TOKYO -- Olympus Corp. is ending a storied era of camera manufacturing after unveiling a plan to sell its loss-making imaging unit and focus on its core medical business.
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Olympus set to bring shutter down on camera business
Japanese company aims to sell loss-making unit this year to private equity firm
Olympus’s OM-1 model (left) was released in 1972, while Japanese actress Aoi Miyazaki holds a Pen E-P1 model (right) during a press conference in 2009. (Source photos by Kyodo)
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