>
> Ah well, very possibly the beginning of the end of a fully independent
> Oly.
> <http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2012/06/panasonic-to-bankroll-olympus.html>
>
> Certainly makes more sense to be in bed with Panny than Sony or Fuji.
> They've worked together before, as on the first Panny 4/3 bodies. I
> seem to recall folks saying that in addition to the Panny sensors in
> Olys, there had been other tech and module sharing.
>
I'm surprised that this did not happen earlier given the somewhat close
working relationship between the two. I was also surprised that something of
this sort did not take place with Kodak as the two of them teamed up to make
the 10MB sensor some time ago. Must be that Kodak is infiltrated with managers
who earlier worked for Motorola.
I can see Panasonic gaining controlling interest of Olympus, keeping the
name alive in the area of high-end and professional cameras and medical optics
while Panasonic remains with the P&S products (I wanted to say toys, but I'll
restrain myself).
Chris
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