After the newest price drop that just happened a few hours ago the GX1 with 14-42mm kit lens selld now for less than $500 at Amazon (Click here). And it’s now $38 cheaper than the body only version!
Also the Gh2 with the same kit lens got a $22 discount at Amazon (Click here). The 25mm leica lens can be found for $539 at BHphoto (Click here).
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With this low price it is a very competitive camera of the OM5.
I sold mine GX1 but I liked the menus and overall button layout much more then the OM5……
I bought the OM…and have kept my GX1…. And I totally agree with you. It is so easy to personalize the GX1 fo your particular shooting habits…and the nicely made, well LABELED , positive feeling metal buttons are far superior to the OM….but the OM definitely has many pluses over the GX1…They are both great cameras for different reasons. I find that they complement each other nicely!
I was also just thinking that the touch screen interface ON THE GX1 for reviewing…images is by FAR superior to the OM. Just very direct, more intuitive. I never shoot photos using the touch screen..but on the GX1 I do all of my reviewing, trashing…etc using the TS. On the OM it is all pushing buttons which is more cumbersome…with the Pany its a snap!
Indeed, it’s almost as weird as the GX1 body being more expensive than the much more capable G3 body 🙂
Remember when this was $450 with lens a week ago? I wonder if that’ll happen again soon.
Punch in silver and watch the price jump over $100! It is holding more value..interesting.
Bei den Preisen dreht man sich in Deutschland ja im Grab um…
I wish they had a kit with the 14mm. None of the kit zooms hold any interest for me… except for resale.
well that is because they can rip of us rich europeans:
http://www.amazon.de/Panasonic-Systemkamera-Megapixel-Touchscreen-bildstabilisiert/dp/B006OZYW9U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341949923&sr=8-1
It’s really disgusting. Kind of leaves a very bitter taste when paying the European prices, which I am more and more reluctant to do.
I don’t know the exchange but how are Euro taxes done? Added into the price you see or added on at time of checkout? I suppose it could be worse. I wonder how Australians do price wise (I have heard the cost can be a lot more)?
I was tempted but the price goes up and down and all around so fast. And I’m probably going to buy a used GH2 soon.
AndyB, NH.
well do the math…
the 650 euro (average price here) are ~870 dollar…. and that is what you pay.
in america you get it for 480 dollar.
In Australia the price is shown including GST @10%. It is illegal to show a price then add the tax as an afterthought, the price displayed is to represent price + tax. A receipt must state the amount of GST paid in the transaction.
Items subject to import tax or duty have the duty included at the wholesale or import level. There is no import tax on cameras or lenses. There is a $1000 threshold on personal imports (Ebay purchases ETC) before any tax is applied.
Many Australian importers mark items up by a large amount and then complain when Australians buy overseas. (many over 300%)
Olympus Australia has been very responsive to criticism with their pricing and has now set a price that has stopped many (like me ) from needing to buy offshore (now supporting local).
You may find a good price on the E-M5 with Australian resellers and Australia post is not as expensive as some. Some resellers can offer GST free for export.
I would suspect that the largest part of the price difference is realted to taxes and other governmental fees associated in doing business with european coutnries. BIG GOVERNMENT IS EXPENSIVE.
well yeah the “problem” is the biggest gov. is the US gov…. but how explain that to someone who thinks africa is nation (like the POTUS G.W. BUSH?).
if the average american would have a clue what they are talking about the world would be a better place…. and the internet would not be full of nonsense.
Shame! This is a rumors forum and has nothing to do with reality or truth.
I wish they had also an option to buy it with the Panasonic DMW-LVF2 External Live Viewfinder instead of
of the kit lens.
Still, the current price is very tempting. No wonder, it is currently the #2 best-selling MFT camera in Amazon, as well as in Japan (based on the BCN ranking).
Can you smell the desperation of the retailers who are trying to dump their existing stock of cameras? Maybe they know something about the upcoming Panasonic product announcement(s). Could we be in for a blockbuster surprise?
When I bought my wife’s G3, the kit was cheaper than the body only. It all depends on stock available and what the manufacturer is trying to clear. It may be that the body only has sold much better than the kit, so Panasonic has a large stock of kits it’s trying to move.
It sounds counterintuitive, but the inventory of kits with lens is greater than that of bare bodies; similarly, the supply of black models is greater than silver ones. Panasonic has been offering a variety of short-term dealer promotions, and it’s expected that a successor camera will soon be announced. Thus prices have been falling, especially as Amazon seeks to always offer the lowest price from an online dealer, and the most abundant configurations are the cheapest.