OM CEO acquires OM Digital
p.3 #1OM CEO acquires OM Digital
RoamingScott wrote:
OMDS has a pretty unique problem in that their biggest supporters tend to be buying their last camera system for physical reasons. They need to figure out some broader market appeal.
A lot of people are buying them honestly. Their OM-3 was the top seller in Japan for a period of time and the OM-1 II is slightly better than that.
Image quality is nice and the computational modes make a lot of shots that much easier.
OMDS has a pretty unique problem in that their biggest supporters tend to be buying their last camera system for physical reasons. They need to figure out some broader market appeal.
A lot of people are buying them honestly. Their OM-3 was the top seller in Japan for a period of time and the OM-1 II is slightly better than that.
Image quality is nice and the computational modes make a lot of shots that much easier.
Jul 04, 2026 at 06:26 PM
p.3 #2OM CEO acquires OM Digital
amci4 wrote:
A lot of people are buying them honestly. Their OM-3 was the top seller in Japan for a period of time and the OM-1 II is slightly better than that.
Image quality is nice and the computational modes make a lot of shots that much easier.
I have to agree. In Southern California, M43 has a strong following among young people. I am early 40's and among the "older" M43 crowd here. I started shooting M43 in my 20's and can't see myself quitting. Always a place in my bag for it.
Excited to see what OMDS brings next. The last 10 years they seem to be building tools just for me which I am quite pleased with
RoamingScott wrote
OMDS has a pretty unique problem in that their biggest supporters tend to be buying their last camera system for physical reasons. They need to figure out some broader market appeal.Image quality is nice and the computational modes make a lot of shots that much easier.
I have to agree. In Southern California, M43 has a strong following among young people. I am early 40's and among the "older" M43 crowd here. I started shooting M43 in my 20's and can't see myself quitting. Always a place in my bag for it.
Excited to see what OMDS brings next. The last 10 years they seem to be building tools just for me which I am quite pleased with
Jul 06, 2026 at 09:04 AM
p.3 #3OM CEO acquires OM Digital
gmccroskery wrote:
The good news is, everyone is getting older -- so there's a steady supply of new customers! 
Greg
Actually that works both ways. You have to balance the incoming with the M&M rates.
EBH
RoamingScott wrote
OMDS has a pretty unique problem in that their biggest supporters tend to be buying their last camera system for physical reasons. They need to figure out some broader market appeal. Greg
Actually that works both ways. You have to balance the incoming with the M&M rates.
EBH
Jul 10, 2026 at 04:36 PM
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p.3 #4OM CEO acquires OM Digital
dalegaspi wrote:
"a reasonably well-exposed image from the OM-1 I/II that doesn't require much cropping and lifting shadows by more than 1-1.5 stops can look beautiful "
i love my OM-1 but i don't think I agree with this... i may have to do some experiments. the OM-1 sensor is not that forgiving in the shadows _and_ the highlights...my god especially with highlights...i can't use the OM-1 in situations where it's very high contrast (think early afternoon with full sun and clear skies on a football game) because either i have crushed shadows or blown out highlights...never a problem with full frame.
Maybe my expectations for Dynamic Range are not as stringent as yours but I don't seem to encounter the problem you describe. I will agree that if you blow the highlights on the OM-1 trying to recover them is not as easy as when I shot my Z9. I find recovering shadows to be much more forgiving. But if you expose correctly I'm not sure what more you could ask for. An example in direct morning sunlight :
"a reasonably well-exposed image from the OM-1 I/II that doesn't require much cropping and lifting shadows by more than 1-1.5 stops can look beautiful "
i love my OM-1 but i don't think I agree with this... i may have to do some experiments. the OM-1 sensor is not that forgiving in the shadows _and_ the highlights...my god especially with highlights...i can't use the OM-1 in situations where it's very high contrast (think early afternoon with full sun and clear skies on a football game) because either i have crushed shadows or blown out highlights...never a problem with full frame.
Maybe my expectations for Dynamic Range are not as stringent as yours but I don't seem to encounter the problem you describe. I will agree that if you blow the highlights on the OM-1 trying to recover them is not as easy as when I shot my Z9. I find recovering shadows to be much more forgiving. But if you expose correctly I'm not sure what more you could ask for. An example in direct morning sunlight :
Jul 11, 2026 at 11:13 AM
p.3 #5OM CEO acquires OM Digital
johnvanr wrote:
That seems to be mostly an American thing. Here in Europe, plenty of younger people use MFT gear. A bunch of pros too.
Everything is bigger in the US, including the sensors
RoamingScott wrote
OMDS has a pretty unique problem in that their biggest supporters tend to be buying their last camera system for physical reasons. They need to figure out some broader market appeal.Everything is bigger in the US, including the sensors
Jul 11, 2026 at 11:27 AM
p.3 #6OM CEO acquires OM Digital
sum1sgrampa wrote:
i love my OM-1 but i don't think I agree with this... i may have to do some experiments. the OM-1 sensor is not that forgiving in the shadows _and_ the highlights...my god especially with highlights...i can't use the OM-1 in situations where it's very high contrast (think early afternoon with full sun and clear skies on a football game) because either i have crushed shadows or blown out highlights...never a problem with full frame.Maybe my expectations for Dynamic Range are not as stringent as yours but I don't seem to encounter the problem you describe. I will agree that if you blow the highlights on the OM-1 trying to recover them is not as easy as when I shot my Z9. I find recovering shadows to be much more forgiving. But if you expose correctly I'm not sure what more you could ask for. An example in direct morning sunlight :
i mean, yeah i guess you're right. it is adequate for a lot of use cases as long as it's exposed correctly. i can't imagine using anything else that requires trips with long lenses..like with this one...with 1000mm FF equivalent.
dalegaspi wrote
"a reasonably well-exposed image from the OM-1 I/II that doesn't require much cropping and lifting shadows by more than 1-1.5 stops can look beautiful "i love my OM-1 but i don't think I agree with this... i may have to do some experiments. the OM-1 sensor is not that forgiving in the shadows _and_ the highlights...my god especially with highlights...i can't use the OM-1 in situations where it's very high contrast (think early afternoon with full sun and clear skies on a football game) because either i have crushed shadows or blown out highlights...never a problem with full frame.
i mean, yeah i guess you're right. it is adequate for a lot of use cases as long as it's exposed correctly. i can't imagine using anything else that requires trips with long lenses..like with this one...with 1000mm FF equivalent.
Jul 11, 2026 at 07:39 PM