What’s hot and what’s not? The most popular new MFT product is definitely the Panasonic LX100! Let’s take a look at the Amazon US rankings to see what gets the most preorders:
Amazon Lens ranking (Click here): The Olympus 40-150mm PRO lens is doing fine and made it into the top 20. The 35-100mm doesn’t appear into the top 100 list 🙁
Amazon Mirrorless ranking (Click here): A bit strange, but the LX100 falls into that category according to Amazon and is clearly leading the ranking! And the GM5 is doing well too. Not doing so well is the Silver E-M1.
Amazon overall camera ranking (Click here): LX100 is doing super well!
Panasonic preorders:
LX100 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto. Europe at WexUK.
GM5 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto. Europe at WexUK.
GM5 in red at Adorama.
35-100mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Olympus preorders:
Silver E-M1 body at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus. In Europe at Wex UK.
40-150mm f/2.8 PRO lens at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus. In Europe at Wex UK.
LH-76 lens hood at Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus.
MC-14 1.4x teleconverter at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus.
PRF-ZD62 Z protection filter at Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus.
PRF-ZD72 Z protection filter at Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus.
General links to all new Olympus stuff at Adorama.
ALL new stuff announced at Photokina at Amazon.
Note: Amazon ranking changes hourly. Calculates boths orders and preorders
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are these “what’s selling best before anyone has one” reports to get people to “preorder”? Pre-orders being a preposterous phenomenon along the lines of “there’s a sucker born every minute”.
I read this blog to learn what is coming, and when it does how people like it, not amazon pre-sales hype. yuck!
Yeah, well what were you expecting? Integrity? These rumour sites are advertorials with most leaks coming from marketing department. The bloggers are in on it but hey, clicks mean cash! Welcome to the world dude!
Don’t like, don’t read. Problem?
you probably cry during “unboxing” videos
hey hey I cried to when I saw the Leica M60 unboxing video! 🙁
http://vimeo.com/106204759
🙂
No. But I don’t whine when I come across something that is not to my taste, either.
to publish advertorials less than 24 hours after the camera is announced, sight unseen, as if the most pre-orders in the first 12 hours of announcement is kind of insane.
EM-1 Silver would have been doing better if the other 2.0 firmware that everyone wanted was released.
Well – I was also thinking about an E-M1.
Though: With absolutely NO video upgrades it´s a “no-go”.
Especially compared to (nearly every) Panasonic option out there.
I’d guess much of the steam has gone out of E-M1 sales. Folks line up to buy when exciting new products are released. After 18 months the folks buying are likely folks who are already in the system and need a new or additional body. And of course some folks will wait to try to pick up bargains near the end of the product cycle. Just don’t think a silver version is going to be sufficiently enticing to stimulate a lot of new sales. Had they been able to implement the rumored video upgrades in a firmware release that might have really increased interest again.
Would a petition to Olympus help to get the video updates everyone wants?
People should start spamming Olympus social media with 1080p video clips that flicker and shows why it is because limited frame rates. That could start pushing a hit to there.
We should really start the battle.
In the mean time, after the 4K debacle, i keep on using and enjoy what i have 🙂
This is a screen grab from the video i’ve just shooted and edited last Sunday with the crappy E-M1 (fw 1.4) and the FT PanaLeica 25 1.4.
Can’t guests publish pictures? 🙁
That little panny 35-100 is a great lens but, alas, it is severely overpriced at $400.
Just wait a little bit. Also the 12-32mm got a small discount quite fast. ^^ And if it´s optically wise quite good, it´s a DREAM combo together with the 14-42mm ii ASPH or the already mentioned 12-32mm. (Especially on the GM1 and GM5 – EXTREMELY good performing combos with nearly nothing weight and size wise ^^).
I think these small Pana lenses will go great with Pen bodies to.
But you won’t have the best priced kit as you must own quite a few stuff for this combo or pay a bit extra to build it like that.
E-PL7 with EZ Oly zoom and small Pana 35-100mm = cool!
1$ discount at Amazon on the 40-150/2.8 already – it’s a fail!
LOL! 🙂 Nice pun!
Lot of folks are disappointed with no video updated even though Oly never said they are doing any video upgrades. If Oly reps read these websites, they could have clarified and cleared the rumor long time ago. I think not speaking up is hurting them here.
Lx100 doesn’t surprise me as being hot, it looks sexy, has a nice lens, gx7 sensor, 4k and those sample videos looks great, direct controls for shutter, exposure and aperture. It is a pretty awesome package for consumers who are looking for a good small all in one camera. I think Pany delivered..
Yay, LX100. Can’t wait to read the owner reviews.
So much talk with disappointments on Olympus not providing a 4K update to the E-M1. However, the bigger issue is Olympus releases an 18month old EM1 with different colour whilst their second in line E-M5 remains out dated and is superseded by the E-M10. The 40-150mm is old news and still no pricing in Australia, that said based on US and euro pricing the Pany 30-100mm 2.8 may be better value. I have to say the Olympus announcements at photokina is rather disappointing. Oh well, I am grabbing my old scratched E-M5 and going for a walk to inspire myself.
I like going for walks with the camera too. I have one each of an OM-1, OM-4, and E-M10 and I am having a ball. I can go out with three lens, one on the camera, and one each in my pant pockets. There are lots of other cameras in my “museum” too. How lucky we are these days. My current hope is that Olympus will answer the market and give us two treats, something in the 1-inch department, and an interchangeable, pancake lens to spank the fixed-lens rangefinders. In order to be small, I would be happy to sacrifice the same little bit of sensor lost in the LX100 arrangement. I think the Pen market is dead, as of yesterday. It certainly wasn’t lively the day before.
Is any one surprised by the Amazon rankings? Really?