Re:Olympus quits camera business after 84 years
by killface on Thursday June 25, 2020 @05:48PM
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Awww... so sad to see this. I know phones have basically eaten everybody's lunch except serious photographers.
It's the march of progress, but their mirrorless cameras were solid. I have a couple Fuji X-series bodies myself, and I wouldn't be surprised if they announce something similar any time soon. Amazing body, amazing glass, amazing software, amazing photos... but at the end of the day, the incremental increase in quality and/or flexibility doesn't make up for the form factor. And now that camera software is so damn good, and we're utilizing multiple lenses with multiple optical ranges to make a composite photograph...
snapshots are all that 99% of people ever needed, but I really thought the mirrorless cameras would eventually supplant dslr.
It's the march of progress, but their mirrorless cameras were solid. I have a couple Fuji X-series bodies myself, and I wouldn't be surprised if they announce something similar any time soon. Amazing body, amazing glass, amazing software, amazing photos... but at the end of the day, the incremental increase in quality and/or flexibility doesn't make up for the form factor. And now that camera software is so damn good, and we're utilizing multiple lenses with multiple optical ranges to make a composite photograph...
snapshots are all that 99% of people ever needed, but I really thought the mirrorless cameras would eventually supplant dslr.