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Good cameras that slipped through the cracks.

Started Sep 13, 2021 | Discussions thread
Michael Meissner
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Re: Good cameras that slipped through the cracks.
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Bob A L wrote:

Anybody else here think that the Oly stylus 1 and 1s were better than they ever got credit for. I always thought that back when and today I just happened to have drug my Stylus out of the archives when a photo op appeared out in the yard.

While agree with you on the camera's many pluses, I think it was just more that the market had shifted and Olympus couldn't sell it.

I was one of the people who bought it full price ($800 or $900 USA) in 2014. By then the market had shifted so that most of the sales were entry level DSLRs and mirrorless cameras. Several months after I bought it, Olympus removed most of the fixed lens cameras they were selling (or at least attempting to sell). This included the SH, SP, SZ, and XZ lines.

FWIW, I bought the Stylus-1 and just after I got it, Olympus had one of their 20% off refurbished sales, and there was an E-m5 mark I with 12-50mm lens that I had been wanting since it was announced in 2012 in my price range.

I spent some amount of time debatting whether to return the Stylus-1 or just accept the longer amount of time to pay off both cameras (which I did). While I've shot more photos (3,628 vs. 3,048) with the E-m5 mark I than the Stylus-1, each camera had a unique niche. And I still pull out the Stylus-1 when i don't want to carry the big stuff.

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Olympus Stylus 1 Olympus TG-5 Olympus E-M5 III OM-1 Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 9-18mm F4.0-5.6 +13 more
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