The new Black Panasonic LX5 is in Stock at Amazon for $499.95 via J&R (Click here)
and at BHphoto
The 20mm lens sells for $349 at Amazon via J&R (Click here)
Also european Amazon stores do have the LX5 in Stock:
Amazon Deutschland
Amazon France
Amazon UK
Amazon Japan
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Pricedrop on the 20mm… new primes coming from Panasonic? Come on Admin, you know more, do you?
haha admin, you can’t get a break. i suspect olympus is going to annouce great stuff soon, previous stuff was just an appetizer (new pen). the previous stuff was a red herring.
i paid $500 for lx3 a year ago, would not do it again. great camera but even with improvements lx5 is only worth about $400. e-pl1 blows lx5 out of the water at the same price for dominating specs. sorry panasonic… lx5 niche has grown smaller and price has remained disproportionately large.
that being said, amazon says my gf’s s95 is out for delivery today 🙂
hurry up with the photokina annoucements!
Thanks for the update Admin. I’m a poor student so I can’t afford any of the new stuff anyways, but it is still fun to window shop and watch people get their panties up in a bunch when they don’t get their way…
Much respect for doing all you do, thanks again.
Ashton, that’s precisely why they CAN’T lower the price on the LX5 – the niche has gotten smaller so they need to get as much as cash as possible. But it’s their own fault for cannibalizing that space with their G-series cameras for the next-level enthusiast. That’s why Panny should put a bigger zoom on the next version, the LX7, then they’d be OK.
LX5 the kinda m43 i like
It’s not m4/3
I fondled an LX5 in the Edinburgh branch of Jacobs earlier today. Keeping the LX3 for the moment, but the LX5 was nice.
I ordered the LX5 from B&H last night 3 am MST. I’ve been checking everyday for the past two weeks, what can I say – I’m a mark. It’s on the way to my house!!! I’ll review it on my new BETA site: http://www.spystyle.com ASAP.
It will be my back-up camera, to go with my E-620, FL-36R, Zuiko 50 f/2.0, Leica 25mm f/1.4, etc….. I’ll eventually get the E-5 (probably in a year or so, once it comes down in price).
For very long, I wanted the GF1, and now the price is phenomenal, but I just didn’t like the bigger size and the need to buy numerous expensive lenses, so the LX5/E-620 combo is perfect for me right now. Everything I do is online and digital, so big heavy, expensive cameras like the D3 are useless to me.
My new LX5 is better then my previous LX3 and compares favorably to my own images from the GF1 and NEX5 (returned). The big advantage is that it has a f2 24-120 (w Intel zoom) lens. The next step up is the Sony A55 w Zeiss 24-120mm for $1500!
Ron – It’s good to hear that the LX5 is even better than the already sufficient LX3. I have not seen a lot of samples yet, but I’m hoping to see a big difference in quality. I agree that the LX5 and GF1 images are comparable. The fact that the LX5 has a 24mm wide angle, macro, telephoto and normal lens all is one, plus video is such a great thing. I get mine on Friday and cannot wait.
Admin, you share rumors function is not working, it continually says verification is not typed in right, but I’m positive I typed it right.
Regardless, here is a link to an LX5 video I just shot in HD to test the quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpy6lYEtjTU
I think it is quite good for such a small camera. (I will be making many, many more!)