43rumors readers got notified by Amazon US that their E-m1 preorder shipped today. And the shipment info at Amazon US now changed to 2-4 weeks (Click here). And if you plan to make some purchases at Adorama grab one of the 100 $5 saving codes available now at Dealsrunner.com (UDPATE: Deal now over).
Preorder Links:
Olympus E-M1 body at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto, Amazon DE (via DL), Amazon UK (via DL), Amazon ES (via DL), WexUK, Topshot FI, CameraWorldUK.
Olympus M. Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm f/2.8 PRO Lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, AmazonDE (viaDL), Amazon ES (via DL).
Olympus E-M1 with 12-40mm Lens kit at Amazon DE (via DL), WexUK and CameraWorldUK, Amazon UK (via DL), Amazon ES (via DL).
Olympus E-M1 with 12-50mm Lens kit at Amazon DE (via DL), WexUK, CameraWorldUK, Amazon UK (via DL), Amazon ES (via DL).
Olympus EP-13 Eyecup for E-M1 at Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus HLD-7 Battery Grip for E-M1 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus LC-62D Metal Front Lens Cap for 12-40mm at Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus LH-66 Lens Hood for 12-40mm at Adorama and BHphoto.
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I am not in the list, even though I pre-ordered on the first day 🙁
Delivery estimate: We need a little more time to provide you with a good estimate. We’ll notify you by email as soon as we have an estimated delivery date. You can cancel at any time.
the same for me
same sitch here too.
Just received an update for the two bodies I ordered. Ordered 9/10 around 11:30am. Est del date is 10/18 – 10/21.
new update:
Tracking Information:
Status: Shipping Now
Latest Event: Order Received – Sep 10, 2013 11:26 AM
Description: We are processing your shipment now. We’ll send you an e-mail when it has shipped. You can still request cancellation if you’ve changed your mind.
I order by 5 pm 9/10
just received an email from amazon
estimated arrival date October 18 -21
Looks like my panic was uncalled for!
Delivery date: 18th October.
I’ve not been this excited since standing outside the delivery room waiting for my first born 15 years ago.
I pre-ordered on 9/10 at 5pm EST from Amazon and mine did not shop today.
For some reason I waited until 9/11 to order mine (it was actually about 20 min after midnight, so I almost made 9/10)…so I guess my order will take a couple more weeks! It would be awesome if Amazon would provide some info…
But did y’all, really? I somehow doubt it.
How many E-M1 Pre-orders went to the Sony A7?
Your new camera isn’t full-frame…who are you kidding?
http://i.imgur.com/lBWB3F7.jpg
I was done with Sony a long time ago…I’ve had two Sony cameras fail just days after the warranty period was over. Burned once – shame on the manufacturer. Burned twice – shame on me!
Now, I’m heavily invested in M4/3 lenses, and after 30 years in photography, I’m not going to go to any other system. I’m all in with M4/3!
sony a7 kill m43 =)
Thanks for all of your help JACKWAD! Good luck buying a high-quality, large aperture lens for that rig. There aren’t any. Would rather have my 5DIII and all my GREAT, FAST lenses.
Thatch the very point if you do not mind manually focusing a lens you can use your Canon lenses or pretty much an FF lens ever made.Heck as a Canon shooter you could finally get your hands on a decent UWA lens, just saying
AS A CANON SHOOTER….I have two INCREDIBLE ultra wide angle lenses…Zeiss 21mm f/2.8 ZE and Canon 17mm f/4 TSE. Swallow that sarcastic fool! You won’t find better.
Also love my MFT kit, too!
I am a d-bag and i stick the sony in my bungholio. m43 no tight enough!
You would get better images with an Olympus MFT Endoscope…just sayin.
Just heard from Amazon via email:
We now have delivery date(s) for the order you placed on September 10, 2013 (Order#):
“Olympus OM-D E-M1 Compact System Camera with 16MP and 3-Inch LCD – Body Only”
Estimated arrival date: October 17, 2013 – October 18, 2013
Mine has shipped although tracking information is not yet available (or wasn’t an hour ago). I ordered on the 9th almost immediately after it was available (used the web link from this site). My estimated arrival date has slowly been moved up over the last couple of weeks. I’m sure those how ordered early will get their cameras quite soon.
I had two on pre-order. I cancelled one to get a awesome SONY A7. The leftover em1 is going to the kids for rainy and beach days when the need just a point and shoot.
lol, what a troll.
because i am so rich i pay little boys to hang around me and i give them things. i am such a sony loving looooooser.
Almost – you’re just a plain loser.
We know the sort of person that pays kids to hang around them…
I ordered mine on 9/10 at 6:30AM. I just got an email with an estimated arrival date: October 17, 2013 – October 18, 2013
You have the FF Sony A7 on one side, and the Less Expensive Panasonic GX7 on the other.
Sony is coming right for Olympus, it even LOOKS like a E-M1!… I see a lot of E-M1 backers, cancelling their orders for the A7 on other forums. That’s not a good sign.
And it’s around the price of a E-M1. That’s going to be a big problem for Olympus. I see Panasonic dropping the initial price down a $100.00 a good move for the GX7.
We may be witnessing the fall/takeover of Olympus.
5/10
What does it mean “5/10”? half-half? ½, आधा ,Metá, halvdelen, Medio Mich??!!
4/10
1000 euro is not low enough. There are also terrific/better APSC camera’s in the market starting at 600 euro. 500 euro should be a good price for em1 so they can compete.
Which 600 euro APSC cameras are out there that you think are better then the E-M1?
There are none with better build quality or feature set however if image quality is the criteria to judge by there are many, pretty much all APS cameras from Nikon/Canon/Pentax/sony that use the Sony 16mp APS sensor
The D5100 can be had for £284
http://www.camerapricebuster.com/Nikon/Nikon-Digital-SLRs/Nikon-D5100-Body
http://www.dxomark.com/Cameras/Compare-Camera-Sensors/Compare-cameras-side-by-side/%28appareil1%29/850|0/%28brand%29/Nikon/%28appareil2%29/793|0/%28brand2%29/Olympus/%28appareil3%29/698|0/%28brand3%29/Nikon
Or what about a small well built weather sealed 100% OVF, 7fps DSLR ,£449
http://www.camerapricebuster.com/Pentax/Pentax-Digital-SLRs/Pentax-K-5-Body
http://www.dxomark.com/Cameras/Compare-Camera-Sensors/Compare-cameras-side-by-side/%28appareil1%29/793|0/%28brand%29/Olympus/%28appareil2%29/676|0/%28brand2%29/Pentax
http://camerasize.com/compare/#482,187
Lucky we all know its not image quality that matters but art filters !
Pretty much no Canon APS that are cheeper than E-M1 can compete with E-M1 in IQ.
“Pretty much no Canon APS that are cheaper than E-M1 can compete with E-M1 in IQ.”
That’s why i mentioned Sony/Nikon/Pentax/ of which there area multitude of models that deliver better image quality than the E-M1.
Though I have never shot with Pentax digital the K5, with its weather sealing ,100% OVF, excellent sensor, small size,7fps and so on combined with the incredible Sigma 18-20 would make for an excellent landscape set up
Where did you find the dxomark results for the E-M1?
Download the fully supported RAW files from the E-M1 and E-M1 the difference is microscopic though I sure that some crazy Olyfans will be jumping up and downs claiming it is so much better it makes Ff look like a joke
i sorry i post that above because i am a total d-bag and i like to lick nutz.
Just received this via email
“We now have delivery date(s) for the order you placed on September 10, 2013 (Order# xxx-xxxxxxx-xxxxxxx):
“Olympus M Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro Interchangeable Lens”
Estimated arrival date: December 10, 2013
“Olympus OM-D E-M1 Compact System Camera with 16MP and 3-Inch LCD – Body Only”
Estimated arrival date: October 17, 2013 – October 18, 2013″
> “Olympus M Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro Interchangeable Lens”
> Estimated arrival date: December 10, 2013
Olympus’ web site is still saying that this is coming out at the end of October, so I am hoping that Amazon is going to turn out to be early on this one.
So here is the issue. The $200 Olympus rebate for separate M1 and 12-40mm purchase ends on Dec. 2nd. If you can’t purchase the lens buy Dec. 2nd you cannot get the rebate. Based on the fact that Olympus just announced the rebate one day ago…I am going to have to hope that Olympus knows what it is doing and that the lenses will ship LONG BEFORE. Dec. 2nd.
I do not know if pre-orders placed before 12/2 qualify or not????
Does anyone have any input on this topic???
Why would anyone waste their money on this hugely overpriced, underspecked camera???
A better question might be, “why would you waste your time trolling in this thread when you could be home doing your chores, like you mom asked you to?”
so you are saying there are more specks on FF bodies so the more specks on your camera the better it is ?
kinda confused
or you trolling ? kinda sad to have no life no friends not be out doing something and spending times on things you don’t like ?
sad little boy !! very sad life 🙁
so you are saying there are more specks on FF bodies so the more specks on your camera the better it is ?
Honestly with the E-M1 you better be judging the camera by its specs not image quality by an image quality standard it is grossly expensive.
sony a7r!!! FF !!
Lens Hood for sale, anyone?? HAHAHA! WOW!
Panasonic 12-35 comes with one, Olympus, are you listening?
Olympus Pro 12-40mm f/2.8 comes with lens hood? What’s your point?
Several modern DSLR cameras have a quiet or silent mode though I cant imagine the venue is that quiet when Jazz musicians are making merry. Would you care to bet what type of camera the vast percentage of pro Music photogs are using ,mmmmmm tough one that lol
There is a huge difference between a small jazz club venue and a normal run of the mill gig. You cannot get away with noisy cameras in a small jazz club.
Now try again with a classical concert in a church.
classical music is pretty damn loud ,just time your shots to coincide with the peaks of volume.If you are shooting single shot and not rattling off 10fps it will be pretty much unnoticeable.
Classical music can be anywhere from extremely loud to almost silent. Nice photographic opportunities don’t wait for sound levels to be high, so no, your ‘technique’ doesn’t work very well.
Been enjoying my camera for almost two weeks. Got it Two Fridays ago from adorama. I ordered within the first 10 minutes of availability. You guys are in for a real treat.
yeah taking pics of jazz groups is such a HUGE market ! I should really follow what jazz photographers are doing to be cool
I mean so much money to be made taking pics of jazz musicians ! HUGE MARKET
…lol.”.brutal!
Ive sold all my m4/3 stuff (gh3, omd and some lenses) but will buy a new m4/3-camera probably in the spring of 2014 with maybe just one lens to use as b-camera.
But still I come here everyday, I dont read any articles, I just scroll to one with 50+ comments and get myself a good laugh 🙂
Dont know why I find it so amusing when fanboys from both camps go at it. And what i cant figure out is why so many claim to be proffesionals when all pros I have ever worked with are extremly illoyal to their system and often switch inbetween. There is nothing and I mean nothing to gain from being loyal or protecting of a system.
For my hobby gear I always buy used and often sell for more than I pay so I can jump several times a year inbetween canon, nikon, m4/3 and so on. During 2013 I have had a 5d, t3i, gh3, gh2, and e-m5. Now I have whent an entire different route.
Professionally I dont have the time but we have switched system alltogether 3 times over a period of 4 years.
There is nothing to be had from brand loyalty, but a lot from not switching systems all the time, as not selling/reselling equipment all the time saves money that can be spend on better, more specialized equipment.
No professional photographer that I know just switches systems all the time, as they’d never be able to recoup the money they just invested.
Sorry but your wrong.
That is a very convincing argument..
I’ll tell you why I’m right:
– changing workflow takes investment of time, results in loss of productivity, and is done as little as possible (ie, gain from changing workflow has to be significant).
– most photographers know that lenses is what matters, and what makes a system expensive. They aren’t going to throw away that investment over and over.
– reliability is key for production work, making second hand equipment and ‘creative solutions’ a bad idea.
Now if you actually have something to say to counter those arguments, or have an actual argument beyond ‘you are wrong’ to contribute, I’d be glad to hear it, but as it is, I call bullshit.
Professionals are actually the least likely to change gear as for them it is better to know your gear inside out.When it comes to making money there are far more important criteria such as durability, good pro support NPS & CPS.
If you have multiple thousands of dollars tied up in a comprehensive lens line up from one company and it is your bread and butter changing systems is a major decision