Today I show you the Top 3 and the 5 most sold Panasonic and Olympus cameras in amazon bestseller rankings.
If you compare the rankings you can notice that:
1) Classic Olympus FourThirds still rules in Germany and France
2) In Amazon UK Panasonic beats Olympus cameras
3) In Japan MicroFourThirds sells extremely well
4) In Amazon US the Panasonic GF1 is since months the best ranked Panasonic-Olympus camera
Click on the camera name to jump to the amazon camera page
| Amazon US | |
| Position | Product |
| 1 | Canon XSi |
| 2 | Nikon D90 |
| 3 | Nikon D3000 |
| 12 | Panasonic GF1 with 20mm f/1.7 Aspherical Lens |
| 23 | Panasonic GH1 + 14-150mm Lens |
| 27 | Olympus E620 with 14-42mm and 40-150mm Lens |
| 28 | Olympus E-PL1+14-42mm Lens (Black) |
| 30 | Olympus E-PL1+14-42mm Lens (Silver) |
| Amazon UK | |
| Position | Product |
| 1 | Nikon D3000 |
| 2 | Nikon D5000 |
| 3 | Canon 450D |
| 8 | Panasonic GF1 20mm Lens Kit – Black |
| 11 | Panasonic G1 – Red |
| 16 | Panasonic G1 – Black |
| 18 | Panasonic G1 – Blue |
| 21 | Panasonic GF1 20mm Lens Kit – Red |
| Amazon Germany | |
| Position | Product |
| 1 | Canon 1000D |
| 2 | Canon 500D |
| 3 | Nikon D90 |
| 9 | Olympus E-520 inkl. 14-42mm & 40-150mm Objektive |
| 30 | Panasonic G1 inkl. 14-45 mm Objektiv |
| 45 | Olympus E-620 inkl. 14-42mm & 40-150mm Objektive |
| 46 | Olympus E-520 inkl. 14-42mm Objektiv |
| 48 | Olympus E-P1 inkl. 14-42mm Objektiv |
| Amazon France | |
| Position | Product |
| 1 | Canon 500D |
| 2 | Canon 7D |
| 3 | Canon 450D |
| 23 | Olympus E-520 |
| 40 | Olympus E-620 Double Kit Objectif ZUIKO 14-42 + 40-150 |
| 47 | Olympus – E-520 KIT |
| 63 | Panasonic G1 Noir |
| 70 | Olympus E-620 |
| Amazon Japan | |
| Position | Product |
| 1 | Canon 7D |
| 2 | Canon X3 |
| 3 | Canon 7D kit |
| 18 | Panasonic GF1 with 20mm f/1.7 Aspherical Lens (RED) |
| 20 | Olympus E-P2 +14-42mm Lens |
| 22 | Panasonic Gf1 +14-45mm Lens (Black) |
| 23 | Olympus E-PL1+14-42mm Lens (White) |
| 26 | Olympus E-P2 (Body Only) |
One Response
Results are skewed by Amazon not grouping together identical cameras in different colours. Canon and Nikon tend to release their DSLRs in one colour so they will always appear near the top of the list. Where would the Olympus E-PL1+14-42mm Lens appear in the Amazon US list if colour was ignored? If manufacturers start taking these rankings seriously, we the customers will lose out as they will only release cameras in one colour so as to improve their rankings. Additionally, they may also choose to offer a reduced number of kits to the same end.