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Olympus Japan officially announced the price drops on the 17mm f/2.8 lens and on the VF-3 viewfinder. You see the price drop info on the image on top. There is no detail yet about EU and US price drops. I guess we will see them soon too. Current price of the 17mm lens is $299 (Amazon) and around 240 Euro in Europe (Amazon). The VF-3 sells for $159 (Amazon) and 132 Euro (Amazon).
US deals:
Today you can rgab the GF3 with pancake lens for $299 at Amazon or the GX1 body again for $299 at Amazon.
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it is be around 30% price drop for 17mm f/2.8…170eur
who needs 17/2.8 with 17/1.8 around 🙂
Right! …and who needs external viewfinder with om-d and … and next pen around XD
Just because you are stoopid you don’t need to advertise it. The 17/2.8 is fine and smaller.
I´m not going to pay 400 euros for a bulky 17mm. A prefer a small 17mm for about 150 euros – even if it´s 2,8.
Yes!
Even without 17/1.8, one with intelligent above flea baby won’t buy it!
I believe Kenmore Camera has the GX1 bodies in stock for $279 and free shipping. Not affiliated with them, just helping those save their hard earned cash.
Ahhh…. I thought it was the f/1.8 lens, so the 35% price drop got me drooling for a moment – that is until I realized it related to the *wrong* lens….
Understandable price drop on the 17mm F/2.8. Previous Sigma 19 & 30mm selling for $99 with same aperture & similar if not better sharpness etc. New sigma lenses (19/30/60) will be $199 on release.
Bring on the 3rd party lens manufacturers. Come on Tamron, hurry up with your F2.8 zooms.
Recently I bought a VF-3 for 129 euro!
Oly needs to cut the crap and price products reasonable from the Start rather than ripping Off a Few And then reducing Prices Only When Too Few people are buying. Shows no respect for customers.
I don’t see a scandal here. Remember the 17mm/2.8 has been around for a few years now, and have been part of lens kits for several models. The new price simply reflects the fact that it’s an old design, and worth less money today than before.
Hopefully the EVF price is dropping because they’re being phased out. I just spent 5 days in the Grand Canyon in (mostly) full sun, and trying to compose shots on a screen was an f-ing nightmare.
Built-in EVF on the new PEN (or lower-priced OMD), or Oly doesn’t get another dime from me.