35mm film camera. Beyond that generic comparison, I don't see a lot of similarity to any specific camera in either of them, perhaps a bit of the E series in the OLY, which is OK, as the market they are after is probably familiar with that camera. Calling the looks of the Pentax as identical to an F80 is a pretty big stretch of the imagination, but we are visual artists here, so I expect it is understandable. We see in things what we want to see, P�l wants to see an F80, and has become obdurate to the point of stupidity about it. Lawrence, you are coming close to the same obduracy regarding the Oly.
Both cameras will, I am sure, sell on their own merits, and I expect will sell quite well. Both cameras have an uphill battle, as both are from smaller companies that can ill afford predatory pricing practices.
If the pricing gets too predatory, someone will I am sure, accuse one, the other, or both of dumping, which in North America, at least, is forbidden.
William Robb
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence Kwan" Subject: Re: Olympus going pro
> On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, [iso-8859-1] P�l Jensen wrote: > > But thats not true. The Olympus loook like no other 35mm interchangeable > > lens SLR and the design is original Olympus and not a wholsale, > > uncritical adoption of the latest Nikon/Canon product. > > How can you call it original when it looks exactly like its ZLR models? > Whether the lens is interchangeable or not, people can't tell without > close examination. To most people's eyes, this is NOT an original design. > We saw it before in Minolta Dimage 7, Nikon Coolpix 5700, FujiFilm S602... > And many would even confuse it with its own E10 and E20. > > > success and influental design has started by someone being unique and > > progessive. > > Yeah, take a E20, make it a bit larger, add a lens mount. And you call > that unique? progressive? When people pay $2000+ for a DSLR system with > lens, they want it to look like a SLR. They want it to look business; and > not a run of the mills ZLR cameras. > > Judging by the posts in this list, you seem to have a very unique view of > what's "original". In my view, I would consider something like Optio S, > Dimage X or even Coolpix SQ as original and unique design. When people > looked at these cameras at the first glance, they would say "Wow, haven't > seen anything like this before." > > But when people take a look at the Olympus 4/3 DSLR, there is no wow and > the design and shape look all so familiar, because they have all seen it > before from all the ZLR cameras. > > > -- > --Lawrence Kwan--SMS Info Service/Ringtone Convertor--PGP:finger/www-- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.vex.net/~lawrence/ -Key ID:0x6D23F3C4-- > > >
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