Moderator note - doom and gloom threads

[Tom Caldwell]

Multiple doom and gloom threads based on the proposed demise of Olympus simply because another company has bought the Camera division assets from Olympus Inc will have a low level of tolerance from a moderation point of view. Don’t be surprised to see some (many) of them disappear.

This borders on product brand assassination. Reasonable debate in free speech should be allowed but don’t expect moderators to trawl through threads to try and sort out the nuggets from the dross.

The facts are someone has bought the camera division assets - there is every reasonable expectation that when someone buys assets of a functioning company that they intend to continue using them in future in one form or another.

Not quite the same as Olympus announcing that they were simply exiting the camera making industry and shutting down production for a huge fire sale.

We have no idea what the new owners might do with the assets but for the time being we have to believe that Olympus camera products will continue and even possibly with the injection of more capital than Olympus could ever manage to raise may even go on to even better things.

Obviously there may be some rationalisation necessary but so far the report of (Olympus) death was an exaggeration (apologies to Mark Twain).

Furthermore Panasonic is not about to lay its camera division down to die simply because Olympus has sold off its camera division.

 

[cpt kent]

Hear hear! And I'm tipping 90% of the content of the doom and gloom threads will consist of infighting and bickering in any case.

 

[nzmacro]

The tidal wave. It's times like these I wouldn't want to be a moderator on here mate.

All the best next door Tom.

Danny.

 

[Tom Caldwell]

Hear hear! And I'm tipping 90% of the content of the doom and gloom threads will consist of infighting and bickering in any case.

Anything with a doom and gloom headline is an open encouragement for aggressive posts and will be considered trolling for a fight.

 

[Tom Caldwell]

The tidal wave. It's times like these I wouldn't want to be a moderator on here mate.

All the best next door Tom.

Danny.

Slash and b..burn ... one might have wondered what might have happened if Olympus camera had announced that they were shutting up shop altogether - the end, finis ..... a quick prayer and we get on with life.

But a white knight turns up with a bucket load of cash to (presumably) make Olympus profitable again (something that the lack of has been moaned about for years) and it is “we are all gonna die - lets jump ship now and take the life belts with us”.

A sort of self fulfilling prophesy.

So how can the “bully for Olympus which is the greatest” can so suddenly turn into quaking mass of jelly? The camera assets division might have new owners but presumably the staff and assets that made great camera gear will remain.

Maybe the unsaid issue is that the new Olympus might have to charge properly for premium quality products and there might be no use simply in putting off purchases until the “Black Friday Sales”.

Sell less product but charge more for what you sell - works for Leica