On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Steve Desjardins wrote: > Maybe not. How have Oly sales been? I also was impressed with the E-10 > but think they missed a golden opportunity for market share. And the > reviews I have read says beautiful camera, well, amde, too bad the image > is not up to snuff for the money.
Olympus always seems to price their E- cameras high enough to lose sales. The E-10 was nice, but $1000 more (MSRP) than the other cameras which used the same sensor and had similar quality lenses (DSC-F717, DImage 7-series). Sure it had a nicer build quality and a better viewfinder, but it hard to make up for $1000. The E-1 is a great system in concept, but the sensor seems to leave a lot to be desired compared to the sensors used by the APS-sized D-SLRs like the *ist D or Canon 10D. The body is bigger than the *ist D. In some ways it is ahead of the competition (environmental seals) but in others it is way behind (older AF design). There aren't many lenses available and there is still a lot of doubt on how long the system will be available. They really need a baby E-1 that is priced lower to get more amateurs interested in the system. alex
