I updated the preorder table with new links. Click on the store names to check out price and shippig date. As you see, it’s September 27/30 at Amazon US. Only UK has all kits available while US readers have no Black and no 20mm kit option. Nevertheless the GX7 preorders are quite high and the camera is the most sold (preorders) mirrorless camera at Amazon (ranking can be seen here).
Silver GX7 body at Amazon US, BHphoto, Adorama, Samys and Wex UK and Amazon Japan.
Silver GX7 with 14-42mm lens at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Samys and WexUK and Amazon Japan.
Black GX7 body at Wex UK and Amazon Japan.
Black GX7 with 14-42mm lens at Wex UK.
Black GX7 with 20mm lens at Wex UK and Amazon Japan.
Silver GX7 with 20mm lens at Wex UK and Amazon Japan.
The GX7 accessories can be preordered at BHphoto (Click here to see the accessory list).
A GX7 photographers report can be read at http://panasonic.net/avc/lumix/dslm/gx7_special/kyoto/index.html. And a good news for Panasonic. Almost 50% of 43rumors readers are likely going to buy this camera!
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Will there be any 20mm kits outside of Japan?
I also think that the new 20mm makes a perfect kit with GX7 and should be made available worldwide. It’s a shame that it’s not.
It’s my understanding 20mm f1.7 is compact and good for stills, but it isn’t apt for video, see description at Panasonic Lumix website:
• AFC does not work for still image recording.
• The LUMIX G 20mm / F1.7 II ASPH. utilizes a lens drive system to realize a compact and bright F1.7 lens. As a result, sound and vibration may occur during focus operation, but this is not a malfunction.
• Operating sounds will be recorded when auto focus is performed during motion image recording. It is recommended to record with Continuous AF set to OFF, if the sound of operation bothers you. Also, it is not possible to set the focus mode to AFC.
Well duh, you don’t auto focus while taking a video. That is what a follow focus is for.
Haha… that was funny 😉
I confess, though, I needed to look “follow focus” up at Wikipedia to understand the joke. Just imagine people with this tiny lens running around with a big “follow focus” device and measuring distances… funny 🙂
I hope we can get the black GX7 in Germany. It looks like the camera hasn’t been officially announced in Europe yet. The country-specific Panasonic sites haven’t been updated yet.
http://www.panasonic.de/html/de_DE/Produkte/LUMIX+Digitalkameras/LUMIX+G+DSLM/DMC-GX7/%C3%9Cbersicht/12896695/index.html
Thanks! I swear it wasn’t there when I posted. 😉
What the… There is no black, only silver, 20mm kit in Germany??
What are you talking about? Where does it say so?
The shop.panasonic.de lists black GX7 body only. Kits – including 20mm one – are only silver.
Strange, the announcement/press release didn’t seem to state anything like that. When I do a search in the shop, it doesn’t bring up anything for the GX7 other than the AC adapter and an add-on flash. Was there an exact release date given at the shop when you saw the GX7 there?
A search on Geizhals/Skinflint brings up offers from German online shops for the body and the 14-42 II kit in black and silver, but not for the 20mm II kits so far – those are only offered by UK shops so far: http://bit.ly/13HxQIu
In case the 20mm II kit isn’t going to be available in Germany, I’m pretty sure fotomundus and others will sell that body and lens combination anyway, though.
LOL @ US. No black version and no 20mm kit! Justice is served!
And I own a GF2, GX1 and G5… Loyalty gets you no where.
Still have my all black Canon to fall back on.
I don’t want silver, I want BLACK.
Nice photography on that Panasonic promo site.
The UK site has had the GX7 since this morning.
Looks like Panasonic have hit a home run with the GX7. The UK is getting a full selection because Lumix has done well here…
yep mFT rules loll
not one single mFT body in the top 100 do you get paid to shill ?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/electronics/560836/ref=s9_ri_gw_clnk/276-0677050-4938457?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=180Q30825M1521H67N0R&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=358550147&pf_rd_i=468294#1
What other than the one at 34?
Also if you then look at the top Compact System Cameras list. Numbers 2, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, and 16 are not even compact system cameras Amazons list are so accurate. Plus Amazon don’t keep much Olympus in stock in the first place. Some of it has a 1 to 3 month waiting list which makes it slightly difficult for it to ever get into any table. People in those situations but it else where.
The other thing is to remember is there are quite a lot of other camera retailers than Amazon. Amazon are not even an Olympus Pen Elite stockist. The mix of cameras Amazon sell is a very odd mix compared to other retailers.
@MKJ
WOW! you are feeling brave, how come you are not using your long list of fake troll names?
Amazon top lists are not accurate, do you mind explaining what they parameters are behind the scenes/algorithm??? Also sure I’m sure they are manipulated via sponsored paid weighting.
btw
IN the UK Amazon is small fry for online camera sales and MIrrorless makes up 30% of the interchangeable lens market.
yep mFT rules loll
not one single mFT body in the top 100 do you get paid to shill ?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/electronics/560836/ref=s9_ri_gw_clnk/276-0677050-4938457?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=180Q30825M1521H67N0R&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=358550147&pf_rd_i=468294#1
#38 Panasonic G3
Let me know where to apply to get an unbundled 20mm for 50 EU 🙂
The US don’t deserve it? 🙂
Am.
I’m 99% sure that 50% of your readers WILL NOT BUY THE CAMERA. They are lying and they know it. Most are voting they will buy it because they like it- but that’s a big difference to shelling out a grand for it. I doubt 50% will have bought it even after it drops to GX1 prices in a couple years.
It’s a poll… It’s not that serious.
I may buy one…but I have to wait and see what Oly is going to come up with first. ….and read some reviews about the GX7. The previews are very positive though.. The GX-7 is definitely an EP-5 slayer..no doubt…watch the price drop on that camera!!!!
That (almost) “50%” of people – who took part in the poll. Last time admin was mentioning unique visitor count, it was above 10K. Right now about 1K people voted “buy”. 1K people (conservatively) is 10% of readers of the 43r, yet still (almost) 50% of people who took part in the poll. Magic of the numbers.
In the end, I do not see anything impossible that 1K people who happen to read the blog would buy the camera. Especially, since GX7 comes on the heels of the E-P5 release.
BTW, I think the biggest win of GX7 release would happen in the Oly camp: price of E-P5 would get a serious drop as soon as the GX7 would hit the shelves.
I manipulate all polls by voting many times.
LOL at over 70% of respondents saying they might get this. Yeah right. People should be honest in these polls- I think it’s a decent camera, although overpriced. That doesn’t mean I have to lie and say I might buy it.
-Kinda like that EP-5 poll, where the Majority of voters said they’ll buy it.. Look how THAT turned out!
My, people are upset over a simple poll! Amazing!
No Black body with the 20 f/1.7 in USA…
I actually did place a pre-order, which I almost never do. Reasons: I’m satisfied with the image quality from my Olympus E-M 5, but I want something with an EVF AND built-in WiFi (I use Eye-Fi cards now, but that’s a limited solution.) The GH3 has the features I want, but it’s too big. So, this sounded like exactly what I need.
Now that I’ve pored over the spec sheets, though, I’m having some doubts. The GX7’s raw buffer is only 9 shots, vs. 18 for the GH3. It’s going to mean buying extras of yet another battery (BLG10.) And I haven’t been able to decipher whether or not the GX7 supports wireless TTL flash, as the GH3 does (and my E-M 5 does too.)
Oh, well, there’s lots of time to cancel between now and Sept. 30 if it turns out this was a bad move…
… and +1 to Ryan — the geisha essay on the Panasonic promo site was really nice. So nice that I can forgive the photographer for wearing a stupid hipster hat.
If I buy one..I want a Silver GX-7 with a Nocticron as the kit lens in black!!!!!!
Order the Silver GX7 with Nocticron Kit here:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-mfSvdlj3Xp8/UfrL6aUZpmI/AAAAAAAAAkg/_9aFKX3STuU/w793-h616-no/GX-7-with-Nocti.jpg
USA only!
🙂
Man, that Nocticron is beautiful!!!
If all Leica branded lenses come in metal with aperture ring like that, I will be buying them over time… Guess they will all be very expensive (sigh).
Nocticron? It’s NaughtyPorn NaughtyPorn NaughtyPorn NaughtyPorn NaughtyPorn…
Say it 3 times fast:
Nocticron is naughty porn….
Nocticron is naughty porn….
Nocticron is naughty porn….
Ooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/3109924011/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_e_1_4_last
I can’t believe the Canon M is so high on that list.
When you drop a US$800 camera to $300 for several days, they tend to sell.
I saw another deal (this week) for the same camera, but also with the flash for US$350.
I placed a pre-order even though the GX7 will probably begin dropping in price by the beginning of next year. I’m in between camera bodies and was planning on getting an E-M5 in October but this camera just looks fantastic. The black and silver versions look like miniature, modern versions of the L1 & Digilux 3. Looks aren’t everything but I would like something that looks and feels a bit more substantial than a G5 which is otherwise a fine camera. If it doesn’t end up being all that great then it will get sold in order to buy an E-M5 or possibly the next OM-D. No matter what, I’ll be sticking with M43 because of the lenses.
Where’s ep-5 in the list?! I see ep-5 price dropping. 🙂
WAAAAAAAAAY down!!!!! LOL!
I preordered on Adorama at 2:00 AM last night. That should get me one of the first ones. But I figure the reviews will come out before the camera is available and I’ll be able to cancel if they’re not as good as expected.
Noooooo. Great fail: No 3.5mm audio input for external microphone ! So frustrating.
Buy GH3 for crying out loud. This camera is not even targeted for videographers.
I think Oly puts all their hope/effort to 2 new omd they plan to release …once they are out the gx7 will dont look so great …anyway I think its great camera just would expect to have in kit with discount pana f/2.8 zoom
Yes, let’s jack the number of “I will buy” up and let Panasonic produces more and more. And many of us will just wait until the price drops due to over-production!
I just made my order on Amazon! -Hopefully by the time it drops, we’ll have the option of a black body! Either way, I can’t wait to slap my L/P25mm on it and hit the streets!
Till then, the G5 I just picked up for $299 will hold me down. Then, Ill jump on the 42.5mm since I sold my Olympus 45mm and down the line, I’ll pick up the new-yet-the-same 20mm.
Can’t wait!
I try to be honest with these polls. For the E-P5 poll I said I will not buy it. At the time I was lucky enough to have tried an early production E-P5 that the Olympus Rep had with him a month or so before the production models reached the stores. The camera felt like an improved E-M5, but I would miss the built-in EVF. For the GX7 it looks like a great camera but I am willing to wait until I read actual reviews and actual buyers reports. By then I should know a little but more about the upcoming OMD. From what my Olympus rep has leaked to me I just might like it better. So anyhow, for the GX7 poll I voted a maybe.
I’d trade a t3i and E-pm2 for this ugggghhhhhhhh
it’s ok, I don’t really like the styling, they should have made it a bit more functional in appearance, SL 1210 rather then a fuji x10 clone ripoff. This should really have been the GF2, it’s 3 years too late.
My only real gripe with m3/4 is a functional thing, when you are taking photo’s of a similar focal length to 35 on full frame, you have to be much closer to your subject, this to me is the real downfall of the sensor size, it’s harder to frame a 35/40 frame on m4/3 because you are at a similar distance as shooting a 18/20mm on full frame. I guess keep saving for leica?
What are you babbling on about? If you use full frame lenses on a m43, it doubles the effective focal length and brings the subject closer to you by a factor of 2. A 40mm lens on full frame is the same as 80mm on m43. But who cares since the system has native lenses that fill most of the classic full frame focal lengths with equivalent m43 lenses.
If you want to shoot 35/40 equivalent FF equivalent on m43, you’ve got three native prime lenses with AF to chose from (two of them are good), one good f/2.8 zoom lens and no less than 300 slow kit zooms you can score on craigslist for the price of a decent bottle of wine.
I don’t see any X10 resemblance… The GX is way more classy and striks a good balance between retro and modern. Fuji cameras are pure retro.
It looks more like a Sony clone than a Fuji clone. In fact, it is the first product in the world to demonstrate the innovation and sophistication of filling all the precise electronics into a compact body in the digital era, with tiltable EVF+LCD, built-in flash, hotshoe and IBIS sensor.
You haven’t got the first clue as to what you’re saying. That whole thing made 0 sense. Want 35mm? Get one of the 3 17mm already available.
On a side note, what is up with all the Olympus and Panasonic kit zooms on this system? It seems like every six months, each manufacturer figures out how to shave another 75 cents off the production costs and farts out another 14-4Xmm unto the world.
Isn’t it also wonderful that Panasonic also has 3 zoom lenses starting at 45mm. The 45-200mm, 45-175mm, and 45-150mm?
They used to have one that ends in 45mm, sadly it’s discontinued
The 14-45 is still listed on Panasonic’s web site. I haven’t heard that it is discontinued. They simply stopped providing it with bodies, because of the need to bundle a lens at a lower price. Finally it seems the new 14-42 II might be in the same league as the 14-45, which I still use.
Photozone says the 14 42 II is the sharpest one yet!
I’ll wait to see what olympus will show, then I’ll decide. Now I’m using an OMD and an E5 and I’m quite happy with them. I’m also testing a Sigma DP2 Merrill, very slow, ackward to use, very noisy over ISO400, but screams sharpness and beautiful colors at ISO200, better than anything I have seen in its price range and twice and three and four times its price to.
GX7 + 42.5mm anyone?
Yes , that is for me .
GX7 + Leica Nocticron 42.5 F1.2 .
2013 really a beautiful year for me .
I want to pre-order ASAP, but I think I really prefer black. Not yet listed from USA dealers.
I remember buying the 45-200 lens from Canada because I needed it for an event and it wasn’t yet released in the USA. Can anyone comment on the warranty implications of buying the GX7 from a Canadian dealer?
Buying black GX1 with Nocticron! (when available) Haha! Enjoy your grey/black two tone camera and slow kit zoom! LOL
LOL. GX7.
So now it’s not M43 vs. APS-C, it’s not even Olympus vs. Panasonic.
No, now it’s black camera (future owner, maybe) lording over silver?
I just said I prefer the black also, but come on now, it’s not a tribal thing.
What does one shoot at night with a Naughtycron?
Am.
I have an OM-D and I’m happy with it. Sure, there are some parts that are much better on the GX7. But I think the IQ will be equal to the GH3 or marginal better. So the IQ of the OM-D will be nearly similar to the GX7.
I also think that the new OM-D will beat the GX7 in a lot points, but it will also be more expensive, maybe 1200$ or more.
So I will wait, but I think it’s better to buy a great new lens(which will also announced from Olympus), which don’t drops in price so fast.
a camera for 1000 bucks and no external microphone plug in – no way!
There are plenty of cameras out there whith prices higher than GX7 and NO microphone plug in. Buy the GH3 if the microphone is really that important to you.
This camera will soon be long forgotten in a couple of weeks when Sony announce the new Nex 5, 7 and full frame line.
( and I own the GH3)
Hahahahahaha aaaaaahhh…the nex full frame line…they havent made lenses for the aps c line yet!
LOL. You are so right!
Yet people will still get them by the loads, even though m43 is unbeatable as a system.
Actually there is a photographer conspiracy happening here, to teach Panasonic a lesson, that we don’t want chrome bodies. All the chrome body orders will be cancelled a week prior to release. We are doing the same thing to Olympus on the next “chrome only” body and lens release they make. Don’t forget to do your part, so we can play a role in what we spend our money on, instead of being a flock of sheep herded around by the camera makers.
In Germany you can preorder it by cyberport.de. 999,- EUR body only, 1099,- EUR with 14-42. But there is no promo like in UK (free bag and second battery) announced yet. So, in UK you will pay about 930,- EUR and get additional stuff from Panasonic, if you live in the EEA/EU …
Maybe I should consider ordering it from there … Do you here me, Panasonic Germany?
I think I’ll do that, too. It wouldn’t be a big problem regarding warranty, right?
hear, not here
20mm kit (silver) 1029€
http://www.fotoboom.com/pagina2_new.php?id=45594&comienzo=20
14-42mm kit (silver) 950€
http://www.fotoboom.com/pagina2_new.php?id=45595&comienzo=20
body only (silver) 875€
http://www.fotoboom.com/pagina2_new.php?id=45599&comienzo=20