OM System Almost Considered Making Full Frame Cameras
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Digital camera sales are slumping, OM System execs reveal they did once consider expanding out of Micro Four Thirds, and Nikon announced a new $14,000 lens. All that and more!
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In This Episode:
Once this limited-edition drop is completed, these photos in these exact formats, papers, colors, and frames will never be offered again. Browse the drop today and collect your print!
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Digital camera sales are slumping, OM System execs reveal they did once consider expanding out of Micro Four Thirds, and Nikon announced a new $14,000 lens. All that and more!
Check out PetaPixel Merch: store.petapixel.com/
We use Riverside to record The PetaPixel Podcast in our online recording studio.
Every week, the trio go over comments on YouTube and here on PetaPixel, but if you’d like to send a message for them to hear, you can do so through SpeakPipe.
In This Episode:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 04:55 - The PetaPixel Print Shop by WhiteWall
- 10:42 - Digital camera sales are slumping again
- 13:41 - Canon is preparing to raise prices due to the memory crisis
- 16:23 - OM System exec says the company did consider expanding into larger formats: https://petapixel.com/2026/11/02/om-exec-says-company-considered-expanding-into-larger-formats/
- 32:44 - Nikon announced a new 120-300mm f/2.8
- 38:19 - Apple announced a touch MacBook Pro... so, macOS on iPad when?
- 42:29 - Ricoh is opening a GR Space in NYC
- 46:16 - Sony has a new 50-megapixel smartphone sensor
- 51:07 - Sirui has a new $150 full-frame prime series
- 52:21 - Goodwill seemingly had no idea it was selling a previously unknown Leica lens
- 54:20 - Should toy cameras exist?
- 1:08:50 - What have you been up to?
- 1:15:43 - Tech Support
- 1:32:43 - Feel good story of the week