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Not only did the price of the GX7 dropped by $100. There are also new suprkits where you get a lot of free accessories:
– GX7 with lens and 15 free accessories at Cameta (Click here) and [shoplink 42097 ebay]Cametaauctions (on eBay)[/shoplink].
– GX7 with lens and 14 free accessories at Cameta (Click here) and [shoplink 42098 ebay]Cametaauctions (on eBay)[/shoplink].
By the way, after Amazon also BHphoto has the GX7 kit in Stock. And the price of the GH3 dropped down to $1,092 at Amazon US (Click here).
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Really? first 100 USD down, now 15 free accessories? What is going on? Is there a mega announcements behind the corner? Why all this rush to give away such a nice camera at a discount right off the bat?
Doesn’t it make you feel special?
Those kits are put together by the retailer, not by Panasonic. These businesses do these kind of crappy accessory bundles all the time.
Retailers can only afford to put together such packages when they can get the cameras really cheap from Panasonic. They may not be allowed to price the camera too low, but by throwing in bonuses, they are showing the cost of the cameras to them has fallen or they have problems selling.
Whatever the reason, it is good to see price drops as M43 is just too expensive. By staying high in prices, Panasonic and Olympus have missed a golden opportunity to get big and take advantasge of their big lead in mirrorless. Panasonic is learning and trying lower prices now, and can afford to do so more than Olympus. Simple business reality for consumer products, that you have to get enough market to be successful, however good your products are. Those who still think cameras are prized collectibles in this electronic age are losing big. Digital cameras are recycled like old PCs. Even Leicas, except for the old film models, are worthless in a few years, why all those exotic cameras are disappearing fast.
I wish that you decent anonymous got a nickname. Because we will have senseless, and people with good common sense mixed otherwise.
Many now complain that m4/3 is getting too expensive, not only users but also bloggers, at least in comparison with dSLR brands.
It will be interesting to see if Asia, the main market for mirrorless can stand those prices. The last figures say less 24% sales for mirrorless in the West (or the US?).
Are this cameras collectibles? It’s a good question. Most probably not. So, despite the technological progress, there’s little point in spending too much, as it happens in laptops and tablets.
Will the experiment in cheap ‘Full Frame’ work? They are still computers. So one can still predict saturation , except in Asia.
No one at least is yet convinced that Pro m4/3, being a more portable niche, can be the same price of the bigger format Pros 35mm… So it’s a gamble.
I remember Fuji going on a massive offensive few months ago. Olympus tried a similar promo push, but only half-hearted and not with substantial discount. Maybe you are right, times are a-changing. Interesting if true.
Hmm, most of it is crap, but the spare battery and the SD card are nice.
Great deal, tempting.
GH3 has been at that price for a couple of month if you click on the price (B&H at least). The lowest was $998 for a short period of time
Yeah, I think I read on one of the store sites that it was a permanent price drop.
Its well understood that MFT isn’t selling as well as hoped, and price has a lot to do with that. What better way to ignite sales by dropping the price. The GX7 has a lot of hype going for it. It’s brought out the pros that were attracted to the GF1.
Panasonic would’ve sold more cameras with the 20mm kit here in the states. I’ve been reading on flickr and other forums on how they wanted the GX7/20mm combo, even though the 20mm MkII still focuses slow.
The body only option sold out quick. I bet panasonic didn’t expect this…
These M43 have been too expensive. With the shrinking market in these types of cameras, more price drops are necessary.
It costs far less to make a mirrorless camera than a true DSLR with mirror assembly. I get that these camera companies want to make as much profit as possible, but their higher end offerings are getting priced right out of the market.
Look at the Oly EM1…it’s more expensive than a Canon 70D or Nikon D7100. That’s crazy. Of course it’s a great camera, but try selling it next to those Canon and Nikon cameras. Also, given that Oly doesn’t have a great distribution network in the US, that means that most shoppers will be able to only see the Canon and Nikon competitors, and not even feel or hold, or most likely know about, the EM1.
The m4/3 concept is a good one, and both Panny and Oly have released some great cameras, but they need to get real on the pricing and on their availability in retail stores, where shoppers can hold them and find out about them.
Good call. Its a nice camera. Make it under 600 euro and Pana will have a good card in their hands.
These kits the only thing they do is increase the shipping size & weight. Maybe is of no concern on the US, but for us outside, who pay an international service, would be stupid to pay like 300 to 400$ in shipping and customs fees for a camera that weights around a pound only.
GH3 needs to go down to its real value of around $499, based on the value of the competitors.
Sure. And free pizzas too
To what competitors are you referring? What camera, anywhere near the GH3’s price range offers such stills and video features, not to mention portability and the advantages of an extensive interchangeable lens system?
The GX7 camera looks nice and performs well, a lot of new comers will definitely consider Panasonic instead of Olympus. No one in his right mind will pay Olympus’ insane prices for their bodies plus the necessary and exorbitantly priced accessories which they deliberately did not include. Olympus branded small camera bag the CBG-10 costs $300.00! Just because someone is Pro that doesn’t mean he is shallow and stupid!
At least 12 of those 15 accessories are garbage. I’d take the card, battery, and maybe – maybe – the flash, but none of that crap would entice me.
Prices always drop on cameras, but to drop it so soon shows me that they got it wrong to start with. They don’t want to drop the price a month after release as it’s quite an insult to the loyal first buyers, so I guess dropping the price before is better. Companies make mistakes with pricing a lot. I didn’t think the GX7 was overpriced compared to the past few years of m4/3 cameras, but the more aggressive pricing of lower end Canon’s and Nikon’s are putting some pressure on Panasonic and Olympus. Just business I guess.
The GX7 is well priced, but whatever the price is, for many pepole, if it’s look like a compact, it don’t take good photo, if it looks like a dslr, it make you take better photo 🙂
Those kit are good for a start in the µ4/3 system.