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As soon as the name Olympus is mentioned it immediately becomes a lightning rod for the full frame only fan club.

Sony left the computer business when sales slumped. I don't expect they will treat their camera division any different if the profit starts to wane.

Basically, the bubble has got too big and it's going to burst.

There was a time when professional photographers used to change their cameras on average every ten years. Many not even that regularly. I used to know a fashion photographer who bought a 500cm...

"unfortunately camera sensors cannot capture that"
:not entirely true. The resulting raw file can be processed to retain highlight and shadow detail that would normally be lost. The problem with a...

Perhaps the lesson we should be learning from the Olympus/ Samsung fiasco is that big companies with their fingers in other pies can afford to walk away from camera manufacturing. Those feeling...

These guys sound more and more like politicians every time I hear them.

Can't speak for the 5 but I have an EM1 and it is far better than my Sony A7 for AF especially in difficult situations.

I think the popularity of the cell phone camera is not that it simply takes photographs but also provides storage, display, and a means to distribute or post the images all in one small package....

Cannot help but think that JIP will simply rip the copper out of the walls and sell the lead off the roof, then demolish the building (metaphorically speaking of course)

I sometimes look at the bigotry against the format and wonder to myself “wow, what did M43 ever do to you?”. Must have been something pretty bad going by the hostility many have towards it.

My guarantees are with Olympus, not Olympus cameras. Whatever happens to their camera division they are still obligated to fulfill their contract. They may contract out the repairs, or even refund...

@AlanG I agree that it only appeals to some people. And I agree that it was not enough to keep the company viable. The problem now is that the same issue is facing all the camera manufacturers....

The M43 format fills the gap that used to be filled by 35mm when people wanted a light portable camera. With the requirement for AF, extra electronics and battery, the FF digital camera system is...

On reflection, credit to Olympus for giving six months notice on this. They could have easily waited to next year to spring it on us after many people would have continued to buy into the system.

@justmeMN. Thats the problem. They simply do not have the income from the rest of the company to subsidise the camera division. If they do not show a profit on cameras they would need to exit that...

I would expect that as the warranties are from Olympus and the company is still going they would have a legal obligation to honour them.

Olympus had a long history of producing small compact cameras. That is what they did.
They made half frame film cameras when everyone else were making 35mm. They could not have produced a FF...

I think that's what they have said themselves.

Totally agree with your list of features. The problem seems to be if you only shoot full frame you think M43 could never match the results you have. If you only shoot M43 you are left wondering if...