For the first time the Panasonic GF3X kit (with 14-42mm X lens) is in Stock at Amazon US (Click here) and Adorama (Click here). The price is $749.95. The upcoming GX1X (with 14-42mm X lens) should cost around $250-300 more.
And the Olympus 45mm f/1.8 lens is back in Stock at BHphoto (Click here).
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First but I have nothing to add.
^^ lol – ditto. Ok, I’ll add that I think the rocker is quite good but I wish they also has a focus ring…
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I think that the new X-lens with the GF3 is a great combination, and a superb showcase of the size advantage of m4/3. So far I have preferred the Olympus bodies but I am really tempted to buy this kit.
It will be interesting to see how many people decide the GX1X is worth that much more money (if I didn’t already have it, I could have added the Panny 20mm f1.7 to the GF3X kit and still be saving money).
I only see minor advantage compared to a high-end compact like LX5 or XZ1 as the slow lens eats up most of the sensor advantage.
It can play both SLR and compact camera roles though. Switch the lens to the Panny 14/20/25 or Oly 12/45 and you can shoot in low light and get bokeh effects. You also get to keep your lenses when you decide to upgrade.
+BINGO!
Yep, I see the GF3 as a great place to keep my sorely neglected 20mm. That would be a fun carry everywhere rig. I’d rather get the 14mm kit for ultimate smallness. Then again, I really don’t want the 14mm.
B&H sells the body-only for $399. Tempting, damn tempting!
You only give up the sensor advantage due to slow lens speed if you are shooting at night, and then only if you have moving subjects
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How long before a phone of some sort is bolted on……… 🙂
+1 😀
Don’t tempt fate! :p
The heck with that!
I want a direct link to my Garmin bike computer! 😉
The Panasonic Webstore had a special on this for $599.00 for the white version which I ordered (including $30.00 in sales tax totalled $629.00.
You don’t happen to have a link to that do you? That seems like a good deal and I can’t find it online.
Thanks
O/T, ElReg quotes a pay-walled FT article: Japanese PM Yoshihiko Noda (yes, PM personally) said that Oly should be investigated as it makes Japanese business in general look bad.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/31/olympus_scrutiny_firing_british_ceo/
Politicians got involved – I think some (scapegoat’s) heads would roll very soon, and highly publicly.
Combined with the old account – http://www.japansubculture.com/2011/10/olympus-bringing-it-into-focus-a-special-breach-of-trust/ – it all paints a rather entertaining future for the Olympus.
$749.95 ??? and 999€ ??????????
I really hope Panasonic just sells one single camera in Europe. >:->
And I really hope that person returns the camera/X-kit !!!!!!!!
Wait…am I doing something wrong. If I put 999 Euros into my trusty Yahoo Euro converter it says that that equals $1399 for the GX1 with the 14-42mm Xzoom. Is that correct. Where are you getting $999 from????????
Somebody explain it to me ….S.L.O.W.L.Y. 🙂
Possibly its because they only seem to change the currency symbol in front of the numbers when selling in the US and Europe .
That is what I am seeing too. OK …so in a previous post is Admin saying that the new GX1 with X-Zoom kit is going to sell for 999 Euros or $999 dollars??????????????? because they are not the same amount of money?
999 Euros= $1399 US. So what is it Admin?
..and in this post above, Admin makes a reference saying that the that the new GX1 with X-Zoom kit is going to cost $999.95-$1049.95? That is a big gap there????????????????????????
If the camera and x-zoom kit is in fact selling for $999 then that would be 729 Euros.
I went to BH after saw the 45 oly in stock today ,.and purchase one ,..damn this lens so amazing,..thx admin
if you want smaller and cheaper get the LX5
if you want better in almost every way (except smaller) and still cheaper Nex5n
I like the idea of the very compact X lens, but combine it with the very average sensor of all M34’s and the combination is very poor in lower light. You’re going to take a lot of flash shots.