Olympus US decided to make a special offer for the Christmas day. $400 off over the previous price on the E-P5 sold by Amazon (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).
Olympus US decided to make a special offer for the Christmas day. $400 off over the previous price on the E-P5 sold by Amazon (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).
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Not bad, even if the same camera was for sale for $399 with the ev4 elsewhere. E-P5 is a nice sturdy camera, but the g7 at B&H might be a better deal though for just $40 more
Maybe it’s an attempt to clear out the stocks before the Pen-F. I love my EP5 though, but I hope the new camera will be an improvement in every way!
Of course it is, and now that fans know, even Oly fans will not buy.
Indeed, a clearance pricing blowout. I don’t know what to think at this point. We know what is available from hand-me-down E-M5.MkII parts bin. It would be a bit of a stretch to debut tech points that will should appear on the E-M1.MkII. I am holding my breath for something exciting, but beauty-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder and knowing Olympus, I suspect I will not be bowed over by the PEN-F.
If it were priced like this at the time of release, they might have sold some. Now it is just too late. On the Christmas vacation, except the usual DSLRs, I see quite a few of Sony E and FE mount cameras. No Olympus. Stupid overpricing does not pay.
In Japan I mainly saw Olympus and Panasonic by the way….
Interesting. I’ve never seen any Sony cameras in use.
I see plenty of low cost dSLRs, though.
Knowing a new PEN F was on its way didn’t stop me from buying a blow-out priced EP-5. It’s a great handling and shooting camera that’s a perfect companion to my E-M1. I’m not into chasing the very latest tech when (former) top of the line product is available on sale only 1 or 2 years after introduction.
As always, the divisive issue is the EVF on the first camera, which you already have. On the second camera, maybe it is only nice-to-have. I have a funny feeling that my dinky OM-D is going to become my second when I upgrade to some eventual E-M1.MkII or III. Seventh lens will probably be Panasonic 20mm f1.7, perfect for PEN-ing around.
I can’t seem to get the deal mentioned. Is there a trick?