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Which, as I understand it for their situation, is difficult (if not illegal) to do in Japan?

Not sure if this was shared already, but it's very interesting to hear from someone that was in the business of investment fims
 

As a person transitioning into old-man status, can confirm.

Trump.  The one and only thing I've ever agreed with him on.  Trade imbalance should be addressed by any and all administrations. 
However, two things:
1) His ham handed terms were so half-baked his trade war backfired, and
2) International trade is not supply-side economics. So how does Chinese trade address my comment, which was an inquiry from Mercer on how a Trump administration is/was affecting me?

I'd like to see Olympus cameras and lenses continue to exist and be developed but think it's an utter fantasy that this will be the case.
I hope I am proved wrong. But suspect not.

Of course.  A career that lasts 65 years is pretty cool.  We all should be so lucky.  Not knocking your appreciation for Ennio, just giving him credit for all the years devoted to the craft.

Of course.  A career that lasts 65 years is pretty cool.  We all should be so lucky.  Not knocking your appreciation for Ennio, just giving him credit for all the years devoted to the craft.

What are the odds that Oly sells to JIP in order for JIP to unload expensive assets and employees.  Oly can't do this legally under Japanese law.  Then, after restructuring, OLY buys back the new company which is more nimble, streamlined, and able to exist in the black?  .001%. Wishful thinking?
 

I'm currently planning to make a reel out of all the 1080 travel footage I've shot over the past 15 years.  Big damn project that requires weeks of completely re-structuring my media storage, catalog management, and then some really long editing days.  Good opportunity to learn a new NLE, new color grading, and practice some new editing techniques.
Ultimately it's an exercise in production.  Getting a video out of it to help sell myself will be a nice bonus.

For me, you buy what you need when you need it.  
For instance, I might buy something like this if I had a particular client on deck that would be put at ease seeing me run around with a "real" camera.  (That's still a thing in the circles I'm in)
Obviously, you need to know if you're served by playing this sort of game.  I've rented camera gear just to impress clients, not for any particular production need. 
If I was in that situation again, heck, might as well buy a package like this for the same cost.  Also, wouldn't be the last time I'd buy gear only to sell it again quickly.  Which is kind of like renting, just with more flexibility.
Once, a few years back for a client, I borrowed a bunch of unnecessary cinema rigging from a friend/colleague and buried my LUMIX camera under it. Looked cool, but was incredibly gratuitious.  All that nonsense just to do a talking head interview.  Whatever, the client enjoyed the spectacle.  Afterwards I bought my buddy a nice 18 year single malt scotch for that one, which we shared.  Win-win-win.

Just watched "Doctor Sleep" and this literally happens in the sequel.  So, at least there's that I guess.

I shot one of my documentaries mostly with that lens.  Unfortunately I thought I was filming with a field of view FF-equivalent of 45mm.  Boy, was I wrong!
Seriously though, it's a purty lens.  Don't like the AF or focus-by-wire aspect of it as I'm partial to old manual glass, but it certainly rendered really nice images.
Olympus is dead, long live Olympus!

Had the GX7 as well.  Sadly lost it.  Great video camera.  Wanted to buy another one used.  Found out that one could buy a new/refurbished/warrantied Olympus EM10III for less than this 7 year old LUMIX cam. (!) Olympus is going to be trove of value for videographers over the next few years.  I'm not scared off by the recent news; kind of excited about it for mainly that reason.  

Michael Woodford had quite an Olympus Trip

I shot one of my documentaries mostly with that lens.  Unfortunately I thought I was filming with a field of view FF-equivalent of 45mm.  Boy, was I wrong!
Seriously though, it's a purty lens.  Don't like the AF or focus-by-wire aspect of it as I'm partial to old manual glass, but it certainly rendered really nice images.
Olympus is dead, long live Olympus!

FWIW, I used a GH5 for the most recent doc I made.  Toured with the film and put it on the "big screen" often.  I like to think I know what I was doing visually and in regards to focal lengths.  I also just sold my GH5 and bought an Olympus camera.  Olympus plans to sell their camera division later this year, if you haven't heard.

FWIW, I used a GH5 for the most recent doc I made.  Toured with the film and put it on the "big screen" often.  I like to think I know what I was doing visually and in regards to focal lengths.  I also just sold my GH5 and bought an Olympus camera.  Olympus plans to sell their camera division later this year, if you haven't heard.

The forum has a new feature.
It's an argue amongst yourself privately and save the EOSHD audience pages of off topic bullshit button.
https://www.eoshd.com/comments/messenger/compose/

Ability of a lens to gather light and the lens DOF aesthetic have always been intertwined --but are definitely different things. 
Hobbyist really crawl up their own butt with this stuff sometimes. 
Having masterful wisdom of the nuances of technical craft is important and nice to have. But, let's be honest, it's not the end-all-be-all. Many other decisions are much more impactful when solving movie making problems. 

Ability of a lens to gather light and the lens DOF aesthetic have always been intertwined --but are definitely different things. 
Hobbyist really crawl up their own butt with this stuff sometimes. 
Having masterful wisdom of the nuances of technical craft is important and nice to have. But, let's be honest, it's not the end-all-be-all. Many other decisions are much more impactful when solving movie making problems. 

They don't call them halflings for no reason.

I think I'll ride out the Olympus downfall and probably pick up another one or two of their cameras on the cheap as their brand devalues and their gear pops up on the used market.  I just bought a EM10iii new for a pittance.  Imagine I'll be able to do the same with a EM5III, E-M1 MII, or E-M1X in the not too distant future.
For me, I can still see using their bodies for another handful of years.  I've followed a lot of discontinued products over the cliff in this profession.
In the meantime my wife is in the FUJI space, so migrating to them for video will be easy enough.  The image/colors her XPRO2 spits out of the camera are impressive.

They don't call them halflings for no reason.

Sure. It’s all part of the whole career process.
Still, would rather my work be able to pay bills instead of generating more of them. 

Sure. It’s all part of the whole career process.
Still, would rather my work be able to pay bills instead of generating more of them.