06-24-2020, 06:09 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53165293
Olympus, once one of the world's biggest camera brands, is selling off that part of its business after 84 years.
The firm said that despite its best efforts, the "extremely severe digital camera market" was no longer profitable.
The arrival of smartphones, which had shrunk the market for separate cameras, was one major factor, it said.
It had recorded losses for the last three years.
The Japanese company made its first camera in 1936 after years of microscope manufacture. The Semi-Olympus I featured an accordion-like fold-out camera bellows, and cost more than a month's wages in Japan.
Well, I guess this is a sign of the times - but, it'll be a sad moment for anybody with nostalgia for using their products .
As for me, I do still have a separate camera (albeit not an Olympus) - but, I lost it, so for now, I'm just using my phone for taking pictures .
Olympus, once one of the world's biggest camera brands, is selling off that part of its business after 84 years.
The firm said that despite its best efforts, the "extremely severe digital camera market" was no longer profitable.
The arrival of smartphones, which had shrunk the market for separate cameras, was one major factor, it said.
It had recorded losses for the last three years.
The Japanese company made its first camera in 1936 after years of microscope manufacture. The Semi-Olympus I featured an accordion-like fold-out camera bellows, and cost more than a month's wages in Japan.
Well, I guess this is a sign of the times - but, it'll be a sad moment for anybody with nostalgia for using their products .
As for me, I do still have a separate camera (albeit not an Olympus) - but, I lost it, so for now, I'm just using my phone for taking pictures .
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