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OM Digital: “we don’t do full-frame” (OM Digital will NOT join the L-mount Alliance)

For almost a decade Olympus has been making official statements that they will not make a full-frame camera (see this post, this post, and this post). Back in 2018 Olympus was invited to join the L-mount Alliance and they refused. A recent Sigma presentation indicated that a new member may join the L-mount Alliance in […]

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Interview with the CTO of OM Digital Solutions

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:

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IR interview: Olympus has no plans to sell their photo business

Imaging Resources interviewed the Senior Manager of Global Marketing Strategy for Olympus Imaging Division Masanori Sako – here is the recap from 43addict:

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Olympus: “Full-frame isn’t for everybody”

In a recent interview with Dpreview, Olympus representative confirmed that the company is committed to MFT and that “full-frame isn’t for everybody” – exactly what they said back in February:

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New Olympus 500mm MFT lens is in development

The Japanese website Newswitch published an interview with Olympus executive officer Shigemi Sugimoto. Here is the recap:

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CP+ Olympus interview: new E-M5 III camera and PRO lenses coming soon

Imaging Resource published their CP+ interview with Olympus executives. Here is some interesting information related to upcoming products:

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Interview with Olympus on the new E-M1X camera

DC Watch published their interview with Olympus executives on the new Olympus OM-D E-M1X camera. Here is the recap from 43addict:

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Two new interviews with Olympus executives

There are two new interviews with Olympus executives. In the first one with CameraJabber, Setsuya Kataoka (Olympus Division Manager) said that Olympus once considered developing a medium format camera like Fujifilm did with the GFX. The second interview is from DigitalTrends with General Manager Elija Shirota, autofocus expert Tetsuo Kikuchi and Senior Supervisor Hisashi Yoneyama – here is […]

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