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 […]
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:
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 | […]
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 […]
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:
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:
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 […]
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:
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):
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 […]
