Samys (Click here) and Amazon (via Samy) are finally having a bunch of Panasonic 35-100mm X lenses in Stock! In Europe this lens is already shipping via Technikdirekt Germany. Also the E-PM2 is in Stock at Samys (Click here).
And as you know the Olympus XZ-1 is the most sold digital camera at Amazon (Click here). That may be the reason why Panasonic allowed a Gold Box deal on the LX5 which now sells for $249 at Amazon (Click here). Full list of todays Gold Box deal can be seen here.
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Wish the GH3 was in stock.. Mines be on pre-order since the day pre-orders became available..
…you realize it isn’t going to ship until December, right?
I got my 35-100mm F2.8 from Samys this morning. Just uploading some samples now.
Also the GH3 will ship from Samys on November 30th. Panasonic.com isn’t kidding when they put these dates on their web pages.
http://shop.panasonic.com/shop/model/DMC-GH3KBODY?cm_sp=SHOP%20L2%20System%20Cameras-_-Large%20Highlight-_-2012%20LUMIX%20DMC-GH3KBODY%2009252012
the gold box deal is on the lx5 not lx7
It would be great if Panasonic offer a $500 savings for a package price for a GH3 with a 12-35mm and the 35-100mm f/2.8.
How about it Panasonic?
Even better if they offered it at £1,500 off! Dream on, I reckon Panny can sell all they can make of the GH3 and X lenses.
Given that Panasonic just forecast a $9.6 billion loss for the year and their stock price fell 19% yesterday, let’s hope they can sell as many X lenses and GH3 as they can make.
Absolutely not. All the “X lenses” are in stock all the time, and except the just released 35-100, are discounted (which is not surprising, how insanely overpriced they are to begin with).
ahhhhhh!!!!1 frikkin bought one…..yikes. I suppose if I get fired from my job I can probably resell this at the same price I bought i for…
Got mine from Norman Camera. It was just deliverd to my home but ofcourse i wont be able to play with it till tonight.
Samys in L.A. is amazing. They have van delivery service for free. I ordered this lens this morning and it’s sitting on my desk. Can anyone else tell me what their lens looks like? Mine has the glossy, purple tint that the pre-production models had which I thought were changed to pure black for the official release.
“Finally”? It’s not like at this price it is going to be a hot seller. A small bunch of desperate people will buy it for full price, after that it will quickly go down a couple hundreds just like the 12-35.
To anyone thinking about this lens.. go for it! Having a constant 2.8 is such a great step up for those of us used to shooting on the 14-140 f/4. Panny did great on this one. If only they could give the same treatment to the 14-140!
Olympus XZ-1 is the most sold digital camera at Amazon? I don’t see any mention of any Olympus camera on that page at all. What’s up?