Throughout the history of photography, few names have endured for as long and few have left as significant of an impact on the medium as Olympus. [Read More]
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As soon as photography was invented, there was a very obvious subject for photographers to turn their cameras toward -- the brightest object in the night sky -- the Moon. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-06-14 22:54
This article is dedicated to a very helpful yet often-overlooked photographic accessory. After scouring the Web, I have only been able to find few brief entries dedicated to those devices, so I hope my writing will be found helpful by inquisitive minds interested in the history of photo equipment. From 1872 book ‘Ferrotypes And How […] petapixel.com »
2021-05-08 20:47
Kodak was once the 800-pound gorilla in the world of photography. But after a century of dominance, Kodak’s business crumbled and it was forced to declare bankruptcy in 2012. If you’d like to better understand what happened to the iconic brand, watch this great 12-minute video by the popular YouTube channel Company Man. “The name […] petapixel.com »
2018-06-14 21:16
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, chemists Robert Bunsen and Henry Roscoe and showed that burning magnesium produces artificial light that’s similar to daylight. A man named Edward Sonstadt then brought the technology into the world of photography, and thus the idea for the photographic flash was born. The Atlantic made this 2-minute video […] petapixel.com »
2018-05-26 19:01
While 2024 was not the prolific or productive year OM System needed, 2025 could be. OM Digital Solutions' director and CEO, Shigemi Sugimoto, has taken to the company's website to share new information about its ambitions and plans for 2025. [Read More]
A couple of weeks ago I upgraded from the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II to the OM System OM-1 Mark II. One of the reasons was for the OM-1 Mark II's greatly enhanced wildlife tracking functions. [Read More]
OM Digital Solutions will gradually change the branding of its products, including lenses, binoculars, cameras, and accessories, away from Olympus and to OM System. [Read More]
OM Digital Solutions has announced that it is developing the M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS Pro (35mm Equivalent: 180mm), which will be the first high-performance telemacro lens in the M.Zuiko Pro series. [Read More]
OM Digital has launched its first product since shedding the Olympus name: the M. Zuiko Digital ED 20mm f/1. 4 Pro lens. Designed for the Micro Four Thirds (M43) system, OM Digital promises it delivers beautiful bokeh, resolution, and performance.