We got two new cameras at CP+, the GF7 and E-M5II. But still, for weeks now one of the most sold camera at Amazon US is the Panasonic GF6 with kit lens for $329 (Click here) and the just discounted E-M10 ($499). Check out the Mirrroless sales (order and preorder) ranking at Amazon US (list here). Price really matters! I hope Panasonic/Olympus will take that into account when launching the future new MFT cameras like the G7, GX8 and E-M1II !
Reminder:
There are plenty of new Olympus and Panasonic deals listed at Amazon (Click here and scroll) and GetOlympus (Click here). In detail we have:
$200 off on the E-M10 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
List of discounted Olympus lenses at Amazon and GetOlympus.
Olympus OM-D E-M10 Body Only (Silver) + Holster at Amazon US (Click here).
List of discounted Panasonic fixed lens cameras at Amazon US (Click here).
Mother’s day special pages at Adorama and BHphoto.
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I don’t get it, A6000 is top? Did you mean for m43’s?
Edit: oh I see you did mean for m43’s.
Absolutely, and it’s good to see that manufacturers are finally responding to the actual market, and not to some bloggers trying to convince us how cheap things are today when cameras instead have been manifestly much more expensive adjusted for inflation than they were at what was arguably the high point in population penetration of the hobby during the 70s.
Many (most) cameras are cheaper than the 1970s when adjusted for inflation.
I looked at the Pentax K1000.
It was the most basic entry level camera with manual metering, mechanical shutter etc.
It was nearly $300 when introduced in the mid 1970s and even when they gave it a cheaper kit lens in the 1980s when it was old tech even then, it was $220.
That $300 dollars is now the equivalent of over $1300 now.
It’s the same with DSLRs. The top selling cameras are the 300-500 models.
Price jumped to $479.
The US is now the smallest of the three main markets and hence not particularly indicative of market forces.