Yesterday Olympus and Panasonic launched their new US deals. The Olympus camera/lens combo deals are also valid for the new E-M10:
Buy a Qualifying Olympus Compact System Camera and Save $200 on Select Olympus Lenses at Amazon (Click here) and GetOlympus (Click here).
Save $200 on Select Panasonic Lenses with the Purchase of a Qualifying Panasonic Cameras at Amazon (Click here).
$50 off on the Panasonic GM1 (Black or Orange kit) at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Olympus XZ-2 for $299 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), GetOlympus (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Olympus XZ-10 for $199 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), GetOlympus (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Full deal page overview at Amazon and GetOlympus.
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Andrea, will the Olympus deal become available in BH Photo?
I am buying the Olympus camera and lenses for use overseas but will tranship through my cargo forwarder in SF. The CA sales tax in Amazon adds almost $500 for my intended purchase so I am interested if the Olympus deal will become available in BH Photo.
Thanks.
The Amazon page says “save $200” NOT “save up to $200” so if you have time to deal with their customer service, you may be able to convince them to give you $200 off even on less expensive lenses.
Though after selling me an E-M10 and 25mm f1.8 for $898 shipped they may have finally realized the error of their ways, they haven’t bothered to update the deals page, so I say go get ’em.
The Olympus deal is “up to” $200 according to their own website. I added the E-M10 & new 14-42 EZ on both getolympus.com and Amazon’s website and both only offered $100 discount, so Amazon should update their offer details.
The 25mm is listed at $399, but Amazon claims that is a $100 savings.
Did you get it for that price or for $299?
Regardless of how much they say you are saving, if they say “buy a body and save $200”, then you should save $200 on their regular price. The $200 is meant to be an incentive to buy a body and lens together, and to save $200 on what you would pay if you were just buying a lens.
Wow, I am happy today! I got another e-pm2, the ISO champion, for €340. From Europe. Price almost as good as the US one. A couple of days ago I was ready to pay €450, they gave me a nice surprise. I added a VF-4 and now for €620 I have a better package than the already contemplated e-m10. And a better package in ISO terms (and in weight and bulk too) than the e-m1. The VF-4 makes a difference! A very good electronic viewfinder, arguably the best at the moment, among all cameras. With the e-m10, for the same money I would have had a lower-grade viewfinder.
Dream on, that external viewfinder is mediocre at best compared to the E-M1.
According to Olympus it’s the same VF, how can the 4 be mediodre?
The truth is many people feel cheated after spending a fortune on E-M1 with its bad ISO performance. Still, this is no reason to tell lies. VF-4 and the E-M1 viewfinder are the same: “The E-M1 also gains the excellent 2.3M-dot electronic viewfinder panel we first saw as the VF-4 accessory for the PEN E-P5.” http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympus-om-d-e-m1/
It’s the same reason people claim the EM-1 delivers better image quality than the two-year old EM-5. And for that matter, than the EM-10.
What bad ISO performance? It’s the same as the E-M5.
This is the dream, isn’t it? Kit lens pricing for any body/lens combo. I recall someone posting that this is the way bodies & lenses *should* be sold. I’m not in the market for a new body, but I hope those that do will take Oly up on this offer (so it’s there when I need it!)
Where is the “black” GM1? They say “black” but all the pictures show the silver one!
You know… with the price of the Nocticron seriously scaring me away, even though I love it, I am seriously starting to think of Medium Format as I can get some pretty fancy film setups with Medium Format if I could just discover a professional and economic way to scan the film? Micro Four Thirds is great, but it was the price point that always made me a fan of the format. I even shelled out $800 for the Olympus 75mm 1.8 for portrait work. I’m in the process of opening up a gallery near the entrance of Zion National Park in Southern Utah and I’d like to keep investing in M43, but where does one draw the line with all the options that are available to us out there, and why isn’t there a practical way to scan Medium Format Film just yet? I think I am going to start blogging about this… lol
Build Your System.
System,It sounds OK.
I really wants a radio controlled speedlights system that has TTL or manual control.
IR can’t reach the speedlights set in a lightboxes.
E-M10 in stock [body only] at Amazon.com! My delivery estimate is the day after tomorrow! If only my 25mm lens were also shipping in the same package.
Note how lacking this “system” is and how price and quality are unrelated.
Ronin, it simply can’t be true that the EM-1 delivers better image quality than the EM-5 and the EM-10. These three and the E-PM2 have the same sensor but the EM-1 is obviously severely curbed in its ISO performance because of the necessity to use pixels for the PDAF. DXoMark ISO results:
E-PM2 – 932
EM-5 – 826
EM-1 – 757
El Caballero Que Dice Ní, 757 is not the same as 826! And it’s a shame for a camera (EM-1) costing 4.5 times more than another camera (E-PM2) to be humiliatingly beaten in that manner!
I will say this for the 100th time: Olympus had to make a DSLR with the new sensor and stabilization – but they refused to listen to their clients, and this is unforgivable!