Panasonic dropped the price of the G6 with kit lens down to $598 at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). That’s a very good price for a camera that is secretly known to be the real GH2 successor 🙂
One mroe thing: The E-M1 will ship soon at Adorama (Click here). They say they will get a Stock within the next couple of days. Adorama is also the only store offering a 4% reward on the camera!
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I preordered from Adorama and the E-M1 was shipped to me last week, Got it today.
What was your preorder date?
john – I preordered on Sept. 19. Hopefully, you’ll get yours soon.
I preordered from Adorama on Sept 10 and got my camera Oct 8. And I just got my lens last Friday Nov 1. They must have only got a few in. I literally ordered within the first ten minutes of its preorder availability.
The combination are fantastic. I just filled out my rebate for today and am mailing that in. After shooting some patterns last night on fabric, I am thinking the macro ability on the 12-40 is almost good enough where I don’t need the oly macro 60 anymore. Almost 🙂
And what the heck does that have to do with the G6, which is the subject of this post? Are you so insecure you can’t stand to see a story about a Panasonic?
Actually, you’re the one with the chip on your shoulder about “your brand”. If you had actually READ the article, in addition to G6 news, it ALSO stated
“One mroe thing: The E-M1 will ship soon at Adorama (Click here). They say they will get a Stock within the next couple of days. Adorama is also the only store offering a 4% reward on the camera!”
That’s what he was replying to. So quit being a jackwagon.
Forget them. Ritz camera has had in stock for more than a month now.
If you people actually took the time to look besides adorama and bhphoto you’d find the cameras are available instead of believing the internet “production problems” hype
Since you are acting like an a&$hole, let me say that you are a full-fledged idiot. For me, all my Adorama purchases (GH2, E-M5, E-M1, etc., several lenses, flashes) are tax-free and have free shipping. They have excellent customer service, excellent return policy, and give me 4% back. And they NEVER charge my credit card on a preorder or back ordered item until it ships. They are one of the few online companies I trust and do business with. I don’t care if another online company gets it sooner. I would rather deal with a reputable company on my short list that I trust, and not have to worry about any nonsense if I have to return it.
And for your information, Ritz is not only manned by clueless idiots (I can tell you stories, including how they lost some of my film that I shot in the Galapagos a few years ago), but they would charge me sales tax if I ordered from them – 9% on a $1399 purchase is $126. Get it?
Sorry dude, but u go in Galapagos and u use a film? Not sure who’s the idiot here.
Yeah, it really makes a difference to the story that he used film. It would have been SO much better if the store had lost a 32GB flash card.
And you have the gall to question *his* intelligence?
Em1s are in stores where I live. Only 12-40 kit is missing for unknown reasons. Not that I’m so interested in that lens, but still curious to know the real reasons of it being late.
Admin, any news about next 40-150mm f2.8?
You are the IDIOT you 12 year old DUDE. I happen to also be a stereo photographer, in addition to 2D shooting, Dude. This trip occurred BEFORE digital 3D cameras like the Fuji W3 or Panasonic 3D1 existed. Back then, a large percentage of stereo photographers still used film with double-lens cameras such as the Stereo Realist (and many still do). I also prefer double-lens cameras, as opposed to SLRs (with the cha-cha te chnique) for good reasons. And for any so-called reputable camera store to lose your film – that is their negligence, Dude.
Moron.
You might have actually made your point if you had 1) been nice about it, and 2) Not used an almost completely failed camera-store chain as your example. They’ve gone from 1200 stores to less than 10!
To be completely honest, I’ve known very nice, knowledgeable people at Wolf Camera (one of Ritz’s acquisitions), but they weren’t the norm.
BTW, Mike’s Camera has taken over the sites of some of the Ritz/wolf stores. What is good about Mike’s is that they have an entire display window dedicated to m43 cameras – Oly and Pany (at least the store I visited) – about time. A good place to try out the cameras.
yeah and i guess G8 incoming they skip #7
It was about time that the G6 dropped in price. While it is not exactly old, there are some newer Panasonic cameras around now, the GX7 and GM1.
The G6 is a pretty good deal. It has almost all the features of the GH3 at a smaller size, and less expensive price tag. Not bad. The image and video quality is probably slightly worse, but hardly significantly so.
My guess, it will keep dropping quickly (maybe some nice Black friday deals too) since there has to be a replacement with the new sensor already in the pipeline. They seem to go through G-series model turnovers as though they were producing candy bars.
Nice camera, but with all the fanfare over their new sensor, who’s going to buy it?
The general consensus seems to be that g6 video is as good as or slightly better than gh3 video especially when price is considered because it combines the superior moire and aliasing suppression of the GH2 with the superior processing and noise handling of the GH3.
No doubt out of the box the G6 is producing better video than the GH2 did and runs the GH3 close or even beats it in some ways.
I think this camera will be my next M/43 body, I was going to get a GH2 because I really want to do more video and it’s like a super version of the old G1 I have now but the G6 offers better video and better stills, the only real downside is it doesn’t have as many of those lovely external controls the G1/G1/GH1/GH2 have.
JUST RECEIVED MY EM1 & 12-40f2.8 COMBO @6pm TONIGHT UK COVENTRY VERY VERY EXCITED !!!
JUST RECEIVED MY EM1 & 12-40f2.8 COMBO @6pm TONIGHT UK COVENTRY VERY VERY EXCITED !!!
JUST RECEIVED MY EM1 & 12-40f2.8 COMBO @6pm TONIGHT UK COVENTRY VERY VERY EXCITED !!!
Its been a long wait but its finally here HIP! HIP! HOORAY HIP! HIP! HOORAY
AND ALL FOR £1696.12 BARGIN
congrat! 🙂
G6 = ugly kid joe …
when I am big, I will be a DSLR
it is against the idea of MICRO 4/3 (also the EM-1, GH3)
I suppose you’ve never actually seen just how small the G6 is. Typical Oly whiner.
It’s a whopping 1mm wider than an EM-5, 5 mm shorter at the top of the “hump”, and lighter. Only at the shoulders and grip is it any bigger than the EM-5. And that grip makes it about 100% easier to use than the EM-5.
Here, look at some more facts while you dish out the limited facts to support your argument. Look at the top view. The G6 takes up a lot of space (volume) and the top down view shows the difference the best. http://camerasize.com/compare/#455,289
Maybe you should have your family practitioner make you an appointment to see a mental health counselor. I am being 100% serious. you are very anti-social and argumentative. Do you kick puppies or shake babies when you’re frustrated at strangers in real life, or just throw tantrums to strangers on the Internet?
Olympus OM-D E-M5 is 1% (1.5 mm) narrower and 6% (5 mm) taller than Panasonic Lumix DMC-G6.
Olympus OM-D E-M5 is 41% (29.5 mm) thinner than Panasonic Lumix DMC-G6.
Olympus OM-D E-M5 [400 g] weights 3% (10 grams) more than Panasonic Lumix DMC-G6 [390 g] (*inc. batteries and memory card).
Olympus OM-D E-M5 dimensions: 121×89.6×41.9 mm (camera body only, excluding protrusion)
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G6 dimensions: 122.45×84.6×71.4 mm (camera body only, excluding protrusion)
– See more at: http://camerasize.com/compare/#455,289
Form is supposed to follow function. The G6 is actually quite comfortable to hold. I don’t think it’s ugly, just a bit plasticky, which is normal in that price class. If the G6 had IBIS, I would have bought one to replace my E-620.
The Oly babies are out in force, I see, trolling every article with posts that essentially say “Look at my new toy! It’s newer and shinier than yours!”
If you can’t keep to the subject, then don’t bother posting at all. Try taking some pictures for a change.
Again, the subject of the post was two-fold, G6 and EM-1. Go back and read it. It just so happens that the Oly commenters are polite and conversing with each other, and one of the few Panny commenters is being an ass. That would be you.
Excellent, Dave. ++++
Next version will be even bigger. D800 is getting scared.
Thats a good price for M43. Everything above 600 euro is just a waste of money for such small sensor. Better off buying APCS or FF. EM1 for 1400 euro is just pathetic. Normal thinking people never gonna spend that much for a big camera with small sensor decent picture quality and bad video.
Just another troll with m43-envy.
Normal people won’t spend as much time as you do expressing their criticicsm. Either you suffer from a mental disorder that results in compulsive behavior, or someone pays you 50 cents for every negative post you make. Either way, I feel sorry for you.
“criticism”
Admin, where’s that Disqus-powered board?
It’s Amalric’s bastard child… 😛
Fifty cents for each negative post? Really? I’ll do it for $.45!
G7 with IS sensor from GX7 is coming next year!
Hey…that is beat….B&H had a 4% reward on the camera the last time I looked!!!!!! WHAH…now it is down to 2%.
Maybe it will go back to 4% at some point…because I want to cash in my B&H rewards when I buy the camera!
Talkin about the Olympus M1 above….
G6 :M43 FOR ALL!
Outdated sensors, poor high ISO, low DR, crap colours. Great for cheapskates and pensioners (core market of m43).
Wow, that G6 is a sweet deal… But I can’t pull the trigger. I’m going to hold off and jump on a GM1 when the all Black version hits the states. This time I’ll show a little patience, unlike reserving the Silver/Black GX7. I’m still happy with it though.
I bought my G6 last week ($730 with the new 14-140mm lens) and didn’t do it on a whim. I bought it for video, it’s much better than my EM5 for video, and better than a GH2 out of the box (and barely any different against a hacked GH2). The GH3 was pushing my budget and I felt mostly had unnecessary features to me (except the headphone jack), whereas the G6 has focus peaking which is useful, not to mention I got the great 14-140mm with it which will hold its value longer than a GH3 will.
I’d recommend one now they’ve come down in price, it’s a great camera for the price.
750$? From where?
Where did you buy for such a good price?