Olympus quits camera business after 84 years
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#2Sad to see them go and see the industry losing even more competition. Had a couple of Olympus' and was always delighted by their quality.
But on the other hand the underlying problem is quite true: Since the advent of the smartphone I see myself rely more and more on my smartphone (even tho I still don't really like that "look", but as long you don't plan to have a professional photo shooting it's "good enough").
On the other hand: the camera business seem to have stopped any evolution. I didn't see one thing in the last 10 years that made me go "what a gamechanger! I need that!"...
Re: Olympus quits camera business after 84 years
#3*Consumer camera business.
Re: Olympus quits camera business after 84 years
#4*Consumer camera business.
Yeah, Olympus is still pretty well represented at trade fairs etc with inspection equipment, seems like really high quality stuff from what I've seen.
Re: Olympus quits camera business after 84 years
#5Sad to see them go - photography's such a great hobby and having competition in the space is healthy. There's a few brands out there still, but there is a noticable stigma in the professional community around equipment that isn't Canon. If you're not using L-glass, it feels like you get the same kind of judgement that Android users experience when they show up with green texts in iMessage.
As a matter of principle, I've been buying exclusively Nikon for almost my entire time in the hobby. I always saw Canon as a large conglomerate who tacked on photography as another arm of their company, where to me Nikon feels more focused on optics as a primary business line. Honestly, I should almost start buying more Pentax gear.
I worry we're slowly approaching a monoculture in photography, but it's hard to convince folks outside of the hobby to care.
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#6*Consumer camera business.
Are consumer digicams even a thing anymore? Everything below the prosumer level had their lunch eaten by smartphones.
Re: Olympus quits camera business after 84 years
#7Sad to see them go - photography's such a great hobby and having competition in the space is healthy. There's a few brands out there still, but there is a noticable stigma in the professional community around equipment that isn't Canon. If you're not using L-glass, it feels like you get the same kind of judgement that Android users experience when they show up with green texts in iMessage. As a matter of principle, I…
> There's a few brands out there still, but there is a noticable stigma in the professional community around equipment that isn't Canon
Really? I had no idea (as an outsider.) I thought Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, etc were all pretty much equal in terms of serious quality. I thought their DLSs all looked pretty much the same. Is that not the case?
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#8My Dad had an OM-1, and later I bought an OM-D E-M5. Its amazing how much sentiment affects decisions. I have and love both those cameras, many happy memories.
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#10*Consumer camera business.
Are consumer digicams even a thing anymore? Everything below the prosumer level had their lunch eaten by smartphones.
What the parent meant is that medical imaging and such aren't part of the deal. All of Olympus's 4/3 and Micro 4/3 stuff would count as consumer goods.