Category Archives: Olympus

Here are the full details of the upcoming Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 150-400mm f/4.5 TC1.25x IS PRO lens

By PR admin | Published: November 16, 2020

I just received the full details of the upcoming Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 150-400mm f/4.5 TC1.25x IS PRO lens form a good source (price: $7,500):

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The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 150-400mm f/4.5 TC1.25X IS PRO lens will be priced at $7,500

By PR admin | Published: November 16, 2020

The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 150-400mm f/4.5 TC1.25X IS PRO lens will be priced at $7,500 according to the B&H Photo product listing:

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Olympus Imaging’s cumulative operating losses significantly bigger than originally reported

By PR admin | Published: November 15, 2020

We already knew that Olympus Imaging’s cumulative operating losses during the last twelve years totaled ¥103bn. That’s $1.2bn. Last week Olympus published their consolidated financial results for the second quarter of FY2021 (July – September 2020). Included in this reporting is the forecast of the FY2021 loss from the soon to be divested Imaging Business, now considered […]

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The Olympus fire sale continues: $600 off on the Olympus E-M10 III camera kit with two lenses

By PR admin | Published: October 23, 2020

The Olympus fire sale continues: today we have a new $600 discount on the Olympus E-M10 III camera kit with two lenses: Adorama | B&H. See previous posts:

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The Olympus fire sale continues

By PR admin | Published: October 18, 2020

The Olympus fire sale continues – there are less than three months left for the transfer to JPI. The latest price drop is on the Olympus E-M1 Mark II camera: The Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II is now $800 off: Adorama | B&H The Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III is now $400 off: Adorama | […]

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The Olympus brand does not appear to be part of the JIP deal

By PR admin | Published: October 7, 2020

Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia: “Japan Industrial Partners will not use the Olympus brand.” Olympus interview with 42 West: “The Olympus name will remain at the time of transfer. The name will likely not be used forever, but this decision will be made in the final agreement between Olympus and JIP.” Olympus on Twitter: “You can […]

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The Olympus OM-D E-M1X is now $1000 off

By PR admin | Published: October 6, 2020

The Olympus OM-D E-M1X camera is now $1,000 off at Adorama, B&H, and Amazon. The original price when the camera was announced was $3,000. Olympus also offers two different E-M1X lens kit combos with additional savings:

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Future cameras from the new OM Digital Solutions Corporation will keep the Olympus name

By PR admin | Published: October 1, 2020

A quick update to my post from yesterday – Olympus confirmed that future cameras from the new OM Digital Solutions Corporation will keep the Olympus name: Thanks Steve! Some additional information on the JIP/Olympus transfer:

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There is no coming back: Olympus agrees on the transfer of Imaging Business to JIP

By PR admin | Published: September 30, 2020

Today Olympus officially agreed on the transfer of their Imaging Business to Japan Industrial Partners (JIP). The name of the new company will be “OM Digital Solutions Corporation” – this is pretty much the only new information provided. Similar to previous interviews and press releases, many questions remain unanswered and it’s still not even clear if […]

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Olympus to add ProRes RAW support this winter for only two OM-D cameras

By PR admin | Published: September 15, 2020

Today Olympus announced the development of a new firmware update that will enable RAW video data output (with ProRes RAW support) for the Olympus OM-D E-M1X and Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III mirrorless cameras to the Atomos Ninja V HDR monitor recorder. The new firmware is expected in the winter of 2020:

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Japan Industrial Partners acquisition of Olympus’s imaging business

By PR admin | Published: September 10, 2020

Toyo Keizai Online published an Interesting interview with Shinichi Inagaki, the managing director at Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) in charge of the acquisition of Olympus’s imaging business: https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/374348 https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/374348?page=2 https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/374348?page=3 Here below a quick and dirty translation (thanks Mistral75):

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Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm f/5.0-6.3 IS lens delayed because of many pre-orders (wink wink)

By PR admin | Published: September 4, 2020

Adding the Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm f/5.0-6.3 IS lens to my collection of photo gear that has “greatly exceeded expectations” and got so many pre-orders that was of course delayed. If one is to believe all those press releases, the photo industry must be doing great and I wonder why Olympus is selling their […]

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