The Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 has been announced exactly one year ago. Now US stores are selling the lens with the lowest price I have ever seen…$328 only! Click on these shop links to get the lens: Adorama, Amazon (sold by Adorama)
As usual we europeans are not as lucky as you americans. $328.95 is 237€, but sadly we have still to pay 340-350 Euro for the lens 🙁
Look at Pixmania (DE, BE, FR, AT, UK, NL, PL, ES and IT) or [shoplink 16752]eBay[/shoplink].
The hottest deals since a few days are the Olympus E-P2 with 14-42mm and EVF for $799 at Amazon (Click here)
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amazon is not the cheapest way to get the lens in germany… i got mine already anyways and i am absolutly happy about it.
Hi Carsten,
Actually I’d be very interested to hear about cheaper options in Germany!
Even hotter deal, GF1+20mm kit for $600 after rebate from onecall.
http://www.onecall.com/product/Panasonic/DMC-GF1C-K-Kit/Digital-Camera/_/R-100391
any rumors about photokina 2012
PS onecall is rofl copter. go check the nigerian craigslist. i heard that a wealthy nigerian relative of yours was selling gf1 + 20mm AND 14-45mm for $100, and he had a business proposition for you. all you need to do is e-mail him your social sec #, and bank PIN.
opulence, i has it! but still not enough to buy e-5. where you at dana?
Don’t forget that US prices are advertised *before* sale/use tax which (depending on where you live) range from 5% to 15%. European prices are usually advertised *including* VAT (IVA, in Italy) which is at 20%. Yes, Americans (like me) have better prices, but not as better as it seems.
US sales tax is 0% in many places
I don’t think that lens worth $400 more like $250 the most, if f1.7 not f.1/4. the lens has terrible focus speed for a prime. and no C-focus, but is very nice lens just 3 major short fall.
I know that the firmware on the newer GH1s has locked out the Tester13 hack, and am assuming this is the case on newer GF1s as well. Can anyone confirm this, and do you know which serial numbers are still hackable?
Thanks!
In Switzerland you can get the 20mm from Panasonic for around € 320.-, 7,6% VAT included:
http://www.toppreise.ch/prod_189968.html