Here an interesting interview between Setsuya Kataoka, former head of strategy for the Olympus Imaging business, now CTO for OM Digital Solutions, and photographer Koichi Akagi, a close friend of Olympus in general and of the late Yoshihisa Maitani in particular:
Similar to last year, OM Digital Solution issued a press release today confirming that Micro Four Thirds still has the #1 market share by lens mount in Japan with 21.7% (based on the number of digital interchangeable lens cameras sold in Japan by lens mount):
The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 150-400mm f/4.5 TC1.25X IS PRO lens is delayed again… the second time around… because of a large number of customers who ordered the lens… Just another entry for the photo gear wall of shame that has “greatly exceeded” expectations. Here is the translated press release:
The new OM Digital Solutions website is now online, but don’t expect to find much information on it – most of the links just redirect to existing Olympus pages. I guess it will take a while until they move everything over. Here is the OM Digital Solutions company profile: Company Name OM Digital Solutions Corporation […]
Olympus has completed the camera division transfer to Japan Industrial Partners (JIP). The new website will be located at om-digitalsolutions.com and will be live tomorrow (notice they no longer use the Olympus name): “Olympus Corporation (“Olympus”) concluded the transfer of its Imaging business to Japan Industrial Partners Inc. (“JIP”) on January 1, 2021. The final transfer […]
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The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 150-400mm f/4.5 TC1.25X IS PRO lens is delayed because of a large number of customers who ordered the lens… I would be curious to know how many people actually dropped $7,500 for this lens. Another entry for my (wall of shame) collection of photo gear that has greatly exceeded expectations and […]
The new Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 150-400mm f/4.5 TC1.25X IS PRO lens ($7,500) next to the Nikon 180-400mm f/4E TC1.4 FL ED VR lens ($12,000+). Credit: https://t.co/Jko5DxulvR pic.twitter.com/78F0n7svND — Photo Rumors (@photorumors) November 19, 2020 The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 150-400mm f/4.5 TC1.25X IS PRO lens is now officially announced. I already reported all the […]
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