Comments on: Sony Buys Shares of Olympus, Makes Good on Promise to Support Camera Division

By: Henry Orth

Henry Orth — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 08:23:00 +0000

I’ve been wrong before so take it with a grain of salt but here it goes; forget Sony and stick with Nikon and Canon – although gotta like the low end stuff thats coming out. Anyways I personally hope they succeed, competition helps us all win.

By: RUSS

RUSS — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 02:59:00 +0000

Sony doesn’t market enough. I ALWAYS see canon and Nikon ads, but hardly ever Sony ads, for cameras.
MAYBE on a webpage or two but, as for t v, YouTube, etc. nothing.
And their cameras are OKAY cameras at high prices.
I WAS A HUGE MINOLTA digital body fan. And when sony bought Minolta, the cameras lost their high iso noise performance.( the maxxum 7D digital body had amazing low noise compared to anything at the time, up until the D90 nikon was released)
blah I am rambling.
ANYWAYS, have a good one everyone ;-)

By: Jaron Schneider

Jaron Schneider — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:43:00 +0000

They are independent, what I meant was that when you look at all three of them together, their reach expands over the entire market. There isn’t a camera made by one of those three that doesn’t attract at least one type of photographer from every conceivable market.

By: Albert Zablit

Albert Zablit — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:32:00 +0000

Can you please explain the bit about how each division is catering to whatever segment? I thought each company is still independant from the other, while both Olympus and Sony already catering to low/mid/pro ranges by themselves.

By: yamaha83

yamaha83 — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:24:00 +0000

the hasselblad is a joke. other then that, Sony is going to make a dent! keep in mind that some of the latest and greatest Nikon and Cannons use the Sony chip and Sony EVF. They make the first full frame compact (although i think its a little over priced). the new A99 is awesome! and they have some great new Zeiss additions to the lens line up for A-Mount and E-Mount