Olympus Signs Agreement to Bundle InMedia's Slides and Sound with New D-500L and D-600L Zoom Lens Digital Cameras

Business Wire, Oct 9, 1997

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 1997-- InMedia Presentation (ME IMD.) InMedia Presentations Inc. (ME:IMD), a leading developer of easy-to-use multimedia presentation software, announced today that Olympus America Inc. has entered into an agreement to bundle InMedia Presentations' Slides & Sound(TM) with the new Olympus D-500L and D-600L MegaPixel 3X zoom lens digital cameras, available in October, 1997.

With InMedia's Slides & Sound, users can create exciting multimedia presentations by combining still images from digital cameras, scanners, PhotoCDs, the Internet or online services, with sound FX, videos, transitions between slides, text, voice-overs and music. Presentations made with Slides & Sound and the new Olympus D-500L and D-600L digital cameras can be displayed on a computer, emailed to family and friends, or broadcast on the Web.

Slides & Sound is also bundled with other Olympus digital products, including the ES-10 film scanner, the industry-leading D-220L and D-320L point and shoot cameras, and now the D-500L and D-600L zoom lens cameras. "With InMedia Slides & Sound and Olympus high-quality images, users can easily create sharp presentations for business applications or entertaining slide shows for fun.", said Dave Veilleux, Director of Marketing, Digital Products, Olympus America Inc., Digital & Imaging Systems Group.

"With these exceptional products we believe Olympus will further increase their digital camera market share and remain a dominant player in this burgeoning industry," said Geoffrey Briant, President of InMedia Presentations Inc. "We are only too happy to ship our products with these revolutionary digital cameras and to assist Olympus in achieving their rapid growth and dominant market share objectives."

InMedia will bundle the full-featured Slides & Sound Plus with the Olympus D-500L and D-600L for 30 days, after which time it will automatically convert to the lighter version, Slides & Sound. The user will then have the option of upgrading to Slides & Sound Plus for a small fee, or continue using the reduced feature set of Slides & Sound. InMedia's Slides & Sound Plus for Windows and Macintosh is also available separately for $69.95.

The Olympus D-500L and D-600L digital cameras with bundled Slides & Sound software will be available in October 1997 for $899 and $1299 respectively ABOUT INMEDIA

InMedia develops digital imaging presentation software products for consumers and has established strategic business alliances with the world's leading consumer digital image device manufacturers. InMedia's products are bundled and co-marketed with digital cameras and scanners distributed throughout the world.

InMedia's software, available in 12 languages for both Windows and Macintosh, allows users to easily create multimedia slide shows with still images, text, transitions, special FX, music, sounds and video. These shows can also be emailed over the Internet or broadcast on the Web on iMtv (http://www.imtv.net), InMedia's own broadcast station on the World Wide Web.

InMedia Presentations (http://www.inmediapresents.com) has its head office in Vancouver, BC, Canada, and subsidiary offices in San Mateo, CA and Dublin, Ireland. The company's shares trade on the Montreal Exchange (symbol - IMD). InMedia Presentations Inc. Geoffrey G. Briant, President

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