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  • Olmpus dropped from name of (formerly) Olympus cameras

    From RichA@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 1 20:04:10 2022
    Now it's "OM Digital Solutions" a truly awful name. It's not a product, it's a "solution." I've always despised that label for a PRODUCT. It's a pathetic cold corporate moniker that smacks of a desperate attempt to make them more attractive to
    millenials. Like rebranding Kentucky Friend Chicken "KFC." I picture a group of old men with canes standing around saying, "Doesn't it sound hip, won't that appeal to the youngsters?"

    https://www.dpreview.com/news/1290364470/om-digital-solutions-is-removing-the-olympus-name-from-its-entire-product-portfolio#comments

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  • From geoff@21:1/5 to RichA on Wed Nov 2 22:44:28 2022
    On 2/11/2022 4:04 pm, RichA wrote:
    Now it's "OM Digital Solutions" a truly awful name. It's not a product, it's a "solution." I've always despised that label for a PRODUCT. It's a pathetic cold corporate moniker that smacks of a desperate attempt to make them more attractive to
    millenials. Like rebranding Kentucky Friend Chicken "KFC." I picture a group of old men with canes standing around saying, "Doesn't it sound hip, won't that appeal to the youngsters?"

    https://www.dpreview.com/news/1290364470/om-digital-solutions-is-removing-the-olympus-name-from-its-entire-product-portfolio#comments



    Truly OmDiouS

    geoff

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  • From Incubus@21:1/5 to RichA on Wed Nov 2 11:39:54 2022
    On 2022-11-02, RichA <[email protected]> wrote:
    Now it's "OM Digital Solutions" a truly awful name. It's not a product, it's a "solution." I've always despised that label for a PRODUCT. It's a pathetic cold corporate moniker that smacks of a desperate attempt to make them more attractive to
    millenials. Like rebranding Kentucky Friend Chicken "KFC." I picture a group of old men with canes standing around saying, "Doesn't it sound hip, won't that appeal to the youngsters?"

    https://www.dpreview.com/news/1290364470/om-digital-solutions-is-removing-the-olympus-name-from-its-entire-product-portfolio#comments


    Maybe Olympus as a brand name doesn't have the reputation it needs.

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  • From geoff@21:1/5 to Alfred Molon on Thu Nov 3 11:02:24 2022
    On 3/11/2022 10:53 am, Alfred Molon wrote:
    Am 02.11.2022 um 04:04 schrieb RichA:
    Now it's "OM Digital Solutions" a truly awful name.

    The brand name actually is "OM System". But I agree, they could have
    chosen some other name.

    OlymPUS never great.

    But OMS would go down a treat with the transcendental crowd ....

    geoff

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  • From Alfred Molon@21:1/5 to All on Wed Nov 2 22:53:06 2022
    Am 02.11.2022 um 04:04 schrieb RichA:
    Now it's "OM Digital Solutions" a truly awful name.

    The brand name actually is "OM System". But I agree, they could have
    chosen some other name.
    --
    Alfred Molon

    Olympus 4/3 and micro 4/3 cameras forum at
    https://groups.io/g/myolympus
    https://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site

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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Nov 2 18:51:18 2022
    In article <[email protected]>, geoff <[email protected]> wrote:

    The brand name actually is "OM System". But I agree, they could have
    chosen some other name.

    OlymPUS never great.

    the om-1 through om-4 film cameras were legendary, the latter two with
    the best implementation of spot metering on any camera.

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  • From geoff@21:1/5 to nospam on Thu Nov 3 12:42:14 2022
    On 3/11/2022 11:51 am, nospam wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>, geoff <[email protected]> wrote:

    The brand name actually is "OM System". But I agree, they could have
    chosen some other name.

    OlymPUS never great.

    the om-1 through om-4 film cameras were legendary, the latter two with
    the best implementation of spot metering on any camera.

    Name. Joke.

    geoff

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to nospam on Wed Nov 2 16:43:54 2022
    On Wednesday, 2 November 2022 at 18:51:24 UTC-4, nospam wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>, geoff <[email protected]> wrote:

    The brand name actually is "OM System". But I agree, they could have chosen some other name.

    OlymPUS never great.
    the om-1 through om-4 film cameras were legendary, the latter two with
    the best implementation of spot metering on any camera.

    I had an OM-4 and it worked well with the Zone System.

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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to RichA on Wed Nov 2 20:23:38 2022
    In article <[email protected]>,
    RichA <[email protected]> wrote:

    the om-1 through om-4 film cameras were legendary, the latter two with
    the best implementation of spot metering on any camera.

    I had an OM-4 and it worked well with the Zone System.

    it's 8 multi-spot metering worked well in all sorts of conditions,
    particularly difficult lighting situations, such as theatre.

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  • From Neil@21:1/5 to nospam on Thu Nov 3 11:30:38 2022
    On 11/2/2022 6:51 PM, nospam wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>, geoff <[email protected]> wrote:

    The brand name actually is "OM System". But I agree, they could have
    chosen some other name.

    OlymPUS never great.

    the om-1 through om-4 film cameras were legendary, the latter two with
    the best implementation of spot metering on any camera.

    I completely agree with you on this. Additionally, the Olympus lenses
    were also excellent, and differed from other makes because they
    maintained gradation and contrast across f-stops.

    --
    best regards,

    Neil

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