Panasonic.com has the Panasonic GH2 (Body Only) in Stock (UPDATE: Deal is DEAD now!). They are selling the Body Only version only, in black (Click here) and in silver (Click here). The Safari webbrowser doesn’t work well on Panasonic’s website. Use Explorer, Firefox, Opera or Chrome!
And here we have two new deals:
– Olympus E-P2 with 17mm lens for $567 at Amazon (Click here).
– And the Olympus 14-150mm f/4.0-5.6 Zoom Lens for $389.00 only at BHphoto (Click here).
43rumors note:
BHphoto confessed that they made a mistake with the yesterdays E-P2 price. There was an error with the online calculation system 🙁
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Yeah, right. You can click ‘Add to Cart,’ and then the server locks up (white screen) before you can move to checkout.
I suspect we’ll find out shortly that this was another ‘mistake’…
It worked for me! Weird…
Great, you can send me yours and I’ll order you another one.
What has happened to me so far:
— Made three attempts to complete an order off different computers. Each time same result: lockup and white screen as soon as I click the ‘Add to Cart’ button.
— So I called the number shown for help with online orders. After being on hold for about 10 minutes, I reached a lady who asked me if I was calling to order the Panasonic phone. I said no, this was for a camera. She said she would transfer me. I was then disconnected.
— So I tried calling again. This time I was on hold for about 20 minutes before reaching a lady who asked me, “This is about Panasonic?” When I said yes, she said she would transfer me. This took me to a recording warning me that because of an unusually high call volume, my wait time would be in excess of 10 minutes. I am now waiting to see how that turns out…
You might want to try a different browser… For some reason, the same thing happened to me while using Safari. But when I switched to Firefox, it worked fine.
Yup, Taylor’s right. Panasonic no likee Safari, not on computer nor on iPad.
I tried Firefox and was able to place an order. But I still won’t believe it until I see it…
Is it shipping out of Japan???
Yeah, where is it shipping out of. And why are all their lenses backordered?!
Ordered, the e-mail says estimated ship date today. On safari on the iPad ran into the white screen issue, but worked great in chrome. Fingers crossed this isn’t another tease. Thanks for the heads up Mr. Admin!
I ordered my GF1 from Panasonic.com when it first came out because it was the only place available at the time, and i really wanted it for a trip i was about to take.
The problem: sales tax! It ended up costing almost $100 more than Amazon or B&H would have been. Just a heads-up for everyone.
I just ordered one also. I already have the 20 mm, so didn’t want to order the kit. The only surprise was the high tax cost. Not used to that. I guess it is considered in state taxes.
Order Number: INT0003860841
Placed On: 12/03/2010
Merchandise: $899.95
Your Savings: -$25.00
Estimated Shipping: $1.99
Estimated Tax: $74.25
Order Total: $976.19
I appreciate the heads up and will report if I receive it soon.
I think the $75 tax is okay. Shipping probably actually costs more like $25, so paying a $50 premium to have this camera for the Christmas holidays is well worth it to me. Especially with a newborn.
Plus, I can imagine the online retailers selling out fast.
Not available anymore. Link says: “Not Available Direct from Panasonic”
Wow, that deal ended fast. I hope that since my payment and order went through, they actually have a camera to ship me soon.
It’s giving me $81 for the taxes 🙁
Kinda wanted a kit lens too
?? When I try on any browser there’s a blue box in the upper right corner that says “Not Available Direct from Panasonic”. What am I doing wrong?
They sold out. Read the update.
Just got conformation email and it says shipping out today.
I ordered 2 days ago when the stock status was listed only as pre-order. Takes Panny 3 days to fully process your order according to the thread on dpreview forum. No one has gotten shipment verification for the past few days.
Ok, well at least they don’t charge your credit card until it ships.
Dang! Knew it. Ah well, I’ll just keep waiting. Called Adorama yesterday, still no arrival date.
I also could not get to the checkout via Safari (Windows version), so I used Firefox. I placed an order for a black GH2 body. I just received the email confirmation, and the expected shipping date is today. Strangely, if I try to go to the link from 43rumors now it says “Not available direct from Panasonic”. I don’t know if I got one of the last available units or if my browser is acting up.
Woah that is a smoking deal on the Olympus 14-150mm. I’m not sure I can justify owning it since I have the focal length covered in other ways but at that price, wow it’s tempting!
Has there been a good side-by-side comparison between this lens and the Panny superzoom? I know the latter is very highly regarded but I’m not sure how the Oly stacks up in comparison.
I love my 14-150! That and the 20 are my most used lenses, 99% of time. Go for it, it’s a great versatile lens, if not as sharp as the 20 (only if you have an Oly body for IBIS).
Maddening. I order the camera from the site, the order went through. When I called to see when the lenses would be available. After AN HOUR on hold, I talked with a live person who asked for the lens part number. I said I didn’t know, but it was the lens with the GH2 camera I ordered and was in front of her. She then transferred me to parts, who couldn’t help at all, said I needed to talk with sales, but told me my order was fraudulent anyway and had been cancelled.
So I went back to sales, waited, talked with a live person who was probably an operator saying she was transferring me to sales. Then I gave up.
I can’t wait to get this camera (leaving on a month-long trip next week, was hoping to have it), but I hope to never deal with Panasonic directly again.
I’m curious what other people’s experience is.
Tac
I also had to jump through some hoops – when i ordered my GF1 last Fall. I received a voicemail from Panasonic saying there was a problem with my order. I played phone-tag for about an hour with the person who called, then finally got ahold of her and found out the name on my credit card (my first name) was different from the name for the shipping address at my work (because I go by my middle name). They needed me to fax a copy of my driver’s license, but I didn’t have a fax machine. Ended up emailing them a scan, and took me till the next day get confirmation that they were okay. The whole time i was worried I wouldn’t get my camera because they sold out a few minutes after i placed my order.
So no, you’re not the only one who had issues ordering through Panasonic.com.
Did anyone else not get charged tax on their receipt sent to their email. My receipt has no tax and free shipping on it. Hope Panasonic doesn’t cancel it due to an error.
What state did you order from. It is possible that if Panasonic doesn’t have an office in your state, then you aren’t charged taxes. I live in Texas and did get charged $75 tax. Other states seem to also have different tax rates. We will know for sure once a camera ships as these are estimated numbers.
My order went through. It took off the shipping (?) and kept the $81 in tax. It says the estimated ship date is today! I hope they’re not just messing with me.
I wonder how many orders went through today
You all that used the Employee program do realize that they could easily cancel all orders and then come after you for fraud right? Just saying.
I live in Tennessee. I don’t remember where I read it but they claim to charge tax in all 50 states (somewhere on one of the order pages).
I live in New Hampshire, we don’t have a state sales tax so none was charged.
Shipping in 1 to 3 days?! Where did you hear that? I ordered mine a couple of days ago and the status is still “Unknown”
Look at the screenshot 🙂
yeah, I also noticed that when i ordered it, but, it also said the item was backordered and they will not charge my card until it ships. Soooo, if / when my card gets charged, i’ll be sure to let you know right away. Man I really hope it does.
Mines comeing on Tuesday of this week. Ha ha finally!
Just picked mine up from Saneal Camera’s in Calgary! Get ready for a wait, they don’t come with a charged battery either 😉
Just a note. Panasonic is not going after anyone ordering from their site for FRAUD period. If they cancel your order there is no recourse. If they ship it to you, they’ve accepted your payment for the product. The discount is nice, but not amazing.
Fro0m a legal point of view, To try and get individual state’s Attorney Generals office to some how file fraud charges for an online purchase is simply foolish, not to mention time consuming.
I wish I would have waited for this as my order placed with Henry’s OVER A WEEK AGO is still in the town of origin. What a shitty store/postal system. I got my L3 from the Panasonic site when it came out and it was faster than anybody else too.
Henry’s shipped mine today. Ordered 1 week ago.
Good for you! Did you confirm the shipping status with Canada Post?
I believe that they simply took our orders as pre-orders and are only sending them to us now because they got their second GH2 shipment.
I’ll be interested in seeing whether this is a deal that “died” or was simply a mistake. The linked webpage now reads “Not available direct from Panasonic.”
I did get an order in this morning (thanks to the advice here not to use Safari) and received an acknowledgment email… but later, whenever I’ve check my order status, I see a message reading, “Status not available. Please contact us at 1-800-405-0652.” (And good luck with that… so far the line is perma-busy.)
So if a GH2 body turns up at my address next week, let’s say I’ll be very surprised as well as pleased. I suspect this may be one of those website “oops” incidents where in the end, all you receive is an apology — if that…
Ranger 9 – I was thinking the same thing. I’ve heard nothing. And I have the same message in tracking. It could have been a fluke. If that’s the case, I want to cancel my order.
Ranger, I’ve heard from people who ordered it 12/1 but took 1-2 days for the web page to show the order. I ordered 12:20AM 12/3. Mine does not show up online but got a confirmation. I really don’t see why they’d cancel orders. They are still making a nice profit. I doubt Amazon or B&H are paying more than $630?
I think it’s safe to say that the 1-3 days to ship is officially B.S.
I ordered mine on December 1st, they haven’t charged my card, no update on status. Still says, “Status not available. Please contact us at 1-800-405-0652.” Tried calling all day today, nothing but a busy signal.
It’s only been 1 day since you ordered. Sat and Sun don’t count. Please don’t complain. The dishonest folks at Henry’s still haven’t shipped my camera 6 business days or 10 whole days after they said they would ship it.
Okay, so after an hour and fifteen minutes I finally got through to Panasonic. She said there order processing is really slow at the moment (due to the season) but that my order should be fulfilled with the “plenty of GH2’s they have in stock.” She also mentioned that they were supposed to receive another shipment on the 7th. So good luck to everyone.
I ordered mine on Friday 12/3 and apparently got in before the deal went away. Yesterday evening (12/6), a Panasonic rep called me to confirm that I had placed the order. Once I did, she said my order will now proceed. Online my status now says “Ships 1-3 days”. From Friday through yesterday, it said something like “Unknown” (can’t remember exact wording). $899 for black body only.
Pana called my house today and told my wife there is now a 5 week backorder on the camera. So much for shipping in 1-3 days!
i am in the same boat as St Louis.