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Who understands Olympus prices?

Started Feb 7, 2018 | Discussions thread
slartz
slartz Senior Member • Posts: 2,103
Re: Who understands Olympus prices?
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Pixnat2 wrote:

So, Olympus entry level camera comes with a "long in the tooth" 16Mpix sensor and a built-in battery and its so-so kit zoom for a whooping price of 699E.

Just after Fuji released its entry level camera with a "state of art" 24Mpix APS-C and phase+contrast detect AF and a OIS lens for 599E

And with the similarly speced GX850 selling for 450-500E with a much better kit lens.

And a Canon 24 Mpix APS-C M100 + kit lens at an introductory price of 599E

Difficult to understand what makes the E-PL9 so expensive?

Any idea?

The target market for the EPL line is mostly Japan. And mostly women. We can laugh as much as we want but in japan, Olympus sells more mirrorleaa cameras than any other manufacturer. Including sony. Let alone Fuji.

Apparently in japan they ARE an "iPhone"

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