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 […]
After Sony reported more than 50% drop in camera sales, today Olympus released their Q1 financial report: Revenue is down 40% YoY Operating loss: ¥2.7 billion The full report can be found here. The latest Canon Q2 financial results for the Imaging Division were also down – sales: -30.8%, profit: -93.8%. Nikon’s Q1 financial results will […]
Additional coverage of the new The previously rumored Olympus E-M10 Mark IV camera and Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm f/5.0-6.3 IS lens (pre-orders are now open at Adorama and B&H):
The previously rumored Olympus E-M10 Mark IV camera and Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm f/5.0-6.3 IS lens are now officially announced. I have already posted all specifications and details in previous blog posts. Pre-orders are now open at Adorama and B&H. A hands-on report on the new E-M10 Mark IV can be found here. The full […]
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