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Olympus quits camera business after 84 years

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Post by csharptwdec19 »

eropple wrote: post #103
cannam wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What Olympus brought was in-body image stabilisation. Panasonics never had it (maybe they do now? I haven't been paying attention lately) and it makes all the difference if your thing is photography with just any lens that will fit.

That makes a lot of sense now that I think about it. The G7 and later have Panasonic's newest lens stabilization stuff with compatible lenses but you don't see IBIS until you go up to the S1 full-frame, which costs as much as everybody else's full-frame and the lens selection isn't great so you might as well go buy a Sony A7-of-some-flavor. I run and gun with the G7 for photos, as it is my lightest camera by far, and…

G7 has IBIS, it's only 2 axis however (and not that great...)

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Post by _ph_ »

akersten wrote: post #5

Sad 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…

Important to notice: Olympus is not shutting down the camera business, it is split off into a separate entity. While the furture of that needs to be determined, the camera business stays in full operation.

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Post by Thrymr »

foldr wrote: post #163
slantyyz wrote: post #147

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>> I was a kid and everyone was shooting "full frame" Ok, this is a little vague, because are you referring to digital or analog? When I was a kid, everyone was shooting full frame, because, well 35mm was the de-facto standard for film. Although my first camera was a 110 format camera, which is a hair smaller than a 4/3 sensor today.

I meant 35mm film.

And it was still looked down on by the medium and large format photographers!

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Post by foolfoolz »

acjohnson55 wrote: post #192

I maintain that digital camera manufacturers' biggest failing is not eliminating the friction between taking pictures and video and getting them online to social networks, like Instagram. It's super frustrating.

whenever i use the gopro with my friends they complain how hard it is to see the footage after. it’s like for every minute of end result footage it takes an hour of work. sometimes more

Re: Olympus quits camera business after 84 years

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Post by easygenes »

greyswan wrote: post #124
easygenes wrote: post #34

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Leica is using Sony sensors, so them as a selection is mostly for the name and aesthetic. The UI is more limited and shooting RAW negates anything to do with “color science” selections for the default in-camera JPG encoders.

- Each company has unique glass. - Each company has unique physical control schemes and software UX. - Color profiles allow you to apply the color science to RAW files. Some apps will automatically apply the color profile you select while shooting when you are processing later.

My response was addressing the perennial partisan quips that brand loyalists in the camera scene have about preferring one brand’s color science over another. I’m basically saying it’s moot if you shoot raw because your color grading can be as wild as your dreams in post. Unless you’re a live journalist, you probably should be shooting raw.

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Post by NovemberWhiskey »

csharptwdec19 wrote: post #180
ben7799 wrote: post #106

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Bingo.. having used Canon service quite a few times they are just fantastic at that part. The brand wars are mostly an amateur thing.. once you decide on a brand if you're really serious and especially if you're running a business you don't jump brands over little differences in sensor performance because it's too much financial churn and you lose your muscle memory switching to a camera with a different control layo…

> you lose your muscle memory switching to a camera with a different control layout. This is a -huge- thing for some folks. Have a colleague who does some light pro photography (i.e. weddings, concerts, etc.) I wouldn't call him a Canon zealot or anything, although his first comment at my Sony was 'Well, it's not a Nikon so I can still be your friend.' We were showing each other shots and he was amazed at what I was…

It's not subtle stuff either.

For instance, zoom rings on Canon and Nikon lenses go opposite directions; exposure compensation dials go opposite directions etc.

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Post by [deleted] »

foldr wrote: post #58
akersten wrote: post #5

Sad 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…

No-one who's serious about photography will stigmatize you for the gear you're using. All modern cameras and lenses are more than good enough.

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Post by hrktb »

acjohnson55 wrote: post #192

I maintain that digital camera manufacturers' biggest failing is not eliminating the friction between taking pictures and video and getting them online to social networks, like Instagram. It's super frustrating.

That’s pretty broad though. Like saying Kodak’s failing was on the digital shift.

It’s completely true, but you would travel back in time and tell that to the CEO, the result would be the same. There are so many structural issues to solve to prevent that. Hell Olympus took decades to give up and join the SD card wagon.

Re: Olympus quits camera business after 84 years

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Post by runawaybottle »

foldr wrote: post #81
slantyyz wrote: post #66

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But a lot of people who self-identify as being serious about photography will stigmatize you for the gear you're using.

Indeed. What usually happens is that trends develop for photos that can only be taken using expensive gear. So for example, when I was a kid and everyone was shooting "full frame", no-one gave too much of a toss about background blur -- beyond the obvious fact that some (easily achievable) degree of it is often useful for softening distracting backgrounds. Now people obsess over paper thin DoF because it's a sign of…

Sounds like web development.
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