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Rant: Stop incorporating the new OM system naming to previous Olympus models

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generationfourth Regular Member • Posts: 301
Rant: Stop incorporating the new OM system naming to previous Olympus models
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I have been seeing this disturbing trend across forums, YT comments, and even reviews. examples:

  • OM5 mkiii (referring to e-m5 mark iii)
  • Om1 mark ii (referring to e-m1 mark ii)
  • OM10-iv (referring to e-m10 mark iv)
  • etc...

C'MON!!!

The new naming convention was for OM cameras going forward to simplify the model naming. Why are m43 users creating even more confusion by doing this?

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