Oly needs E-1 replacement now or else

[goactive]

Oly needs the E-1 replacement to come out very soon or at least show the information about what the camera with be.

How many MPs.
What kind of chip
Full focus system information
everything about the camera.
Show low light high iso photo samples.
Show lots of samples.

Time is running out.

When the Canon Mark III hits the streets next month and people start spending $4000 plus for it including myself if Oly has no sample photos and full information about the E-1 replacement then Oly is going to louse any chance of pulling in any pro shooters.

They have lost all most all of them now to Canon and Nikon so now is the time for Oly to show us what they got and show it big and loud.

Once people spend the $4000 or so for the Mark III and the canon lens Oly will have no chance of pulling them in to the Oly camp ever.
They could be left with a great camera with very few users wanting it.

I am sure many here will buy it but that is not a lot of people compared to the amount that cannon is pulling in every day.

Nikon is lousing pro shooter left and right to canon every week to.

Its amazing how many people are selling out all their Nikon equipment just to move to canon and get the new Mark III next month.

Come on Oly are you going to be to late again like last time with the E-1.

Now is the time of year everyone starts shooting a lot for the rest of the year now is the time people want a new camera for the year and canon is right on the mark with the Mark III.

I was hoping to see the E-1 replacement out by now and it being a great camera. I am ready to buy but its looking like it will be to late once again for Oly to get in on the pro market.

 

[vlatko]

Been out of the touch lately, have we?

 

[Blayne]

I don't disagree, it's been an awful long wait. I love my E-1 and assorted lenses, but...

 

[Geoff_R]

agree with you in principle you dont need a "pro" grade camera to shoot professionally.....it helps but it aint the be all and end all.
The operator has more input.

Lets hope you are not disapointed with your new Canon like you were with the SD14.....which from what I saw you never learnt to operate correctly.....
best
--
Geoff Roughton

'Always look on the bright side life...'

 

[George Law]

But, honestly, for the work that I do the E-1's are serving me very well (and so do the E-300's.).

I think I'm just as anxious as the rest here for the new replacement. But, I really don't have to have them (2). So, pretty certain, I'll wait, I'll look it over, I'll drool, but I'll probably wait for a year.

George Law
http://www.images123.com

 

[Hokuto]

I also hope that the new P-1 comes out earlier than later, but it doesn't entirely matter whether today's pros jump ship. There are always new youngsters entering photography, and they have no sunk cost in existing systems, so they'll buy whatever is there at the time. Maybe the existing pros will jump to C/N, but the youngsters entering photography next year will have the new Oly pro to choose from as well, not to mention the 410 and 510.

--
'And only the stump, or fishy part of him remained'

http://www2.gol.com/users/nhavens
A Contemplative Companion to Fujino Township

 

[goactive]

Geoff i now how to operate a camera and SD14 was a very easy camera to use as it has now high end features to work with at all none.

The SD14 has problems just go into the sigma area and almost ever day someone is having all the same problems i had and more. Just today someone's SD14 quit working go read all about it.

How many SD14 users are their not many only a hand full and it looks like almost half are all having all the same problems i had.

I shoot manual most of the time and with the SD14 and shooting with it and my 30D side by side at the same events many of them the SD14 had problems over and over and my 30D did not have any problems its not the camera operator it was the camera that locked up and quit working on the job over and over and it the very very bad buffer the SD14 has.

As i pointed out the Nikon $550 D40 is a much better camera in every way except for the sharper images the SD14 produces.

But with the D40 you can take photos the SD14 will miss so what good is it if you miss the shot.

agree with you in principle you dont need a "pro" grade camera to
shoot professionally.....it helps but it aint the be all and end
all.
The operator has more input.
Lets hope you are not disapointed with your new Canon like you were
with the SD14.....which from what I saw you never learnt to operate
correctly.....
best
--
Geoff Roughton

'Always look on the bright side life...'

 

[Marc VanderArk]

I am an old OM user. Got the camera from my dad and have used it for a long time. Dabbed with the camera I bought my wife a coons age ago (c-5050). Just wondered, from you Oly old timers, what you might think Oly would tag the new p1?

 

[QuietQuality]

I understand that some people do require heavy duty weatherproofed cameras. Also that a few enjoy holding a hunk of chunky ergonomic deadweight before they compose a frame. Personally though I like the smaller lighter bodies. Had Olympus not built the E-400 I doubt that I would have 'jumped ship'.

When the P1 hits the streets I will certainly look at it, hold it, put it to my eye, discover how it fits in my hands, shoot a few frames all to discover if this camera could potentially become an extension of my neurology?

If not I'll stick with the smaller lighter models.

Stephen

 

[dv8or]

I wholeheartedly agree - a large number of Pros who bought into the system have moved on and will be very cynical of Oly's commitment to the Pro community in the future. i have clung on and clung on and am really losing patience - we just need a roadmap of intentions to stop us jumping!

 

[Jim Attfield]

Oly needs the E-1 replacement to come out very soon or at least
show the information about what the camera with be.

How many MPs.
What kind of chip
Full focus system information
everything about the camera.
Show low light high iso photo samples.
Show lots of samples.

They certainly are going to leak this information to all of their competitors.

Time is running out.
When the Canon Mark III hits the streets next month and people
start spending $4000 plus for it including myself if Oly has no
sample photos and full information about the E-1 replacement then
Oly is going to louse any chance of pulling in any pro shooters.
They have lost all most all of them now to Canon and Nikon so now
is the time for Oly to show us what they got and show it big and
loud.

Yes, loads of people with 20D, 30D, 5D and the other 1D models with all that glass will be clamouring to move to another brand, I'm sure.

Once people spend the $4000 or so for the Mark III and the canon
lens Oly will have no chance of pulling them in to the Oly camp
ever.

They don't have a Canon lens at the moment, of course.

They could be left with a great camera with very few users wanting it.
I am sure many here will buy it but that is not a lot of people
compared to the amount that cannon is pulling in every day.

Got some stats?

Nikon is lousing pro shooter left and right to canon every week to.
Its amazing how many people are selling out all their Nikon
equipment just to move to canon and get the new Mark III next month.

Got some stats, have we?

Come on Oly are you going to be to late again like last time with
the E-1.

Perhaps Oly doesn't think they were late?

Now is the time of year everyone starts shooting a lot for the rest
of the year now is the time people want a new camera for the year
and canon is right on the mark with the Mark III.

What? I shoot all year round. Don't you? I'm sure the Mark III will be a good camera - an improvement for some and a backward set for others. I am also sure, based on past performance, that it will also show up all the shortcomings in the Canon glass even more.

I was hoping to see the E-1 replacement out by now and it being a
great camera. I am ready to buy but its looking like it will be to
late once again for Oly to get in on the pro market.

If it means we get you back again I may may re-think my desire for an E-1 replacement, grandp - err - goactive.

Jim

 

[ogl69]

Oly need to launch P-1 in 2-3 months to compete, but Oly can not....
Otherwise P-1 is only upgrade for users E-1.
In the fall of 2007 we can see new cameras from Nikon, Pentax, Sony.
I am not sure, that P-1 can make a competition at the end of 2007.

 

[chasfox]

We do not yet even know if the new E3 is going to be a competitor for the Nikon D200/Fuji S5/EOS 30D &5D or a top end pro camera.

I doubt however that it is going to be a true competeitor to the EOS1D MkIII as this is a market/price bracket that would give Olympus very few sales especially as it looks like not even Nikon can compete with the Canon

 

[marf]

Hi, I regularly do Oly/Nikon/Canon/Fuji comparisons what is better for me.

Still my Oly E-330 is better for me than any Canon or Nikon when I weight what are my preferences, but at my next comparision I will add a negative point to Oly because of promising-and-always-deliver-years-later. That does nt mean that I will go canon/nikon/fuji but you are right, that IS REALLY a negative point for Oly now. Oly should NOW RELEASE THE SPECIFICATION
--
regards
Martin

 

[D Q E]

--
--
mumbo jumbo

 

[Cephalotus]

Some Pentax folk are waiting for a K1D, Sony plans to bring a pro DSLR in 2008 (maybe 2007?), Nikon shooters are waiting for a Nikon D3H/x and so on...

Even Canon people are waiting for successors to the 30D and 5D and they are waiting for a "3D" since 2000....

DSLR market is said to be further growing in 2007, 2008,..., so why do you think an E-1 successor in 2007 must be to late for Olympus? It could be to late for you, but that's a different story...

 

[MilSuper]

Oly needs the E-1 replacement to come out very soon or at least
show the information about what the camera with be.

No they dont'.

How many MPs.
than 10.
What kind of chip

Makes no difference.

Full focus system information

It will focus both automatically and manually.

everything about the camera.

It takes pictures.

Show low light high iso photo samples.

ISO only matters to 10% of buyers.

Show lots of samples.

No need.

Time is running out.

No it is not.

You'll get it when it is ready and not one minute before.

 

[osloray]

I also wondered...
--
Raymond
http://home.online.no/~rwardena
http://www.volleyball.no/t3.asp?p=57227

 

[dv8or]

Goactive - sorry to be blunt but these type of comments are purile and contribute nothing to the discussion at hand. Because something doesn't apply to you personally doesn't mean it should apply to everyone else. As a working professional whether you like it or not the E1 now becoming obsolete very rapidly due to larger Megapixels required by the clients as well as the greater low light capability of other makes out there. We are merely pointing out to Olympus (who do read this forum) that very shortly there will be very few pros left who would want to use Olympus. this will have a knock on effect for the Pro-sumer dslr market as oly becomes more and more entrenched with the bottom feeders in the camera market. Dont underestimate the effect that having a Pro camera in the range has to the perception of the company in the eyes of the average consumer. Canon is a prime example of that.

Oly needs the E-1 replacement to come out very soon or at least
show the information about what the camera with be.

No they dont'.

How many MPs.
than 10.
What kind of chip

Makes no difference.

Full focus system information

It will focus both automatically and manually.

everything about the camera.

It takes pictures.

Show low light high iso photo samples.

ISO only matters to 10% of buyers.

Show lots of samples.

No need.

Time is running out.

No it is not.

You'll get it when it is ready and not one minute before.

 

[LM1]

Is that all that information is out there.
There are thousands of people that know it.
And no one has leaked it yet!

Where's a good MI6 operative when you need him?
--
A member of the rabble in good standing.