Despite denying persistent rumors that it would exit the camera business, Olympus is doing exactly that. The company has announced that will sell its camera business to Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) ...

Olympus resurrected the design of the classic OM series of SLR film cameras but the market simply wasn't big enough to help the camera division to turn a profit. Sad news from Japan where the ...

Olympus is getting out of its 84-year-old camera business. The Japanese imaging company, which makes most of its money from medical equipment, announced Wednesday it will sell its camera business to ...

Olympus’ fraud investigation and the subsequent fallout is shaping up to be one of the biggest scandals of the year, and as the company faces further scrutiny, it’s reassessing its business priorities ...

When Japanese camera designer Yoshihisa Maitani was still a student, he designed and patented his first camera. Olympus was ...

Another CES, another avalanche of camera announcements tumbling down from Olympus. Surprising? Not really, but who are we to argue with tradition? The outfit's latest in point-and-shoot technology ...

Olympus unveiled five new digital cameras Monday that will start rolling out this month until well into the fall. Highlighting the parade of changes to the camera maker’s consumer line is the ...

As a long-time fan of Olympus’ Micro 4/3s series of cameras, I came to the E-P3 expecting good things. I was not disappointed. The camera is like Mini Cooper or a Smart car: it gets you where you need ...

New Olympus software for MacOS will let you use your camera as a webcam for video chats and conferences. There's also a version for Windows. Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in 2019, ...

The Olympus SP-510UZ is a 7.1 Megapixel EVF (Electronic ViewFinder) camera that has some big-time features typically found in much more expensive DSLR’s, but with a street price of only $342. The real ...