I bet that one minute after posting this the camera will be sold 🙂 Click here to grab the E-M5 body only at Amazon! UPDATE: Indeed the camera has been sold out and there is only an overpriced body available via third party resellers!
Meantime a bad news is that Amazon (Click here) reports that the E-M5 with 14-42mm kit lens will ship within 1-2 months only 🙁
Our USA readers still can enjoy plenty of other deals:
Here are the single Panasonic camera deals:
GH2 with lens for $749at Amazon (Click here).
Panasonic GF3 with 14mm pancake lens sells for $395 at Amazon (Click here).
Here are the single Panasonic lens deals:
$200 rebate on the 14-140mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and Bhphoto (Click here).
$200 rebate on the 3D lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and Bhphoto (Click here).
$150 rebate on the 45-200mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and Bhphoto (Click here).
$100 rebate on the 45-175mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and Bhphoto (Click here).
$80 rebate on the 14-42 lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and Bhphoto (Click here).
PEN USA deals (and more)
$100 price drop on all Olympus E-P3 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). Combine it with the 40-150mm lens and the total rebate is $150!
$100 price drop on all Olympus E-PL3 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). Combine it with the 40-150mm lens and the total rebate is $150!
$100 price drop on all Olympus E-PM1 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). Combine it with the 40-150mm lens and the total rebate is $150!
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When I ordered a black body at Adorama three hours ago over the phone, I was tiold they had a few in stock.
Well, they sent me mine over a week ago. I guess I lucked out.
If anyone is in New York City…(and wants to pay NYC sales tax…ha..ha…ha..) B&H has the OM Black Body only in the retail store and you can buy it there. (call first)
I was told that by a salesman today on the phone. They have no idea when they will show “in stock” in the warehouse and actually be shipping the bodies.
My problem was that even if B&H has the black body in stock at the warehouse (which they do not), I cannot buy it or have it shipped until the FL-300R Flash is in stock as well to qualify for the rebate as both items must be purchased at the same time. If an item is backordered B&H will not charge your card until it comes in. That is such a lame rebate. I guess I will be waiting until sometime in June!!!! LOL! The way the salesman explained it to me…if the flash is not in the in stock in the warehouse with the camera by May 31st….I am out of luck.
Maybe Olympus will not stock the rebate items so that we can’t take advantage of the rebate with the rules they have set! AWESOME!
🙂
This sucks, Bob. Have a trip scheduled with the intent to use the EM5.
Yeah…I didn’t pre-order I wanted to avoid the hype and read the reviews (dodged a bullet on the Fuji EP1!)…
and I just wanted to make sure that the DR was better. So my G3 body is up on ebay and I am keeping my GX1 and LVF2….but it looks like if I want an OMD and want to take advantage of the rebate I am in for some serious waiting and then maybe no rebate in the end?! LOL! I am patient so I don’t mind… hope you can score a camera before your trip. Check out the OM-D photos on Steve Huff’s site of the guy vacationing in China. They are spectacular!!!
http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2012/05/03/on-the-road-with-the-olympus-om-d-by-colin-steel
OLYMPUS USA Statement Regarding E-M5 Rebate
Olympus appreciates your OM-D E-M5 camera pre-order, as well as your order for one of the three E-M5 accessories eligible for the free mail-in rebate offer:
– MMF-3 Lens Adapter, Item V3230500W000, UPC CODE 050332-182776
– MF-2 Lens Adapter, Item 260051, UPC CODE 050332-170087
– FL-300R Flash, Item V326110SU000, UPC CODE 050332-179646
Please be assured that Olympus will honor your mail-in rebate claim for one of the three eligible accessories listed above and purchased during the E-M5 pre-order period (Feb. 7, 2012 through product shipping start in April 2012). For the time period provided, the camera and accessory do not need to be purchased at the same time, though they do need to be purchased from the same store.
If you have not already done so, be sure to order your accessory before your E-M5 pre-order ships. If you pre-ordered your E-M5 from the Olympus Store, please contact us directly to add your accessory to your exisiting order and to avoid additional shipping charges. You can reach the Olympus Store by calling 1-800-201-7766 ext.105141 or 484-896-5141 (Mon – Fri, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET).
We again thank you for your loyalty to Olympus Products.
Hi Bob B. Something you should know that might easy your concern, this is something that Olympus has not gone public with, but if you call their customer service department they will confirm this. Because many of the outlets that sell the camera don’t sell all of the 3 accessories that qualify for the rebate, they have alerted the rebate company to accept multiple invoices for the camera and accessory. All that you need to do is make sure to purchase the camera AND the accessory you want before May 31st, but they don’t have to be on the same invoice OR even from the same store.
Gage…this is REALLY funny.
1.The B&H salesman told me one thing, (he checked with 2 of his managers too to confirm the info that I posted above which is apparently incorrect. But the rebate form clearly states :”Purchase a rebate-eligible accessory at the same time as an OM-D E-M5 camera and get that accessory free after mail-in rebate” ) .
2. Then…the anonymous post above (obviously from Olympus, LOL) which I read last night on the Olympus website…which says “different dates OK, but same retailer”.
3. Now you are telling me (I do not doubt at all what you are saying!) that it is alright to buy from different retailers as long as everything is purchased before May 31st.
It would appear that if you want a silver OM-D in the US that you will not qualify for the rebate, because lets face it the silver models look like they “might” be here in June!!!!
I think what I am going to do…is just call the Olympus Store and see if I can order a silver camera and flash from them so that the responsibility is directly on Olympus for my rebate. Maybe I have to wait until July to get product. LOL!
I really like the black model…but I have seen the paint already rubbed off the body in some of the review images..I think that the silver body will be more durable. so I am just going to suck it up and be patient. $169 is a nice premium!!!
They obviously have underestimated the demand, which is highly understandable given the trouble they’ve been in.
At the same time, statements here on this forum from some saying they have preordered the camera in 5-6 stores to get the camera sooner, with the intention of canceling the orders from the slow providers — by necessity increases the uncertainty of the real demand: Olympus cannot just ramp up the production dramatically and risk to be left with a large inventory of unsold cameras. This is one of the disadvantages of modern sale — the ease at which orders can be canceled.
I just got a shipment confirmation from Adorama for the black body only, which I placed the order late last night upon hearing about it on this site. Thanks for the info admin! I used your provided link!
Re: 14-42 kit listed as 1-2month wait. I’m wondering if this is auto-generated by the Amazon database system, in which it calculated that the typical (pre)order to delivery time was 1-2month? Seeing that we are getting increasing shimpents, I can’t imagine Olympus actually taking 1-2month to fulfill the 14-42 kit shipment…
My local camera store in Lansing Michigan (who happens to be the only Olympus Premier Dealer in Michigan)told me that they’d have bodies in the second or third week of May. I pre-paid for a body (whatever color they get..I don’t care)last week.
We’ll see though.
That was what I was going write. I buy a lot of things on Amazon and have seen most of their various inventory messages. The “1-2 months” is their generic, “we don’t really know” message. Virtually every time Amazon has shown me the 1-2 month message, I’ve seen the item come into stock in under a month, and usually just in a few weeks.
Admin:
Did they say anything about how long before Amazon can fill preorders for the E-M5 with the 12-50mm lens? I ordered on Feb. 7.
I GOT MINE TODAY 🙂 FROM B&H WITH 14-42MM (BLACK)
CLICK ON THE LINK TO SEE IT IN MY STUDIO 🙂
http://www.psuae.net/up//uploads/images/psuae-3e81ff4af3.jpg
GOOD LUCK 4 @LL
What’s up with the GH2 now? I’ve seen no good deals, though with the OMD out and the GH3 coming soon it should push the prices really down…
today i bought E-M5 body and 45mm/1.8. one of the first in my country (Croatia)
on luminous landscape an essay says today that m4/3 will not survive… and i have to agree.
bigger sensors are getting cheaper.
aps-c has shown that small cameras can have an aps-c sensor.
sorry m4/3.. nobody will speak about it in 4-5 years.
I’m glad I preordered but I still haven’t received any news on when it going to ship. Amazon sent me the battery grip, and the new weather sealed 4/3 adapter (ordered at the same time as the body and lens). Still no body and lens though. It is like they are baiting me with all the accessories and laughing at my sad little face.
well norway’s http://www.japanphoto.no/ has ten of them now…I tried it out today and that IS is amazing!!!….was able to take a photo at 1/2 a second…who cares about ISO with this camera…If i get it I won’t…
That’s at €1375… Ok, at least you can get it…
Panasonic 45-200 is already out of stock at some online shoppes in US (B&H inclusive). I hope that it’s only due to a peak in sales because of the discount, and that it is not being discontinued to pave way for the troublesome 45-175!
Maybe I need to snatch one until supplies last? It’s almost $500 here in Russia so I’m ready to lose local warranty if the lens just costs me $200 + shipping…
You will never have the perfect camera, and if you did, you wouldn’t like it. Make the most of what you have now, while you look forward to what the future holds.
… or consider this an enforced savings program for the 12-35 and 75mm
Avds:”…. troublesome 45-175!”. What do you mean?
Hey Doug I already addressed this in reply to your question in an earlier topic: http://www.43rumors.com/panasonic-us-launches-new-rebate-until-may-5th/#comment-142967
Classic supply and demand tactic 🙂
Amazon often put very “safe” estimate and I’ve seen things getting back in stock a lot earlier than the notice indicated so don’t be to discouraged.
I had one since the first day of Amazon preorder opening, but then BH had one in stock briefly earlier this week (thanks to 43rumors news) I got it from there and cancelled Amazon order.
Hey Admin, if you see this it might be worth noting on the site for everyone to see. After speaking with multiple customer service managers from Olympus USA, they understand that some retailers don’t sell all of the accessories covered under the rebate program and because of this they have alerted the rebate company that handles the rebates to accept multiple invoices for the EM-D and the accessory. All people need to do is make sure they order the camera and the accessory before May 31st and they will still honor the rebate
Feel free to call Olympus yourself, but they should confirm this for you. I don’t know how they are handling this in other countries, but I know this is the case for Olympus USA.
P.S. Bad news on this delay reported. It makes me even more glad I was able to snag one from HandB last week. Eitherway, I suggest everyone to keep checking the smaller shops, both local and online. It still seems like they are having an easier time getting ahold of cameras compared to the big boys.
The guys at H & B are GREAT!
Hey Gage….
I just got off the phone with Olympus today and Jonathan, the manager at the Olympus Store told me that you must buy the camera and the accessory at the same time from the same retailer, just like it says on the rebate form.. I reminded him that on the official Olympus website it clearly states that you must order the items from the same retailer but that it could be at different times.
He said, no, that is not correct. So I am sure that you were told what you were told by someone else at the company….
Also, he told me that if I order the silver body and an accessory now and the camera is not available until after the May 31st cutoff, that Olympus will still honor the rebate. So, that is what I have decided to do.