Sad to see them go and see the industry losing even more competition. Had a couple of Olympus' and was always delighted by their quality.
But on the other hand the underlying problem is quite true: Since the advent of the smartphone I see myself rely more and more on my smartphone (even tho I still don't really like that "look", but as long you don't plan to have a professional photo shooting it's "good enough").
On the other hand: the camera business seem to have stopped any evolution. I didn't see one thing in the last 10 years that made me go "what a gamechanger! I need that!"...
>On the other hand: the camera business seem to have stopped any evolution. I didn't see one thing in the last 10 years that made me go "what a gamechanger! I need that!"...
That's not true at all. Recent innovation in diffractive optics & phase fresnel lens (gap-less) designs is a gamechanger that has recently allowed compact lens designs to compete with larger, heavier lenses. For wild-life photographers looking to travel and fit their gear in the overhead bin, its a gamechanger. Sony's Eye AF is a gamechanger for portrait photographers looking for increased productivity. Mirrorless cameras with live EVFs are gamechangers for photographers who no longer need to take a test-shot to check for exposure (mainly blown highlights which can be avoided with live zebras). Sony A9's triple stacked sensor design and its super fast read-out is a gamechanger for shooting sports w/ a silent shutter (e.g. golf).
There are plenty of game changing technologies. Ofcource, it all depends on what it means to YOUR photography.
That's true, but then again what could be any better than what we have now? My camera takes really excellent pictures, I can use any lens made in the last century and have it autofocus, I can send images to my phone almost instantly, I can record amazingly high quality video, if I decide I want to I can use HDR+ and do dynamic stacking to reduce noise and increase dynamic range, I can send the files to my computer wirelessly and edit them with amazing flexibility, and so on. So I don't really know what else I could want.
The fact that cameras are so good that no one has managed to improve them is a good thing. I can buy a high quality camera now and still get great performance out of it in ten years, and when I want to switch gear if I've been careful I can sell it at very similar prices to what I paid for it. Since the only reason I was updating my phones was camera quality this also makes it a good long term decision as each two years I pay 500$ less on my phone as I buy an older model that suits me just fine.
But on the other hand the underlying problem is quite true: Since the advent of the smartphone I see myself rely more and more on my smartphone (even tho I still don't really like that "look", but as long you don't plan to have a professional photo shooting it's "good enough").
On the other hand: the camera business seem to have stopped any evolution. I didn't see one thing in the last 10 years that made me go "what a gamechanger! I need that!"...