E-10 news/ comments in the Norman Chat.

[Rembvrijn]

!! I asked if there were plans for an E-xx replacement, he mentioned the 4/3 system. I assume this means no E-30.

!! Oly was asked if they monitor forums to learn what users are saying about camera shortcomings (ie. E-xx) in order to improve future releases. Oly says they DO have staff that monitors forum discussion.

YEAH RIGHT! Well, they may "monitor", but do they LISTEN?

!! Lost of P&S questions.... also their new memory format - XD cards.

I'll keep updating as long as I'm not too bored to close my chat window.

GageFX

--

E-10, LiPo, FL-40, Stroboframe 120 QF, Lumiquest Softbox, Speedotron Force 10s, AlienBees, HP P1100, Epson 777, Epson 1280

 

[Rembvrijn]

digicammania: Are any Foveon-based cameras in the works? Will the a new camera feature a Foveon? Will it be a 5MP sensor? Or more?

Olympus is always looking into emerging technologies like the Foveon chip. If this technology proves to be successful and available at a reasonable cost there is always the
possibility.

 

[David M.]

No doubt Foveon is an excellent concept, and it sure looks good on paper. But it's still not a proven technology. Where's the Sigma? Why is it only being implemented supposedly in the Sigma for now? Why are'nt all the other cam makers jumping at it? Why is it still not available after months of being in the "vaporware" category?

I really could'nt care less about it. I want to see an Oly DSLR that is affordable, has a larger, high res sensor that offers higher ISO range with less noise, bigger buffer, faster writes. And please keep the Exx build!

digicammania: Are any Foveon-based cameras in the works? Will the
a new camera feature a Foveon? Will it be a 5MP sensor? Or more?

Olympus is always looking into emerging technologies like the
Foveon chip. If this technology proves to be successful and
available at a reasonable cost there is always the
possibility.

--
Oly E20, Kodak DC4800's, Canon GL1, ZR25, Minolta HTsi+

 

[Jason Stoller]

Gage sorry I missed that chat tonight! I forgot about it completely. Maybe someone like David W will post a transcript of it like last time so we all can review it.

Jason

digicammania: Are any Foveon-based cameras in the works? Will the
a new camera feature a Foveon? Will it be a 5MP sensor? Or more?

Olympus is always looking into emerging technologies like the
Foveon chip. If this technology proves to be successful and
available at a reasonable cost there is always the
possibility.

--
Oly E20, Kodak DC4800's, Canon GL1, ZR25, Minolta HTsi+

--
Jason Stoller [email protected]

We are just Beta Testers who pay the Camera Companies to test their new products!

 

[Rembvrijn]

Well, I fell asleep.

Oops. Rough day, I guess. I'm awake now, ready to be up all night. I'll look for that transcript.

GAgeFX

Jason

digicammania: Are any Foveon-based cameras in the works? Will the
a new camera feature a Foveon? Will it be a 5MP sensor? Or more?

Olympus is always looking into emerging technologies like the
Foveon chip. If this technology proves to be successful and
available at a reasonable cost there is always the
possibility.

--
Oly E20, Kodak DC4800's, Canon GL1, ZR25, Minolta HTsi+

--
Jason Stoller [email protected]
We are just Beta Testers who pay the Camera Companies to test their
new products!

--

E-10, LiPo, FL-40, Stroboframe 120 QF, Lumiquest Softbox, Speedotron Force 10s, AlienBees, HP P1100, Epson 777, Epson 1280

 

[David M.]

Well, I tried repeatedly to get into the chat, starting from an hour before it was scheduled to the time it was supposed to end. Never got in. Just was able to open a chat room box with a line for asking questions but no chat ever appeared. Don't know if there was'nt enough room already or if the whole thing never occurred. It said there were two participants, the guy who wrote the post here and the Oly marketing fellow. Maybe noone else showed up! lol
Sorry guys, wish I could post something about it but it was a no-go.
D.

Oops. Rough day, I guess. I'm awake now, ready to be up all night.
I'll look for that transcript.

GAgeFX

Jason

digicammania: Are any Foveon-based cameras in the works? Will the
a new camera feature a Foveon? Will it be a 5MP sensor? Or more?

Olympus is always looking into emerging technologies like the
Foveon chip. If this technology proves to be successful and
available at a reasonable cost there is always the
possibility.

--
Oly E20, Kodak DC4800's, Canon GL1, ZR25, Minolta HTsi+

--
Jason Stoller [email protected]
We are just Beta Testers who pay the Camera Companies to test their
new products!

--
E-10, LiPo, FL-40, Stroboframe 120 QF, Lumiquest Softbox,
Speedotron Force 10s, AlienBees, HP P1100, Epson 777, Epson 1280

--
Oly E20, Kodak DC4800's, Canon GL1, ZR25, Minolta HTsi+

 

[Rembvrijn]

It was an ABSOLUTE go. My experience was EXACTLY the same as yours, but the chat DID appear. Where do you think I was getting what I was saying? There were NUMEROUS questions - so many about P&S cameras that I laid down and fell asleep. Questions were submiited both live (through moderator screening) and by email from before (the Norman camera website had a link to email questions before the chat began).

I can understand you not getting in - if it was full - which it may have been. I stumbleb upon the whole thinga bout 10 minutes before it started and I had no trouble getting in. The fact that only 2 names show up was explained during the chat. The only two showing names were the Norman moderator and the Oly guy. I KNOW there were more people becuae I was there and my name was not on the list.

Anyway...

GageFX

Oops. Rough day, I guess. I'm awake now, ready to be up all night.
I'll look for that transcript.

GAgeFX

Jason

digicammania: Are any Foveon-based cameras in the works? Will the
a new camera feature a Foveon? Will it be a 5MP sensor? Or more?

Olympus is always looking into emerging technologies like the
Foveon chip. If this technology proves to be successful and
available at a reasonable cost there is always the
possibility.

--
Oly E20, Kodak DC4800's, Canon GL1, ZR25, Minolta HTsi+

--
Jason Stoller [email protected]
We are just Beta Testers who pay the Camera Companies to test their
new products!

--
E-10, LiPo, FL-40, Stroboframe 120 QF, Lumiquest Softbox,
Speedotron Force 10s, AlienBees, HP P1100, Epson 777, Epson 1280

--
Oly E20, Kodak DC4800's, Canon GL1, ZR25, Minolta HTsi+

--

E-10, LiPo, FL-40, Stroboframe 120 QF, Lumiquest Softbox, Speedotron Force 10s, AlienBees, HP P1100, Epson 777, Epson 1280

 

[David M.]

Cool. Guess you got lucky. Did I miss much? lol.
Does'nt sound like it if you fell asleep. LMAO

I asked anyway about possible firmware upgrades to the E20 for buffer and write speed. Probably good thing I never got in if it was'nt answered. heh.
Anyway, look forward to your report sir!
D.

I can understand you not getting in - if it was full - which it may
have been. I stumbleb upon the whole thinga bout 10 minutes before
it started and I had no trouble getting in. The fact that only 2
names show up was explained during the chat. The only two showing
names were the Norman moderator and the Oly guy. I KNOW there were
more people becuae I was there and my name was not on the list.

Anyway...

GageFX

Oops. Rough day, I guess. I'm awake now, ready to be up all night.
I'll look for that transcript.

GAgeFX

Jason

digicammania: Are any Foveon-based cameras in the works? Will the
a new camera feature a Foveon? Will it be a 5MP sensor? Or more?

Olympus is always looking into emerging technologies like the
Foveon chip. If this technology proves to be successful and
available at a reasonable cost there is always the
possibility.

--
Oly E20, Kodak DC4800's, Canon GL1, ZR25, Minolta HTsi+

--
Jason Stoller [email protected]
We are just Beta Testers who pay the Camera Companies to test their
new products!

--
E-10, LiPo, FL-40, Stroboframe 120 QF, Lumiquest Softbox,
Speedotron Force 10s, AlienBees, HP P1100, Epson 777, Epson 1280

--
Oly E20, Kodak DC4800's, Canon GL1, ZR25, Minolta HTsi+

--
E-10, LiPo, FL-40, Stroboframe 120 QF, Lumiquest Softbox,
Speedotron Force 10s, AlienBees, HP P1100, Epson 777, Epson 1280

--
Oly E20, Kodak DC4800's, Canon GL1, ZR25, Minolta HTsi+

 

[David M.]

Is someone ever going to post a transscript of this chat for us losers who could'nt get into that buggy chat software???

!! I asked if there were plans for an E-xx replacement, he mentioned the 4/3 system. I assume this means no E-30.

!! Oly was asked if they monitor forums to learn what users are saying about camera shortcomings (ie. E-xx) in order to improve future releases. Oly says they DO have staff that monitors forum discussion.

YEAH RIGHT! Well, they may "monitor", but do they LISTEN?

!! Lost of P&S questions.... also their new memory format - XD cards.

I'll keep updating as long as I'm not too bored to close my chat
window.

GageFX

--
E-10, LiPo, FL-40, Stroboframe 120 QF, Lumiquest Softbox,
Speedotron Force 10s, AlienBees, HP P1100, Epson 777, Epson 1280

--
Oly E20, Kodak DC4800's, Canon GL1, ZR25, Minolta HTsi+

 

[Rembvrijn]

Stop your cryin. They said they'd have it up within a week. Dont pester these fine people, just go back to the Norman Camera Chat page - that's where they said it'd be. as for me, I couldnt save it all becuase aparently they frown on sleep and kicked my lazy @ss out.

GageFX

!! I asked if there were plans for an E-xx replacement, he mentioned the 4/3 system. I assume this means no E-30.

!! Oly was asked if they monitor forums to learn what users are saying about camera shortcomings (ie. E-xx) in order to improve future releases. Oly says they DO have staff that monitors forum discussion.

YEAH RIGHT! Well, they may "monitor", but do they LISTEN?

!! Lost of P&S questions.... also their new memory format - XD cards.

I'll keep updating as long as I'm not too bored to close my chat
window.

GageFX

--
E-10, LiPo, FL-40, Stroboframe 120 QF, Lumiquest Softbox,
Speedotron Force 10s, AlienBees, HP P1100, Epson 777, Epson 1280

--
Oly E20, Kodak DC4800's, Canon GL1, ZR25, Minolta HTsi+

--

E-10, LiPo, FL-40, Stroboframe 120 QF, Lumiquest Softbox, Speedotron Force 10s, AlienBees, HP P1100, Epson 777, Epson 1280

 

[David M.]

They kicked you out? LOL. Did'nt you ask enough questions about thier fine up and coming happy cam P&S's?

GageFX

!! I asked if there were plans for an E-xx replacement, he mentioned the 4/3 system. I assume this means no E-30.

!! Oly was asked if they monitor forums to learn what users are saying about camera shortcomings (ie. E-xx) in order to improve future releases. Oly says they DO have staff that monitors forum discussion.

YEAH RIGHT! Well, they may "monitor", but do they LISTEN?

!! Lost of P&S questions.... also their new memory format - XD cards.

I'll keep updating as long as I'm not too bored to close my chat
window.

GageFX

--
E-10, LiPo, FL-40, Stroboframe 120 QF, Lumiquest Softbox,
Speedotron Force 10s, AlienBees, HP P1100, Epson 777, Epson 1280

--
Oly E20, Kodak DC4800's, Canon GL1, ZR25, Minolta HTsi+

--
E-10, LiPo, FL-40, Stroboframe 120 QF, Lumiquest Softbox,
Speedotron Force 10s, AlienBees, HP P1100, Epson 777, Epson 1280

--
Oly E20, Kodak DC4800's, Canon GL1, ZR25, Minolta HTsi+

 

[Rembvrijn]

I really dont know. When I woke up the Chat window was closed. IN n' OUT wasnt, though, so I went and got a Doble Doble con queso. Very nice.

GageFX (BTW, I haven't been drinking tonight - nor partaking in the loco-weed. I'm on one of those crazy sleep cycles where I wake up at 5am - my typical work day wakeup time and then I fall asleep around 6pm until about 9pm and then I'm up until 3am where I sleep until I get up at 5am. This F's with my mind a bit. You understand.)

GageFX

!! I asked if there were plans for an E-xx replacement, he mentioned the 4/3 system. I assume this means no E-30.

!! Oly was asked if they monitor forums to learn what users are saying about camera shortcomings (ie. E-xx) in order to improve future releases. Oly says they DO have staff that monitors forum discussion.

YEAH RIGHT! Well, they may "monitor", but do they LISTEN?

!! Lost of P&S questions.... also their new memory format - XD cards.

I'll keep updating as long as I'm not too bored to close my chat
window.

GageFX

--
E-10, LiPo, FL-40, Stroboframe 120 QF, Lumiquest Softbox,
Speedotron Force 10s, AlienBees, HP P1100, Epson 777, Epson 1280

--
Oly E20, Kodak DC4800's, Canon GL1, ZR25, Minolta HTsi+

--
E-10, LiPo, FL-40, Stroboframe 120 QF, Lumiquest Softbox,
Speedotron Force 10s, AlienBees, HP P1100, Epson 777, Epson 1280

--
Oly E20, Kodak DC4800's, Canon GL1, ZR25, Minolta HTsi+

--

E-10, LiPo, FL-40, Stroboframe 120 QF, Lumiquest Softbox, Speedotron Force 10s, AlienBees, HP P1100, Epson 777, Epson 1280

 

[markE59102]

I really dont know. When I woke up the Chat window was closed. IN
n' OUT wasnt, though, so I went and got a Doble Doble con queso.
Very nice.

GageFX (BTW, I haven't been drinking tonight - nor partaking in the
loco-weed. I'm on one of those crazy sleep cycles where I wake up
at 5am - my typical work day wakeup time and then I fall asleep
around 6pm until about 9pm and then I'm up until 3am where I sleep
until I get up at 5am. This F's with my mind a bit. You understand.)

Oooo!!! That's the kind of schedule that brings out the creativity! Maybe some real killer ideas are just achin' to get out.
--
Cheers,
markE

• Oly E-20, LiPo, FL-40, WCON, TCON, Wacom Graphire II, Epson PS 820

-Gallery: http://www.pbase.com/marke

 

[Kevin Wixson]

The Olympus chat from November 12th is up. Sorry for the delay but we had an FTP issue with our web host and had trouble uploading the file until now. You can find the link to the transcript at http://www.normancamera.com/chat/index.asp

And so you know, I didn't kick anyone out. I don't even have that capability in that moderated-chat mode of the software. I do know that the chat software is a little unstable/unpredictable on systems that use older browsers, but as far as I know it works like a dream on version 5+ browsers. Let me know if you had issues with the chat so I can test and see if we need to get something else or fix it before our next chat event.

--
--------------------------
Kevin Wixson
Norman Camera Company
Webmaster
http://www.normancamera.com

Stop your cryin. They said they'd have it up within a week. Dont
pester these fine people, just go back to the Norman Camera Chat
page - that's where they said it'd be. as for me, I couldnt save it
all becuase aparently they frown on sleep and kicked my lazy @ss
out.

GageFX

 

[Rembvrijn]

Sorry Kevin, that's my ambiguous sense of humor. I actually fell asleep an awoke several hours after the end of the chat. While I'm sure no actually kicked me out, the chat had ended by the time I woke up and the chat window was closed.

Just before the chat started I was "kicked out" also - again by the software. I waas just sitting there minding my own business and it booted me. It may have been a slight glitch or a software problem, but it did happen. I was able to get right back in though. I'd say the bigger problem was with the fellow who couldnt get in at all.

I enjoyed the chat (the part I was awake for).

GageFX

And so you know, I didn't kick anyone out. I don't even have that
capability in that moderated-chat mode of the software. I do know
that the chat software is a little unstable/unpredictable on
systems that use older browsers, but as far as I know it works like
a dream on version 5+ browsers. Let me know if you had issues with
the chat so I can test and see if we need to get something else or
fix it before our next chat event.

--
--------------------------
Kevin Wixson
Norman Camera Company
Webmaster
http://www.normancamera.com

Stop your cryin. They said they'd have it up within a week. Dont
pester these fine people, just go back to the Norman Camera Chat
page - that's where they said it'd be. as for me, I couldnt save it
all becuase aparently they frown on sleep and kicked my lazy @ss
out.

GageFX

--

E-10, LiPo, FL-40, Stroboframe 120 QF, Lumiquest Softbox, Speedotron Force 10s, AlienBees, HP P1100, Epson 777, Epson 1280

 

[digicammania]

Kevin,

Thanks for organizing and hosting the chat that allowed us to ask questions to Olympus. I found this quite helpful. This is a great way to utilize the internet.

One future suggestion: The moderated-chat mode only showed one person in the chat room. I almost quit the chat thinking that no one else was there. It may be helpful in the future to let people know in advance that they will only see the moderator in the chat room when they log in...

Again, thanks for setting up the Olympus chat!

And so you know, I didn't kick anyone out. I don't even have that
capability in that moderated-chat mode of the software. I do know
that the chat software is a little unstable/unpredictable on
systems that use older browsers, but as far as I know it works like
a dream on version 5+ browsers. Let me know if you had issues with
the chat so I can test and see if we need to get something else or
fix it before our next chat event.

--
--------------------------
Kevin Wixson
Norman Camera Company
Webmaster
http://www.normancamera.com

Stop your cryin. They said they'd have it up within a week. Dont
pester these fine people, just go back to the Norman Camera Chat
page - that's where they said it'd be. as for me, I couldnt save it
all becuase aparently they frown on sleep and kicked my lazy @ss
out.

GageFX

 

[David M.]

"

Let me know if you had issues with the chat so I can test and see if we need to get something else or fix it before our next chat event."> > >

Well, yes, I did have an issue. The issue was I could never get in, as previously stated. And the chat software never told me a reason (i.e. too full, etc). I am running WinME with I.E.6.0 and I tried from an hour before the chat started to the end several times with no luck. All I saw was your name along with the other gentleman's who was Oly's rep on the right side. No dialogue or anything else.

If the room was too full and I simply tried at an inopportune time then I might suggest that the software make a person aware of this through a notice of such. Otherwise, I have no idea why I could'nt get into it.
D.

And so you know, I didn't kick anyone out. I don't even have that
capability in that moderated-chat mode of the software. I do know
that the chat software is a little unstable/unpredictable on
systems that use older browsers, but as far as I know it works like
a dream on version 5+ browsers. Let me know if you had issues with
the chat so I can test and see if we need to get something else or
fix it before our next chat event.

--
--------------------------
Kevin Wixson
Norman Camera Company
Webmaster
http://www.normancamera.com

Stop your cryin. They said they'd have it up within a week. Dont
pester these fine people, just go back to the Norman Camera Chat
page - that's where they said it'd be. as for me, I couldnt save it
all becuase aparently they frown on sleep and kicked my lazy @ss
out.

GageFX

--
Oly E20, Kodak DC4800's, Canon GL1, ZR25, Minolta HTsi+