Bye Bye Olympus

[norman day]

Dear Olympus,

I would like to thank you on behalf of all of your many thousands of loyal users of the now-discontinued OM system for not providing an adapter for the E-1, that would allow us to fit our superb (and expensive) zuiko lenses and accessories to it.

To show our gratitude, we are now all going to buy Canon or Nikon.

I hope the E-1 system fails miserably (I'm sure it will).

 

[PDM]

Dear Olympus,

I would like to thank you on behalf of all of your many thousands
of loyal users of the now-discontinued OM system for not providing
an adapter for the E-1, that would allow us to fit our superb (and
expensive) zuiko lenses and accessories to it.

To show our gratitude, we are now all going to buy Canon or Nikon.

I hope the E-1 system fails miserably (I'm sure it will).

 

[Alien]

Dear Olympus,

I would like to thank you on behalf of all of your many thousands
of loyal users of the now-discontinued OM system for not providing
an adapter for the E-1, that would allow us to fit our superb (and
expensive) zuiko lenses and accessories to it.

To show our gratitude, we are now all going to buy Canon or Nikon.

I hope the E-1 system fails miserably (I'm sure it will).

--
Alien

 

[Jon Ragnarsson]

Just sell your zuikos and get over it.
You are not going to fit them on your Nikon/Canon.

Dear Olympus,

I would like to thank you on behalf of all of your many thousands
of loyal users of the now-discontinued OM system for not providing
an adapter for the E-1, that would allow us to fit our superb (and
expensive) zuiko lenses and accessories to it.

To show our gratitude, we are now all going to buy Canon or Nikon.

I hope the E-1 system fails miserably (I'm sure it will).

--
http://jonr.beecee.org/

 

[padeye99656]

Olympus said "bye bye" to the film SLR market a long time ago. I said "bye bye" to my OM-1 22 years ago when I replaced it with the Nikon F2 I'm still using today.

 

[Trees]

I don't mean to sound insensitive to people with "legacy equipment."

As a matter of fact I OWN legacy 35mm equipment. (Pentax, Chinon SLR bodies a few lenses, flash, etc)

My boss asked me the other day about getting a digital camera. I said, "I'd love to." I really do enjoy researching equipment. She owns "a bunch" of older Canon lenses from the mid-late 80's. I went on the Canon forum to find out if they would "work" on a 10d.

The answer was something like. "Yeah, if you buy and adapter, don't mine loosing a couple of stops and don't really need functional metering."

Boy that sounds like a win-win situation to me.

Don't be misled that "all" that glass from other manufacturers works on the new digital bodies. Yes the newer stuff does but the older stuff is iffy.

I'm sorry for the OM loyalists but I hope you were able and still can get great pictures out of your gear.

Trees

PS
E10 user with little kids and NO
money for new equipment. Makes
those pesky buying decisions pretty
easy...

 

[RayL]

Norman-

It still might take OM mount lenses. Look at Ian Burleys comments on E1 at dpnow.com He seems to say that an OM lens will fit and work on the E1 just not af. I also hope for that since I own 3 OM bodies and 7 awesome Zuiko primes.

You give me an OM-4 Ti with digital capture and MLU and I will buy in a heart beat! Even at $2000!, cause heck I paid $1200 for the 4Ti.

Imagine the 100/2 or 90/2 on an E-1. Wow those would be great lenses on any camera!!

Dear Olympus,

I would like to thank you on behalf of all of your many thousands
of loyal users of the now-discontinued OM system for not providing
an adapter for the E-1, that would allow us to fit our superb (and
expensive) zuiko lenses and accessories to it.

To show our gratitude, we are now all going to buy Canon or Nikon.

I hope the E-1 system fails miserably (I'm sure it will).

 

[RayL]

You presume old lenses are junk. That might be true for zooms but not primes. Most primes, even back from the 70's are as good or better than any lenses today. Galen Rowell was still using a 20mm lens from 1974. My Zuiko 21/3.5 is a silvernose from 1976- it rocks and beats any 20-35 zoom.

Yes you might lose AF with an old lens, but a loyal OM user never had AF anyway. I still do not need it.

If I got an E-1, sure I would get the 22-44 lens but then I would like to use my 100/2 Zuiko (200/2 on E1). That is one heck of a lens!

I don't mean to sound insensitive to people with "legacy equipment."

As a matter of fact I OWN legacy 35mm equipment. (Pentax, Chinon
SLR bodies a few lenses, flash, etc)

My boss asked me the other day about getting a digital camera. I
said, "I'd love to." I really do enjoy researching equipment. She
owns "a bunch" of older Canon lenses from the mid-late 80's. I
went on the Canon forum to find out if they would "work" on a 10d.

The answer was something like. "Yeah, if you buy and adapter, don't
mine loosing a couple of stops and don't really need functional
metering."

Boy that sounds like a win-win situation to me.

Don't be misled that "all" that glass from other manufacturers
works on the new digital bodies. Yes the newer stuff does but the
older stuff is iffy.

I'm sorry for the OM loyalists but I hope you were able and still
can get great pictures out of your gear.

Trees

PS
E10 user with little kids and NO
money for new equipment. Makes
those pesky buying decisions pretty
easy...

 

[Ger Bee]

.................. But it would probably be more hassle than worth, the automatic integration would not really suit manual lenses, maybe no metering or TTL flash like the D100 which can take all the old Nikon lenses but manual AF (obviously) but not the greatest of screen to AF manually and no metering, everything gone, back to trail and error.

No I think one must re-start in this business, the digital side of it, I think this sounds a fine effort from Olympus, I like to give it a try myself as it seems to have been designed around what I wanted.

It’s a steep price for a starter pack in an unproven system and no second hand lenses to even give it a try.

 

[Capital Man]

The point of this camera is to use lenses specially designed for the sensor size.

In this, Oly is way ahead of Nikon and Canon. Nikon has one lense for digital, and it's very expensive. Canon has nothing.

 

[padeye99656]

You presume old lenses are junk. That might be true for zooms but
not primes. Most primes, even back from the 70's are as good or
better than any lenses today. Galen Rowell was still using a 20mm
lens from 1974. My Zuiko 21/3.5 is a silvernose from 1976- it
rocks and beats any 20-35 zoom.

Unfortunately your awseome wide angle Zuiko 21mm becomes just a 42mm equivalent if you mount it on an E-1

 

[Jason Busch]

The point of this camera is to use lenses specially designed for
the sensor size.

In this, Oly is way ahead of Nikon and Canon. Nikon has one lense
for digital, and it's very expensive. Canon has nothing.

The 14-54mm Oly "wide-angle" is actually a 28-108mm. Wait until the 11-22mm (22-44mm) Zuiko is released, and then let's compare the Nikon 12-24mm (18-36mm) DX lens and pricing. The Nikon DX lens is actually cheap, compared to the alternative lens. However, I will say the Zuiko 11-22 will be just as good, or probably better than the Nikon DX lens, if the Zuiko Digital lenses live up to their reputation.

--
http://www.digitaldingus.com
http://pub103.ezboard.com/bthedigitaldinguscommunity

 

[norman day]

I think I'll keep my zuikos ...I'm an avid colour slide film user anyway... because under the right conditions, it's been proved that you can store them for decades ... unlike crappy, corruptible digital media! (But it would have been nice to have the option of using the zuikos on a digital camera).

Cheers,

Norman

Dear Olympus,

I would like to thank you on behalf of all of your many thousands
of loyal users of the now-discontinued OM system for not providing
an adapter for the E-1, that would allow us to fit our superb (and
expensive) zuiko lenses and accessories to it.

To show our gratitude, we are now all going to buy Canon or Nikon.

I hope the E-1 system fails miserably (I'm sure it will).

--
http://jonr.beecee.org/

 

[digital_ray_of_light]

Designed for digital makes sense, but as far as OM lenses are concerned there are some trade-offs for Olympus:

• Do not support OM at all --> Sell more Digital Zuikos, heavliy emphasize designed for digital.

• Provide OM support with a published list of limitations, showcasing how a Digital Zuiko would provide better results. This sells more bodies and other system parts, and encourages some OM users to give the E1 a try. The risk is they don't sell as many digital lenses, and some people (judging from posts I've seen) perceive 4/3rds as Digital-OM, as opposed to a new open standard.

(This whole point assuming there are no technical gotchas)

The point of this camera is to use lenses specially designed for
the sensor size.

In this, Oly is way ahead of Nikon and Canon. Nikon has one lense
for digital, and it's very expensive. Canon has nothing.

 

[Hej]

Wow. I sense a little pent up anger from this guy. Never fear though, if you wish for this system to fail. Even though it does look absolutely excellent on a technical level, it fails to deliver on their promises of a smaller size and smaller price tag than 35mm based systems.

-Erik

--
Find a job you like doing, and you'll never have to work a day in your life.

 

[BobHo]

Actually, Canon did introduce an adaptor. One problem though, lenses using it wouldn't focus to infinity.

I used my FD-mount Canon bodies and lenses for another ten years. I only switched when I started going to air shows and found that I couldn't focus fast enough to keep up with the planes.

--
Bob

 

[Cleave]

Hi Norman,

I guess that I should also say bye bye to Nikon as my superb circa 1970 to 1985 Nikkor glass will not work with the D100 or D1x -- unless I want to carry a light meter around with me.

As someone else said, the point of the E1 was to have a REAL digital system rather than a compromise. Even if they made the 4/3 mount to mechanically accept the older lenses, I doubt that they would provide high quality images because of the other enhancements that Oly put into the E1.

However, since you've written Oly off, why do you care if the E1 succeeds or fails? Oh, well.

--
Thanks.

Cleave

 

[Albert]

As an OM owner, I don't think it's true..

Olympus is a company, the main purpose of a company is to increase shareholder's equity. (Economics 101)

We are Zuiko owners.. We are NOT going to buy new lenses, how would that help them financially?

An EOS adapter for Zuiko's are running around $200. You can insult your lenses that way if you want to..

We are in a capitalistic society. If Olympus doesn't build one, someone else will if technically possible.. If there is a niche and demand, someone will build it..

 

[iamphil]

Olympus is a company, the main purpose of a company is to increase
shareholder's equity. (Economics 101)

I thought it was to improve society?

 

[Lecter]

there's an implication that the old lenses don't cut it for a minimalistic sized sensor, you need specialised ones to get the light in??
no that doesn't make sense does it?

Dear Olympus,

I would like to thank you on behalf of all of your many thousands
of loyal users of the now-discontinued OM system for not providing
an adapter for the E-1, that would allow us to fit our superb (and
expensive) zuiko lenses and accessories to it.

To show our gratitude, we are now all going to buy Canon or Nikon.

I hope the E-1 system fails miserably (I'm sure it will).