The E-M1 is right now in Stock via Amazon itself (Click here). The 12-40mm lens is also in Stock via third party resellers (Click here). But the sellers charges you with extra $200 🙁
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Come on Adorama, get your shipment of E-M1’s. You have till Sunday, otherwise Nikon D7100 here I come.
You’ll be sorry. Try Adorama.
D7100 is a really nice camera, too. But like me you’ll find out later that there is not a single non-fisheye prime shorter than 50 mm FX equiv. for DX.
However there is the Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8
Out of all the Canon/Nikon DSLRs the D7100 is the one I want the most! But is kinda pricey for me, maybe might consider the D5200 if it goes on special really cheap (or if the rumoured new Nikon D3300 has the same new Toshiba sensor that would be fantastic, as the sensor in the D5200/D5300/D7100 is what I really want, as it is phenomenal for video!).
Maybe I should eBay my EM1 and 12-40m and buy another set when the madness ends… Make a few bucks 😉
Ebay and PayPal fees would negate any profits.
Seems like all E-M1 are coming from Japan in bag of one tired courier, who needs to fly on regular airplane everyday)
But what is a problem in preorder?
I heard through the local Oly rep that it’s purely numbers, Pre-Orders are 3X the number of inventory currently and they said that was a global stat. More people want the e-M1 than they have stock and everyone wants their order filled first. Supply and demand, so any questions of price seem sort of moot in a market like that?
@admin Any news about the rumored telephoto lens? Is it 300mm F4 or 400mm F4 like the Sony one?
I am working on that rumor now.
There are two interesting recent patents relating to a m43 super-telephoto:
-One by Oly for a catadioptic (mirror) 250/5. Let’s seriously hope this is one of those patents that gets filed early because the company decided not to do any further R&D here. it’s too short and too doughnut.
-One by Nikon for a 70-300/4-5.6 for a 1″ sensor (Nikon 1). This one is interesting because it shows to what effort you have to go to feed these resolution-hungry small, pixel-dense sensors: 20 elements, 6 ED!! Not going to be cheap. the situation won’t be quite as bad for a m43 300/4, but not far off.
Overpriced is a understatement.
Oh, you must be talking about the Sony RX10.
Yes , it a shocking price , for a camera with a sensor within a fraction of the best mFT can offer. It is only weather sealed , with high build quality, built in EVF , superb video, built-in 24-200mm fixed F2.8 aperture { F2.8 is F2.8 right lol ?}.
In the real world where equivalence exists to match the lens range on mFT you need a 12-100mm constant F3.7 . It’s not going to be cheap to match this range, at the wide end apart from the 12-40 and 12-35 all the standard zooms for mFT while just OK at their widest setting of F3.5 are all F5.6 at the long end well apart from the dog slow 12-50 that is a blistering F6.3 at the long end . So it is faster in real terms than all the standard zooms other than the expensive 12-40 & 12-35 . In the UK the 12-40 alone is only £100 less than the RX10 . From 80-200mm FF AOV 40-100 mFT only the Panasonic 35-100 is faster in real terms the rest all start at F4 { already a fraction slower than the RX10 equiv} quickly dropping to F5.6 . Of course if you want to go this way then you have to concede that the 12-40 F2.8 on mFT is the same as a 24-80 F5.6 lens on full frame well same DOF ,AOV total light obviously not price for the FF option would be half the price of the Olympus.
Bottom line just to match this camera in mFT will be far more expensive and heavier. From about 35-200mm FF equiv the RX10 is faster in real terms than all but the top constant F2.8 zooms
http://www.dxomark.com/Cameras/Compare-Camera-Sensors/Compare-cameras-side-by-side/%28appareil1%29/896|0/%28brand%29/Sony/%28appareil2%29/793|0/%28brand2%29/Olympus
What a bunch of crap. You are delusional. The 1″ Sony sensor CANNOT compete with the Sony 43 sensor in the E-M1. And that is a FACT. And, you said it yourself, it is no match for the Oly 12-40 or Pany 12-35. And it is also certainly no match for the Oly 43 zooms – such as the exceptional glass of the Oly 12-60, 50-200 SWD, etc., which can all be used on the E-M1. I know – I have the E-M1, twelve 43 lenses, and many m43 lenses. So, stop wasting our time with your total nonsense.
what’s with the , space , in front of the , comma?
No one camera is everything. I have m43, APsc and ff. I have been waiting for a camera like the rx10 for video for years. For me the decision was easy. A zoom range in one lens with f2.8 in a camera with video features. Now I will zoom from wide to tele without pausing to change while recording musical numbers. As far as the iq with stills for stage events I cover I use APEC and ff. I have an em5 and compared the shots over the past year and m43 was inferior. Thanks sony for innovating again. And Yes I just bought an em1 for different reasons. I love all choices we have now days.
What is overpricing after all?
Of course they will sell products for as much money as possible. They do it for money you know…
If it won’t sell, than it is overpriced. But you don’t know that yet.
So Viezevure (or other current name), I’m curious about your case. What’s your story? I can imagine some scenarios:
a) you’re paid by a third party agency for trolling.
b) you once bought a m43 product, it really disappointed you and you are venting your anger
c) you’re a disgruntled (former?) employee of a m43-affiliated company
d) you just like riling up people.
My default guess is (a).
Considering that mFT makes up maybe 7-8% of the world interchangeable lens market { a declining share in fact } , just who do you think would pay for trolling sites filled to bursting with fanboys, seriously ?. The reason trolls post here is for amusement it is so easy to get the ranting , howling, rabid Olympus fanboys wound up all you need do is tell the truth you don’t even need to make stuff up.
For anyone interested in “image quality” as opposed to “features ” the E-M1 is well overpriced.
Once again, total crap from a mindless idiot.
I don’t believe that explanation. That’s too unlikely an “amusement”. Only someone with no life whatsoever would be amused by visiting a site devoted to a system he (and I presume we are talking about men here) doesn’t like or even own.
Mirrorless makes up about 5% of the interchangeable lens market. Micro 4/3 would be lucky to have 1/3 of that. So micro 4/3 is about 2 or 3 per cent of the interchangeable lens market at best.
90% of the interchangeable lens market is Rebel/Dx00 + 18-55mm. Who cares?
I see. Quote a statistic that makes your side look good, as though it were important. Then find out that your statistic is bad and makes you look not as good. Then you decide to dismiss your original statistic as not important. Ok.
Emailed Olympus USA few days ago, got this response from them in an email about the delayed shipment.
“We are truly sorry for the delay in the shipment of your Olympus products. Unfortunately, we do not have a set date for delivery due to an issue with shipping. Once we have an update, we will be letting our customers know.”
As far as the rebates for lens and accessory:
“As long as the proof of purchase shows that the Olympus products that were eligible for the rebate were ordered before the rebate deadline, we will honor it.”
my shop provided the sales receipt so I could apply for the rebate while waiting on the body order. The online rebate even goes to far as to mention pre-orders.
Ritzcamera currently showing 12-40 pro in stock.
Having grew tired of waiting to hear from Amazon and B&H, I’m going to order one there.
Hope it’s not a false in stock info.
Sorry, but imho the whole set is hugely overprized. Not wanting to compare apples and oranges one still does have to realize though, that the amount of dosh Olympus is asking for would be enough to get the full frame Sony A7 with the standard zoom and a good Zeiss (with a 20% student rebate)… Just saying. And do not mistake, I LOVE micro4/3 for what it is worth, but seriously, these latest prices of GX7, GM1, E-M1 are nowhere near the REAL upgrade (technical or image quality) you get compared to an older model like E-M5 or Lumix G5/G6.
The price of a practically unused GX7 is around 650 Euros already, and you still remember the rise and quick fall of the E-P5. If Panasonic and Olympus want to sell more cameras and thus make the system still interesting and fresh, they have to keep the price of the top-line cameras a little bit lower than a Nikon D600…
The G6 is hardly an “older model”, it came out not that many months ago. And offers terrific value, is my #1 preferred m4/3 camera to get (however currently have a GH1 and GX1).
“Not wanting to compare apples and oranges”
Then maybe you shouldn’t?
Why not pick a G6 for your comparison? Or an E-PM2? Or a GX7 or E-M5? Those offer nearly identical image quality to the E-M1, all for a (much) lower price, which wouldn’t allow you to buy an A7, let alone an A7 with lenses. They do compare much better to the A7 however, all of those being a tier below the ‘high-end’ E-M1.
Why not pick the higher-end A7R for your comparison when insisting on comparing to an E-M1? At least you’d be one step closer to trying to compare apples and apples.
Nope, you rather compare an entry level 135 format mirrorless with a top of the line m4/3 camera, which rather shows you aren’t even trying to avoid comparing apples to oranges.
“one still does have to realize though, that the amount of dosh Olympus is asking for would be enough to get the full frame Sony A7 with the standard zoom and a good Zeiss (with a 20% student rebate)”
Uh, that student rebate is not available to large majority of people in the USA, let alone in the 96% of the world outside the USA. Not only are you comparing apples and oranges, you are doing so in a rather ridiculous way.
Beyond that, we’ll talk again when there exists a nice prime for that A7 that can match the 20/1.7 in size and corner to corner sharpness and overall image quality. No, the 35/2.8 Zeiss doesn’t come anywhere near, its corners are totally hopeless, and laws of physics are a rather big obstacle when trying to address that. Fixing it involves making it significantly bigger, or changing the A7(r) sensor to be optimized for such a lens and by consequence have issues with longer lenses and zooms.
And don’t get me wrong, I’m going to get an A7 (probably R but not entirely sure about that yet) in about 6 months time, and there are good reasons for wanting one, but it is an entirely different kind of system as soon as you consider lenses, and given that a camera without lenses is kinda useless, one should really consider those lenses.
For me the one reason for being interested in an A7 is adaptability of my existing 135 format lens collection while retaining their original field of view. That collection includes many gems from the likes of Leica, Zeiss, Minolta, Pentax, Olympus, Nikon, Canon etc.
A body is merely one component in a system, and not the most important component, something you should know if you have any background in photography.
I would not spend my money on the shady businesses that overprice items. There are too many reputable dealers who deserve my money.
Placed my order at adorama on Nov 6 and received the e-m1 yesterday…I took it to a high school ice hockey game tonight and what I found was that the tracking works really well…not like a D4 but much better than its predecessors. I like how it feels in mt small hand .focus works quicker and ISO 1600 performs much better than on its predecessor…despite all that I do not see any improvement in image quality over my E-PM2…the E-M1 gives me more keepers for moving subjects…but for taking portraits I believe you would be hard pressed to tell the difference between the E-M1 and the E-PM2
But when it comes to (studio) portraits, I can’t really tell the difference between an E-400 and an E-3 either with regards to image quality
Unlike with Nikon, Canon etc, Olympus tends to get you the best available (to them) sensor from the lowest to the highest end models, and hence your comment about the E-PM2 and E-M1 should not come as a surprise, rather, it would be a surprise if it were different. The difference isn’t in image quality, but in ergonomics, features, build quality and overall usability regardless of conditions.