Re: Olympus and others. Greater mega pixel capacity expected soon? Skinny on E-3
- From: Doug Jewell <ask@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:34:52 +1000
Alienjones wrote:
Olympus are in a partnership with Panasonic. That partnership hasNot quite - the Oly P&S are mostly made by Sanyo, and other assorted Chinese no-brand manufacturers. As are most Nikon, Pentax & Kodak (& probably more - I suspect Sony are also in this category).
Panasonic making P&S cameras for Olympus and supplying sensors for
Olympus DSLRs.
Panasonic are one of the few who do manufacturer their own P&S cameras (along with Canon, Fujifilm, Samsung and possibly Sony). Panasonic have a co-branding relationship with Leica.
Panasonic were one of the companies who committed to 4/3, and as part of that commitment, they produce 4/3 sensors which are used by Olympus. Panasonic build their DSLRs on an Olympus chassis, although not much else of the camera is Olympus. The camera is then rebadged as a Leica.
~From my experience with both brands of cameras, Olympus are not at anyFor them to really succeed they need to ditch 4/3 and move into a larger format sensor. Olympus's fate as a serious DSLR maker was sealed when they ditched their film SLRs. If they built their DSLRs with OM compatibility they _may_ have stood a chance.
time soon going to have ground breaking sensor technology. For a long
time I had considerable faith that Panasonic's experience with Pro Video
cameras would result in exceptional still camera sensors.
Too much time has passed without the substantial improvement Nikon came
out with to think the Olympasonics will never be at the level they need
to to be at to regain the reputation Olympus had with their OM1 cameras.
If I were head of the board at Olympus I'd either dump DSLRs from the
product range or embark on a horrifically expensive R&D program to
produce a 20MP sensor to rival anything Canon or Nikon will have
produced by the time it is developed.
I think you mean E300 not D300. The E300's were cleared to shift them because Olympus loaded stores up with stock on promises that never materialised, and then promptly discontinued them and announced new models. If you think you lost out on a few cameras that lost their value, spare a thought for the poor retailers! I don't think there'd be a single retailer that stocked them that didn't lose at least several thousand dollars on them. I know of one major Aussie camera retailer that tore up more than $100,000 in just one of their stores. What amazed me even more is that Olympus didn't burn their bridges with the E300 fiasco - I'm surprised that any stores continue to stock Olympus after that.
Such events are as likely to happen as my chance of being appointed to
the board of directors! Bye bye Panasonic. The last of the handful of
FZ50sI had for Santa shoots is gone. Replaced with Nikon D60s.
My 20 year loyalty to Olympus ended with the sale of my E2 and the
introduction of Canon 10D. I never had any loyalty to Canon. Too many
out-of-the-box faults, too few fixes. My loyalty to Nikon is now
complete and at unthinkable cost (for me) of a holiday house and new
car. It wasn't so much the D3 bodies that cost so much but the lenses x6
I had to buy and the telephoto lenses. My old Canon gear didn't bring
anything like what I expected.
Second month and 5th wedding as 100% Nikon and the results are very
clearly that although I sold many personal assets and didn't upgrade my
car to change from a mixed bag of brands to one, my photographs are now
easier to obtain and my dud list reduced to well below expectations.
Compared to Olympus?
What a waste of a perfectly good opportunity Olympus had. Some of the
best lenses in the world won't overcome some of the worst cameras
they've ever made. No worse example of their mistakes than when the D300
(twin lens kit) started selling in department stores at less than 50% of
it's six months earlier RRP. They might sell a few E3s to die hard
devotees but really,
but it is true - in Australia anyway.
Olympus are well and truly out of contention as a supplier of
professional level cameras. I never thought I say that!
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