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Olympus has fallen

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  • 24-06-2020 10:03pm
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    magicbastarder
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    After a year of rumors, denials, and backtracking, it’s finally official: Olympus is exiting the camera business after an 84-year run as one of the world’s most recognizable brands in the industry.

    https://petapixel.com/2020/06/24/olympus-exits-the-camera-business/


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    CabanSail
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    Today the two camps are Nikon and Canon but back in the 70's to 90's it was Nikon and Olympus that were the two main players. I had Nikon FTN but most of my friends used the OM range (mostly 10's and 20's). They had Auto to my fully manual.


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    Gruffalux
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    Just here for the great thread title.


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    magicbastarder
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    i must fess up, i nicked it from a post i saw on another forum on the topic.

    anyway, tis a pity. i learned on an OM1, sold it and that was the most stupid decision i ever made regarding buying or selling a camera. i have two now.


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    Thirdfox
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    I'd thank the post but it feels wrong - sad to hear that but didn't they have that massive corruption/accounting(?) scandal a few years ago? Never had the pleasure of owning an Olympus - but I'll pour one out for them while remembering my Konika Minolta that I loved in the past too.


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    DaireQuinlan
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    I've gone through an XA, a MJU 1, a MJU II, a couple of Mamiya 6's with Zuiko lenses, and one of their little micro 4/3rds jobs with a panasonic 14mm stuck on the front. Some nice ones here ...

    https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=31589949%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&text=olympus&view_all=1

    Of course, the brand now will likely be knocked around different companies, getting shabbier and shabbier with each sale, until it hits the skid row of brand whoring, alongside polaroid.


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    Shame - but perhaps the 'film' era was their zenith - I've never taken to digital for anything but the most trivial of snapshots - started with a PEN way back when, then a beautiful black OM-1md when it was released - it's still going strong (OK, the motor drive sh1t its pants and was replaced but even that was over 20 years ago now).

    Along the way there's been a couple of Canon AE-1s, an A-1, Minolta X700, some Nikons (FM2 in particular) but they were all outlasted (and outshone) by the OM-1.

    In my opinion :)


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    magicbastarder
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    i've had three OM1s, an OM2SP, an OM4 and an OM4Ti, and a trip. and one of their early DSLRs which got very little use.

    the electrics in the OM4s was sadly not up to much; ideally i'd like an OM3 or 3Ti but i think they still change hands for good money.

    also, i have a zuiko 90mm f2 macro which is just a brilliant lens. unfortunately my 50mm f1.4 has developed fungus.


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    Harry Palmr
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    Thirdfox wrote: »
    I'd thank the post but it feels wrong - sad to hear that but didn't they have that massive corruption/accounting(?) scandal a few years ago? Never had the pleasure of owning an Olympus - but I'll pour one out for them while remembering my Konika Minolta that I loved in the past too.

    Yes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympus_scandal. A massive deal at the time for a business culture that thought itself above that sort of thing.

    Never owned an Olympus, they always seemed quite expensive but not a Nikon while Canon seemed to be more feature packed.

    JIP are the next owners, a private equity company who buy distressed assets but if it helps keep the cameras going then no one will mind.


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    Beasty
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    OMG, my OM10
    OMG, my OM4

    Oh my, what will I do with all of it? - maybe a museum will be interested when my grandkids are drawing their pensions


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    Morrisseeee
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    Awwww what a pity. My first adventure with D-SLR was with an E510. Still have it. It's 2 main advantages were:
    1)stick on a 150mm lens and it becomes a 300mm (in full-frame terms)
    2)buy a cheap adapter and you can fit Nikon/Pentax lenses.
    Yes, many an adventure was had. More recently I was gifted an OM10 and a few lenses & I did a bit of 'messing' with film.
    RIP


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