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If you are really desperate and want the GX7…NOW than you can grab it via third party resellers at Amazon US, in Black (Click here) and Silver (Click here). But if you wait 10 days more than it will (hopefully) ship via Amazon itself. Meantime a Japanese camera owner posted a first unboxing video on youtube.
One more deal: E-Pm1 with lens for $248 at Amazon US (Click here).
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Beautiful looking cam.
Sure is…
Form factor very strong.
it’s actually very well made too, I have it and the EVF is excellent, the aF in low light is amazing, better than anything else out there.
it literally focuses in moonlight street. the EM5 or EP5 cannot do that.
Amazon Germany doesn’t even list it yet, despite earlier official release date here, September 19th. Another weird product launch by Panasonic.
I think I’m gonna check it out later this week in a store. There should be one here in Berlin, I guess.
as long as you’ve not burnt all the stores down!
No thanks! I have my E-P5 w/VF4….no need to over pay for the Panaplastic and its ruddy anemic files…..
And some wonder why MFT is divided here…
Here’s proof to your question…
its from both sides coming,in case you did not realise that yet.
It is like the U.S. House of Representatives!!!!!
the EVF of this Panny is much better than the VF4 from Oly.
oh and I forgot to mention the GX7 has literally best still AF in any camera system to date.
I ‘d say the GX7 AF is even better than AF of my D800E , A99 and any Oly I have used.
Impossible!
VF4 is better! No Smearing and with larger optics too!
I’m looking forward to buying it for $300 10 months from now.
You live in really a lucky place 🙂 GX1 still costs at minimum $600 here, and it’s 20 months.
$250-$300 here in the US for body only.
Checking price comparison site, body only ranges $600-750 (incl. 21%VAT) here in CZ. When I check Germany, it’s $380-570 (incl. 19%VAT). I don’t understand why the price does not go lower here 🙁
admin: any news regarding the rumored E-M5 successor?
http://www.43rumors.com/ft3-e-m5-successor-to-come-in-september/
..but…but ….this post is supposed to be all about my precious GX7….no Olympus questions please….Lets stay on topic. 🙂
Please stop trolling and get a life Analonymous. People please dont feed this troll.
….well…I could put on my Panatards and perform a little GX7 Ballet for you, Shenkie!
Here: http://www.43rumors.com/e-m1-with-four-thirds-lens-test-robin-wong/#comments
Post that there.
too expensive for m43…..
http://www.amazon.com/Olympus-Compact-System-Camera-3-Inch/dp/B00EQ07PG2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1379361204&sr=8-2&keywords=em1
OR:
http://www.amazon.com/Olympus-Compact-System-Camera-3-Inch/dp/B00CI3R726/ref=pd_sim_p_28
The GX7 hits the sweet spot for what it is. AND it has a built-in VF, unlike the E-P5, which would add $279.00 to the price.
BOTH of those cameras, for what they are cost more than the GX7.
PREPARE TO DIE PANNY OLY! SONY NEX FF ON ITS WAY!
Yes, Yes, my sources tells me body will be bundled with two bundles and home gym like this http://tinyurl.com/neup48g
Error, two lenses
When will it end?
Never. It’s the price of popularity.
They’ll die because people who buys sub-$1000 m4/3 cameras will all of a sudden buy $2000+ NEX FF body instead?
well, just being FF does not automatically make it better system camera.
in fact, it’s most likely worse as a whole system.
that said I love NEX APS-C but I do not want a FF version of it, the lenses are too big and too slow and they won’t balance very well on the NEX9 or whatever called.
for serious photography where we need image quality of FF sensor, we can always have more complete FF system EF, F , M and A.
I think the Sony NEX FF won’t be aby serious Lieca M competitor, nor taken any seriously from Canon Nikon users due to the poor lens line up and poor flash system.
if you want a serious small(relatively) mirrorless FF camera , get the Leica M240.
the Leica is the best interchangeable compact system camera if you can afford it.
Does this mean that black will be available in the US with US warranty?
Amazon vendor page specifically says “Ship from Hong Kong Official Warranty not included”.
Not related to this thread, but according to eoshd.com, in few weeks we will have news about the successor of the GH3.. : “I have been given some exciting information about the future of the GH-line. But I can’t say anything about it yet. Stay tuned to 43rumors in 2-3 weeks time.”
http://www.eoshd.com/content/11189/panasonic-consumer-market-will-lead-4k
Meh… More video stuff… Well, let Panny get that market, they are not a traditional photography company after all.
13 of 19 comments so far are bashing it. Where are the moralists claiming this site is “balanced”?
If they do, I’m sure they’ll put a spin to their comments…
The site is balanced. It would be those making comments regularly who are unbalanced.
+1 billion. Winning!
You are balancing it all the time.
Amazing super intelligent replies as always
Admin,
Can you confirm warranty information for the black GX7 in the US? If this is truly available in the US on amazon, is it still a US warranty?
It says right on Amazon:
Important Information
Legal Disclaimer
Ship from Hong Kong Official Warranty not included
Seller Warranty Description
Ship from Hong Kong Official Warranty not included
Thanks for letting me know. I did actually check the Amazon link, but I’m on my phone and mobile formatting for Amazon wasn’t showing that information. I probably should have done some more digging though.
When i just Pre-Ordered E-P5 from the B&H ,and then i saw the image of silver GX7 , at that moment i said ; damn what a lovely camera that would be. And then a weeks later my Silver E-P5 came. Wow i never though that E-P5 form factor is really beautiful , and i compared with my silver X-E1 fuji,. Still E-P5 better,. After i use it and attached the VF4 and begin to shoot it,. Its even better than my Om-D E–M5 in many ways and it looks pairly beautifull when i attached the silver glass 75, 45, 12, 17, even black 25 mm Panny. The main factor of E-P5 compared to my other camera is the 1/8000 max SS , and also superb EVF, which the E-M5 & Fuji X-E1 doesn’t have. Good thing now that GX7 also has the same max 1/8000 SS also come with their built in EVF , i hope its quite decent EVF, ,..believe me even though that E-P5 you have to add on view finder , but the quality of the VF4 made me almost forgot my E-M5 .
Last week i went to B&H and there was a Olympus rep brought the E-M1 and i was fortunated to had a chance to tried it for 10 minuttes ,.as i also brought my E-M5 along with E-P5, and i compared it side by side with E-M1, and i noticed that the EVF on the E-M1 is better than the E-P5, its because the EVF has automatically adjust the environtment condition,. while on the E-P5 you have to adjust manually.
That experienced made me want to buy E-M1 even more than this graet GX7
Don’t ever go to buy a car alone. You will end up with a truck instead of sedan :).
…but you are only allowed to post about the GX7 on this page….you must move to the E-P5/M1 page….please.
No Olympus discussion. This is ALL PANASONIC!.
Judging by your tone I presume you are being a sarcastic prat. Of course we should stay on topic to the post, if not then the thread would just turn into loosely-related statements with no progressive discussion, oh wait… it already has!
I like the GX7 and most likely get it but I’ll wait when prices go down a bit.
Well I for one am waiting to get my GX7. The form factor and design is simply outstanding in its balance of purity of purpose and functionality, more so than any camera to-date.
You can’t always want the latest and greatest as the goal post changes very quickly and at a price.
I just wish Pana would in future ship their cameras at announcement rather than months down the track. That would generate more positive synergies around the product.
when will all these “pana vs oly” stop?
all you children should know that zenit is the best… end of story.
now im becoming a troll myself
Hope you meant Zenit-6 and not that new junk with m42 mount.
It will stop when those Panasonic guys stop lying!
I like the sleek design of the GX7. Makes me want to cradle it in my hand and make beautiful photographs. This matters to me more than all the tech in the world. Alas, it seems to have the typical Panasonic colour scheme. I hate shooting RAW, but I might be tempted all the same. When the silver body is avilable that is. Actually it’s the first Panny camera I really crave after the old L1, so kudos to Panasonic.
Yep
working with a VF close to center is burnt into my head, so I would rather prefer G6 or better GH3, if must choose within the Panasonic brand. I did one session with an E-300 in the past and it was a weird feeling(mostly thanks to its poor magnification). I wonder if this GX-7 would convert me…probably not. Looks great but not my taste.
This is very likely the camera I’m buying once the first round of price drops comes around. Although I have a feeling the next PEN will finally have an evf built in, I don’t want to wait another two years to grab one (Olympus cameras I think keep their value longer, which is good for someone who wants to resell eventually, but not good for someone like me who buys a camera every 5-6 years… I still shoot with, and enjoy, my EP1)
love everthing about this cam…
its IQ is about par with EM5, its got all the video i could want, VF, nice screen… IBIS possibly as effective as the EP1 IBIS? If it is anywhere near the EM5 IBIS I might be swayed to this over the EM1 – mostly because oly just chopped the leggs off their camera by having pittifull video support, and partly because this is such a nice form factor! Maximum punch in minimum foot print.
Is there any good video of the IBIS working? How good is it? 1.5stops (like EP1 realisticly) or 2 stops like POWER OIS or 3-4 stops like the OMD.???
As far as I know the IBIS is not working with video at all, so both Oly and Pana shoped their legs of.
Definitely will have it within this week .
I start to have mix feeling now cause the EM1 looks pretty good too .
The EM1 not a good looking camera to me but the IQ
really impress me .
Maybe It’s time to give Olympus a chance .
Luminous Landscape writes:
“I’ll close today’s entry (about the M1), by mentioning that when I wrote my Panasonic GX7 review a couple of weeks ago I called it “…the best MFT camera yet”. It’s fair to say that this claim to fame only lasted a short while.”
Can’t wait for the Kodak m43 camera. When is that coming out again??? 🙂
+1
And maybe Kodak “budget” lenses?
Do you mean budget or “budget”… be nice to see some low price lenses for m43. (around the £150 mark)