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Olympus exited the business, sadly. I don’t know if they were slimming down after the “accounting scandal” aka exposed corporate fraud or something else, but I’
by mananaysiempre 2y ago
Olympus exited the business, sadly. I don’t know if they were slimming down after the “accounting scandal” aka exposed corporate fraud or something else, but I’m a bit disappointed, what with my almost ten-year-old Olympus μ4/3 body (that was an attempt at an open standard, by the way, and IIRC even Fuji participated before they decided to go it alone). On the other hand, as you say, sensor-wise it’s not really significantly worse than what I can buy today.
- wluu 2y agoIt's now "OM Digital Solutions", and is mostly owned by a Japanese private equity firm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OM_Digital_Solutions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OM_Digital_Solutions
- LegitShady 2y agoSomehow I missed this. Although I'm currently a canon shooter I first started on Olympus gear. Tbh it was fine for a beginner but the image quality wasn't competitive with canon or Nikon.
- cmrdporcupine 2y agoOM Systems owns the old Olympus IP and makes cameras, though so far they're mostly just minor improvements of existing Olympus models. We'll see if they bring out a new camera this year. But the OM-1 MK II is actually a pretty compelling camera for bird photography, some excellent autofocus / bird-detection features. And weather proofed. M43 also lives on fine in Panasonic's lineup. Logitech just released a M43-mount $1000 live streaming cam ("Mevo Cam"). And like you say, the standard is open. I don't think it will die. The compactness of the lenses and their relatively lower price makes a lot of sense esp for new entrants (see "Alice Camera" etc).