New bunch of refurbished Olympus cameras includes the E-M1 and 12-40mm lens for the first time!

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1. http://chipworks.force.com/catalog/ProductDetails?sku=OLY-E-M1_Pri-Camera

   admin the sensor inside the em1 is panasonic made! Can’t wait for the comments on that!

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   1. Are you sure the EM1 sensor is made by Panasonic? That sounds crazy given that Sony owns a large chunk of the Olympus Camera business –
      Not saying it is not true – just odd –
      If true then it is a good thing for Panasonic – for one it would show that they are on top of the sensor game –
      Swiss Credit is predicting that Panasonic will go under in few years – and we know that Olympus has been struggling and most likely would be out of business if it where not for Sony buying a large chunk –
      I sure hope Panasonic survives as if not it could have a huge impact on Leica as well as I suspect Panasonic provides them with sensor technology as they are so small and are not really an electronics company – I think if Olympus starts struggling more then Sony will just buy them out –
      I however sure hope both with survive and that Sony will not take over Olympus –
      If Panasonic and Olympus went under we would not see any Touch LCD’s anymore as Fuji and Sony just do not believe their customers like Touch LCD’s 🙂 (except for NEX5n/r/t)

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2. Still no delivery to Switzerland… 🙁

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3. Refurb prices crazy high – seen some auctions go over $1400 – for example one current E-bay auction at $1232 with 2 days remaining for body without lens and then add shipping on top of that –
   In the USA one can buy a new one for $1399 with no tax and free shipping so a total of $1399 –
   The key to me is that it is not Olympus selling directly – these are 3rd party retailers claiming to be selling a refurb – so to me that is a larger risk rather than buying directly from the manufacturer –
   I have bought some Nikon DSLRs in the past Refurm from Nikon and no issue – and I would imagine if an issue came up I could go back directly to Nikon rather than going through some middle man –
   So far I think one is just as well to buy a new one – I think one should at least get a $150 discount off the $1399 price tag for a refurb from a 3rd party dealer –

   I would say $100 off if direct from Olympus – of course hoping more but just being realistic now given that it is a popular product

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   1. You have to keep in mind that the EM-1 costs a lot more in some other countries. While it looks like a crummy deal on these auctions from here in the US, it is actually a fairly good discount in some European countries.

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4. Typical how people go crazy on E-Bay- there is a EM1 without a lens Refurbished – current bit is $1470 !!! and still a day left –
   People can just order from BnH or Adorama or Amazon for $1399 for a brand new one !!!

   People just use the links on this site from these vendors listed on site or look at Dealsrunner links on site as this will help this great site – sometimes folks just go crazy bidding 🙂 but thanks for listing E-Bay links – just one has to be careful

   I though that there might be some saving by buying Refurb as I have done that before with good results – but I am not paying more for Refurb than new 🙂

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5. On an unrelated note… Looking at this frontal view of E-M1, I really wish Oly had made the flash built-in instead of add-on. The resulting larger/wider EVF hump would look nicer proportionally like the good old OM-4…

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