As a nice Christmas present you can grab the Panasonic LF1 for $299 only at BHphoto (both black or white).
Official Panasonic reseller MZgamers sells a new Panasonic 12-35mm X for $999 only on [shoplink 43480 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].
E-PL5 double lens kit for $499 at BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).
A list of all current Olympus and Panasonic deals can be found at Amazon (Click here).
New Olympus E-M1 Gariz case now on eBay in [shoplink 43405 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink] or [shoplink 43406 ebay]Brown (Click here)[/shoplink].
A couple of 12-40mm PRO lenses are again in Stock at Amazon (Click here).
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the 12-35 needs to come down in price. I got mine used from Japan, for $800.
If the 12-35 was like $600 they’d sell a zillion of em
same goes for the long one.
yeah… but I’m not sure that would cover their overhead.
Having both LF1 and these m4/3 lenses on the same topic maybe some people would rather have and afford the LF1 with its F2 28mm wide angle reach and 200mm tele range that will fit in their pocket then having to buy a m4/3 camera and two expensive lenses cost upwards of $2000 to cover the same reach? I think at this $299 price the LF1 which is much smaller even with an EVF than the LX7 would become very popular.
What we need to see is an old-fashioned price war btwn Olympus and Panasonic with the 12-40mm f/2.8 vs 12-35mm f/2.8. That would be nice to see right after the holidays with perhaps LARGE rebates! 🙂
That LF-1 has one very cool feature. If you use manual focus, the EVF displays a moving depth-of-field scale that changes based on focal length / aperture. It is a visual key that remind me of the moving scale on the old Rolleiflex TLRs: A spectrum of distances- say 1 meter, 2 meter, 3 meters… are placed on a scale, and an expanding or shrinking different color bar along that scale shows you what will be in focus for your lens setting.
This is very cool for street shooters who use hyperfocal distance.