Curious: The Olympus E-P1
I don’t know if all this price drops have to do with the upcoming Sony mirorrless camera announcements..probably not. But fact is that many MicoFourThirds stuff has the lowest price ever!
The Panasonic 14-140mm price dropped under $800 for the first time ($788.95)
The Panasonic 45mm has also the lowest price ever seen on amazon ($817.85)
The Olympus E-P2 now for $998.95
The Panasonic GF1 with 14-45mm Lens for $754.45
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You can buy the Panasonic 14-140mm lens in Japan for around $735 USD (equivalent)
And you cat get the GH1 AND the 14-140mm lens for $1040
And the GF1 with 14-45mm lens for $675
Wow, I’ll bet folks who paid list for their EP-1’s are pissed!
No surprise. The only reason to buy an E-P1 is that you think it looks better. It will soon be cheaper than the E-PL1. In fact I have no idea why anyone would buy an E-P2 any more.
Wanna know the worst place to buy? Serbia: http://www.comtradeshop.com/Pages/Products.aspx?Page=3&c=NA==&sc=DIG+APARAT&manufacturerGrouping=Olympus
This is the only shop that sells E-PL1 at the moment. One euro is around 100 dinars, so E-PL1 is 610 EUR = 830 USD! E-P2 is 950 EUR = 1290 USD.
So, I guess I’ll be visiting some of the neighboring capitals and have a camera and a two day stay for the same price.
Manual control is still much better with the e-p1 and 1-p2. No dials is deal breaker for me/
E-P1 is actually cheaper than the E-PL1 at Costco – $549 PLUS free 4GB SD card.
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11525799&search=e-p1&topnav=&Mo=0&cm_re=1_en-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search&lang=en-US&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&N=5000043&whse=BC&Dx=mode%20matchallpartial&Ntk=Text_Search&Dr=P_CatalogName:BC&Ne=4000000&D=e-p1&Ntt=e-p1&No=0&Nty=1&Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial
It’s a pretty compelling price.