Originally posted by Kevin B123 Maybe, just maybe they will be a positive influence.
Imagine if they forced an improvement in the chronic (sic) user interface, that may open up a section of potential buyers who previously turned away when they read about the bad it was. That could even be done retrospectively via a firmware update.
I think they make nice kit and I considered them before Pentax, I have not owned one to date.
I’m not sure what you meant by “chronic user interface”. Having been a Pentax shooter for most of my adult life (film as well as digital), I’m probably used to their way of doing things, but having recently supplemented my Pentax kit with an OM-D EM5ii, I don’t find it chronically-bad (if that’s what you meant), either the manual controls or the menu system.
Aside from that, it seems Sony’s major contribution to Olympus was providing bridging finance and walking away with a large profit, but no-one here would probably be surprised by that. It’s hardly the company that Akio Morita founded, now.