Why the Olympus OM-D E-M1X was the best choice for me By Thomas Stirr smallsensorphotography.com (check out also his previous guest posts) Choosing camera gear is always an intensely personal decision. What works for one photographer, may not be a good fit for another. This article discusses why I chose to move to the Olympus OM-D […]
The Olympus PEN E-PL8 MFT mirrorless camera with an M.Zuiko ED 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 II R lens is now $250 or 42% off – available also in brown and white. The Olympus E-PL8 camera was announced in 2016.
The Japanese website Newswitch published an interview with Olympus executive officer Shigemi Sugimoto. Here is the recap:
The previously rumored Olympus E-M5 Mark III camera will be announced soon according to a tweet by the Japanese photographer Kimio Tanaka. Reportedly, the internal presentation of the new camera is coming soon and the official announcement should be either this month or in October and there should be a “surprise” new function or mechanism:
Olympus introduced new save and trade-in options in the US – see the details at Adorama and B&H Photo:
Nikon, Leica and Olympus will not take part in the next 2020 Photokina show in Germany (translation):
Sony is no longer holding any Olympus shares (Sony purchased approx. 12% share fro, Olympus back in 2012). Reuters reports that Sony sold their $760 million strake in Olympus after investor Loeb’s suggested: “Sony Corp is selling its 5% stake in Olympus Corp back to the Japanese medical equipment maker for 80.4 billion yen ($762.88 million), […]
Olympus released their financial results for the 1st quarter of FY2020: mirrorless cameras revenue is down 25%, compact cameras revenue is down 40%. Here are the detailed reports and the 2020 forecast for the imaging division (Panasonic also released their Q1 financial results but it is difficult to extract the numbers for their camera business):
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