On 17 Aug 2004 at 8:16, Keith Whaley wrote: > > > Steve Desjardins wrote: > > > There are many folks that have enough money to buy a DSLR but really > > don't want or need the advantages. For those folks the prosumer cams > > are a better choice. These cameras existed for film (remember those > > Olympus cameras?) but never really caught on. > > As a one time OM-1 and OM-2 owner, I take exception to the "...never really > caught on" comment. That series of small Olympus SLRs were exceptionally well > engineered, well thought out and heavily accessorized. They had lenses that were > top of the line performers by anyone's criteria.
I'm sure he is referring to later Olympus line of fixed lens film SLRs Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
