Carman, I am with you on the Olympus E system. I've only come into contact with a couple, but I have nothing but praise for the E-400 we still got in at the mo. A very compact unit, great control layout and nice sharp lenses. (some of the sharpest in the biz)
I think some major critisism have been levied against Olympus in the last decade or so.....Olympus have certainly appeared to move toward the direction of where companies like Leica are, and less so mainstream...I think that all started when production numbers got cut dramatically, back in the days of the OM4 etc Olympus started getting all 'exclusive' prices shot up over night, in some cases doubling.
My only personal critisism of Olympus E-series cameras is they really missed a trick by not retaining the OM mount design....The small but very dedicated band of Olympus fans were gutted about that one too.
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