Olympus quits camera business after 84 years

[Woolly Bugger]

>>>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.

Olympus quits camera business after 84 years https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53165293

[Phil]

Damn.

[troutrus]

Just got me a TG6 in May. Beats the heck out of using a cell phone in my opinion. But then again, most stuff I like is considered old fashioned. Guess I need to get one of them "Boomer" shirts. 😁

[Woolly Bugger]

I think they'll sell their line of cameras and who ever ends up with the oly camera
Brand will cherry pick from their line up and continue...

Or maybe not...

I still haven't used my "waterproof" iPhone underwater!

[Woolly Bugger]

dang... price drop on the TG-6 $349 for red and $249 for black!!

[Woolly Bugger]

looks like they "caught" the low price on the black version.. now $349 like the red...

I almost bought one jis cause....

[driver]

if you see those drop to that price again. lemme know

[trout-r-us]

Looks like they're still selling them but price is up ~31% over what I paid back in 2020.
I used mine about five times and not at all in the last few years.
Gonna be listing it on Marketplace/ebay sometime soon.
It's in like-new condition. Comes with a few aftermarket lenses, mini tripods, etc. 32 GB storage card.
If anybody's interested, let me know. Hope to get $300.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Olympus-Tough-TG-6-Compact-Camera-Red/795602545?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=101006116&adid=22222222222000000000&wmlspartner=wmtlabs&wl0=e&wl1=o&wl2=t&wl3=10352200394&wl4=pla-1103028060075:aud-814955018&wl5=&wl6=&wl7=&wl10=Walmart&wl11=Online&wl12=795602545_10001025487&wl14=Olympus%20TG6&veh=sem&msclkid=c584f19ec7de168c592d96ca61ea0994&gclid=c584f19ec7de168c592d96ca61ea0994&gclsrc=3p.ds