UPDATE:
The superdeal on Amazon (Panasonic GF1 with 20mm f/1.7 Aspherical Lens for $649.99)
One of our readers also sent us an info where he says that also in Japan the price dropped to 48,500 yen (about $570 USD). Plz send me the link to the store 😉
I didn’t find any big price drop in Europe 🙁
UPDATE: A very good deal in Holland. 599 Euro for the GF1 with 14-45mm lens at Fotoquelle.nl
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Body only price drop would be nice.
This is a good indication that the GF1 replacement(Yes I still think the GF2 will replace the GF1) will be much cheaper than the GF1’s original $900 price tag.
I would expect the GF2 to come in at about $650 and I think the GH2 will shock everyone at about $1000.
The Amazon deal ended awhile ago as they ran out of stock.
I just checked and both BH and Amazon run out of stock 🙁
This is the web which I use to check prices in japan – mostly online shops shipping to local addresses only :/
GF1 price comparison:
http://kakaku.com/item/K0000055862/
lowest price is ¥48,235 is quite good, comparing to ¥75,000 for which I got mime last Christmas 😀
For current prices in Japan go here:
http://kakaku.com/item/K0000055862/
All of the really low prices are from retailers that don’t really have physical stores and just sell online (although you can walk into some of them and buy directly–they’re basically just warehouses with a single counter for customers). Basically the Amazon model.
The lowest price I see on there from a big box store is 57,800 at Bic Camera and Yamada Denki.
It’s 599,- in Netherlands and not 5999,-€ 🙂
There was a 300USD price drop under a month ago in Norway.
Before: GF1 + 20/1,7 8000NOK = 1330USD
Now : GF1 + 20/1,7 6200NOK = 1030USD
http://www.japanphoto.no/product/digitalkamera/panasonic/panasonic-lumix-dmc-gf1-m-20mm-f1-7-asph-pancake/
Old catalog, page 7. http://ourproductimages.com/f/japan/katalog/DM%20Juli%2010.pdf
andorrafreemarket.com, GF1 body only 375 EUR + 18% VAT
Prices in Switzerland can be OK, especially when the franc low – search on toppreise.ch
Great deal in France too : http://www.fnac.com/Panasonic-Lumix-DMC-GF1-KEG-K-Noir-Obj-Lumix-Micro-4-3-stabilise-14-45-mm-f-3-5-5-6/a2761344/w-4
Amazon Japan has it (body only) for les than ¥48,000.
http://www.amazon.co.jp/Panasonic-デジタル一眼カメラ-GF1-エスプリブラック-DMC-GF1-K/dp/B002NWZLU2/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1281600363&sr=1-6