Olympus Stylus Epic - discontinued?

Hi everyone,

I just bought a new epic but while shopping for it, I heard a bunch of
conflicting answers when I asked about it. I was told that: it's been
discontinued; it's going to be discontinued; we ordered it ages ago
and are still waiting for a new shipment; we haven't carried it for a
really long time; of course it's not discontinued b/c we keep
receiving shipments of it.

So, anyone know what's happening with the stylus epic?

Tess

 

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PopPhoto's web site recommended grabbing one of them, about a year ago,
because Olympus was going to wise up one of these days and stop selling it
at such a low price.

 

It's such a nifty little camera, and so popular with real 35mm enthusiasts,
that it's hard to imagine Olympus would even think about discontinuing it.
But I suppose it depends on what the sales numbers are. Ordinary buyers may
much prefer to purchase point-and-shoots with zoom lenses and especially
looooong zoom lenses (no matter how useless), and if the Stylus Epic isn't
selling well then probably the company's bean counters will force its
discontinuance.

Neil

 

I think that maybe the sales reps were confused. I've discovered that
the Stylus Epic model that I've owned for years has been discontinued
- it has a date stamp, but no panoramic feature. The non-zoom ones
currently available look like either the plain one with no date stamp,
or the deluxe model with both a date stamp and panoramic capacity.

 

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Aren't you confusing the INFINITY STYLUS (now discontinued) with the STYLUS
EPIC (current model)?