This one runs til Feb 18 only: 20% off on all refurbished stuff sold by GetOlympus (Click here)! Use code “PRESIDENT” to get the discount. This means you get the Olympus E-M1 (Click here) for $831 only! Check out all stuff where you get the discount here:
MFT cameras (Click here).
MFT lenses (Click here).
MFT accesories (Click here).
And for the next few hours only you can save up to $50 off on PNY 32/64/128 GB SD cards sold at Amazon US (Click here).
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The “president” coupon works in Canada, Too. I tested it. Though, the web does not mention it. Notice, also the site charges GST & PST together.
http://www.getolympus.com/ca/en/outlet/reconditioned-cameras.html?icn=topnav&ici=savingsnav_outlet-recon-cameras
PRESIDENT works in Canada too but Canada has its own FLAGDAY coupon. Kudos to Olympus for running the exact same promotion while each country has its own tailor-made message. I am buying.
Good to know. Somehow I didn’t see this when I browsed that Outlet section. Did it appear later Feb 15?
Guess that answers the question of “Why would anyone buy the EM1 with the revised features of the EM5” 🙂
Or perhaps it answers the question “Why would anyone buy a used EM1 with the revised features of the EM5” 🙂
Reality is that pretty much any camera in the current market will be heavily discounted once it’s a year old. And as mirrorless is unpopular in the ‘New World’…
Because the E-M1 is still better suited to shooting action.
ahem… PDAF! Support for 4/3 lenses and better c-af even with m4/3 lenses.
Being in California, I can never tell if all the reconditioned lenses that I might actually want get sold out immediately, or if Olympus simply pulls the popular reconditioned lenses just before announcing a sale.
I suspect it’s the latter. A few days ago, the 17/1.8, 25/1.8, and 45/1.8 were all up on the site. Now none are.
I would guess the former. I picked up a reconditioned 12-40mm last week and they were gone well before the sale started. Same for the 12mm prime.
If you sign up for the Oly newsletter you’ll get an email notification of the sale earlier than it’s posted here. I suspect the popular lenses move very quickly because 20% off an already decent deal isn’t going to last long.
Throughout the years, I have picked up a 17mm f1.8, 75mm, and 12-40mm off of Olympus’s outlet site. Lens actually come back in stock throughout the day/week. In all 3 purchases, I had come back later and saw they came back in stock.
Was offered with a bundle from Adorama today when I bought my EM5 for $100 off for most lens, i.e. 45mm, 25mm, 17mm, and $200 off on lens like, 12mm, 75mm, 12-40mm, for up to four lens, but I just don’t have the money. I know I will regret not buying a 25mm and 45mm for $250 each bc I plan to buy them one day in the future, but I think I am content with my 12-60mm for now for all my family trip and other casual needs. I did buy 2 cheap 40-150mm for $19 each, hoping to sell it to help reduce the cost of the EM5. I know the EM5 is not the latest and greatest, but it’s still a great camera for $600.
Well the 45mm 1.8 you can usually pretty regularly get off eBay for around $250 so its not as big of an issue to have missed. The 25mm still pushes for $300+ even on eBay so that would have been a steal. Both lenses are great although I use the 25mm much more than the 45MM for the focal length. It just lives on my camera since I got it.
For what Olympus charges for tax/shipping, you’d be better off buying a brand new camera from a store that doesn’t charge taxes or shipping. It’ll come out to about the same cost in the end. The last time I tried shopping the olympus store I was blown away by their taxes and shipping fees.
Also, it’s worth noting that the reconditioned E-M5 is $624, while a brand new E-M5 body is $599. Granted, that’s before taking $124 off, but here again, you’re going to be paying close to that in taxes/shipping on their site so you might as well buy brand new in that instance.