> the compact camera market is dying.
> Olympus just sold off their camera division.
And someone _bought_ that camera division. With the intent to continue designing, manufacturing and selling cameras under the Olympus brand. Sure, Olympus wasn’t doing great, but someone paid money because they thought they could run the business better. And their consumer business is in selling compact cameras, right? There appears to be at least some faith in the market.
> We probably won't see many new models from Canon
Personally I sure hope so. Their less-than-full-frame offering has been pretty lackluster afaict, other companies are doing the job better. We’ve lately seen some surprisingly kickass tech innovation in the full frame market from Canon, though. I hope they continue to focus their efforts.
And someone _bought_ that camera division. With the intent to continue designing, manufacturing and selling cameras under the Olympus brand. Sure, Olympus wasn’t doing great, but someone paid money because they thought they could run the business better. And their consumer business is in selling compact cameras, right? There appears to be at least some faith in the market.
> We probably won't see many new models from Canon
Personally I sure hope so. Their less-than-full-frame offering has been pretty lackluster afaict, other companies are doing the job better. We’ve lately seen some surprisingly kickass tech innovation in the full frame market from Canon, though. I hope they continue to focus their efforts.