Image on top: The E-PL3 and 14-150mm kit is in Stock at Amazon.fr.
Bonjour! Today we have to speak french because you can now find plenty of E-PL3 cameras “almost in Stock” at Amazon France (Click here). The Germans got one single E-PL3 double lens kit at Ringfoto on [shoplink 24803 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and Amazon Germany (Click here) will have them in Stock in two days. British people have to be patient because Amazon UK (Click here) says “This item is due to be released on August 31, 2011.”
P.S.: No idea when our US readers can get the E-PL3. There are only preorders at Adorama and B&H.
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Hi,
Amazon.fr doesNOT say, the kits are in stock but soon will be. You can place preorders. Search your dictionary for “Bientot disponible” 😉
http://www.kamera-express.nl/product/olympus-e-pl3-14-42mm-kit-rood-zilver/
but this well known shop in the netherlands say “yes, we can” 😉
This URL works: http://www.kamera-express.nl/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/org-ke_nl-Site/nl_NL/-/EUR/ViewParametricSearch-SimpleOfferSearch?webform-id=WFSimpleSearch&DefaultButton=findSimple&SearchCategoryUUID=&WFSimpleSearch_NameOrID=e-pl3+14-42+rood&findSimple=Zoek
But but…bientot disponsible means Not yet available 🙁
A store in Greece has them in the same status for a week now. I guess we have to be patient for a little more.
I am going crazy waiting and almost bought the EP3 but logic prevailed the last moment, I must wait for the EPL3 which is the one I want.
Heh.
You guys are so cute. So happy about a camera which has the same sensor as my EP1 and which can not make better pictures than the two years old model… Throwing money out the window for NO progress… sorry, I forgot the thick, ugly, lo-res display that shows only a small picture in a broad black frame around it they put on it. Or do you want it because the new colors?>
1. it’s the lenses, stupid… who would want the new and huge sony 55-210? or old and huge 18-200? or the uninteresting and big 18-55? or the bad performing 16? yeah, the sensor is worse, but in the end, the picture is better. unless you always photograph black people in a dark cave. or test charts at f/8. in which case you really should be reading a couple of books about light and lighting.
2. show your photos that could not have been taken with a lowly e-p1 or be gone.
you dont have to buy a body.. when you want new lenses…..
beside that you should learn to read more carefully.
pablo wrote: “You guys are so cute. So happy about a camera which has the same sensor as my EP1 and which can not make better pictures than the two years old model…”
so your point no. 2 makes no sense…
> and which can not make better pictures than the two years old model
You shouldn’t blame the camera for your own failure to become a better photographer.
Otherwise, I too share similar sentiment: I wish cameras were less compromised. As things stand, when shooting with DSLR or MILC, one has to keep in mind way to many little details. At least with competing cameras, one can simply rely on the sensitivity headroom of RAWs to correct photos later during development. With m43 (like 43 before) one have to make the shot near-perfect first time.
> Throwing money out the window for NO progress
Compact camera with AF speed competitive with DSLRs is a huge step ahead (for Olympus; Panny was already there).
Also, m43 at the moment has the best native lens line-up which is very hard to beat.
In my experience, the first major handicap during shooting is the lens (fast enough? bright enough? zoom or walk?) and the second is the AF speed. After the two, one can talk about lack of ISOs or DRs. If you haven’t yet reached the phase where you do understand that, IMO you should simply buy a P&S and forget about DSLRs: you are even less capable than I am.
But as you can see, I am myself divided. On one side I understand that one should learn the photography and the camera. On the other side I loathe the tradition of putting up with compromises and quirks (like in “system for a man, not man for a system”).
The sensor resolution is fine for the largest prints I make. Why do you need more? To crop your poorly composed images?
Focus speed, screen and flash is the upgrade I wanted, troll.
I´ve got the E-PL1. But the E-PL3 is really sexy. No, I don´t expect a better image quality because I´m satisfied with the PL1´s iq. But the tiltable display, the better AF-speed, the extended AEB, the higher sequential shooting speed, the possibility to use the Penpal module, the WCON-P01 (u need at least the 14-42 II) and a remote release … are some improvements I like very much. Fortunately I can wait until the prizes are falling. 🙂
My thoughts were the same, although I will buy the E-PL3 with 14-150mm zoom kit when prices will fall to around 600 Euro.
I see that Pablo is as contrary as ever, always holding an alternate view and keeping the rest of us on our toes to counter his(?) comments and arguments. 😉
Don’t feed the sewer trout.
899 EUR.
they gotta be kidding.
that camera should be like 600$ max.
Maybe thats with the 14-150 mm lens? Im not sure.
+100
As we say in the US of A (some of us, anyway 😉 ):
Stick em up! Your money or your life!
$899 Euros for that? They CAN’T be serious! You can get a GH2 for that!
At B&H you can pre-order for $699 with either kit lens, but that’s too high. $499 for body only is more like it. Besides, who’d want either of those sh—-kit lenses? 😉
thats for the double lens kit
thats the 40-150 II lens kit, the normal kit is 654, the double lens kit with the old 40-150 is 799
amateur photographer and other magazines wrote that e-p3 autofocus is no match to a phase detection autofocus.
also in low light the e-p3 has still the problem with focus hunting.
so olympus contrast AF is only good with OPTIMAL lighting and STILL objects. continous shooting SUCKS!!
yes the new AF is faster under some circumstances… what a wonder think about how it sucked before. but still no match for phase AF.
when will olympus stop lying about AF?
olympus has optimized the AF for photographing testchart and ebay shots. still clueless olmypus fans and internet “reporter” repeat the olympus marketing crap.
and for THAT improvement i shall shell out over 800 euros.
come on olympus you must be kidding….
Maybe the reviewers should of not put their fingers in front of the emitter. I saw that in one of the reviews.
Contrast AF is good and will get much better when faster processor come available. Phase lock gives a slight advantage to some people now, but most will not find it so.
the olympus contrast autofocus works great as long as the subject is not moving and you have enough light. add a subject that moves towards you or from left to right (vice versa 🙂 ) you end up with a LOT of out of focus shots compared to a DSLR phase AF system.
now…. when im photographing an subject thats not moving i don´t care if it takes a few milliseconds more or less to focus. i have all the time when im photographing a still object.
i need a fast AF when i take picture of action sports, birds in flight etc.
unfortunately, as said, most print magazines and internet magazines only test with testcharts as it seems.
olympus claims are as valid as “more megapixel = better image quality”
every single rumor post i read on this site has comments by three A-holes i have identified: Pablo, Kara, and a bunch of numbers 333113214135. every single comment by you three has the same lame points. how phase AF is so great, and how a larger sensor is better. too bad your precious phase AF is worthless for video in the majority of camera systems.
so, the only conclusion that remains for these repeated posts is that you are employees of a competitor that are getting paid to spread corporate propaganda. how pitiful.
Admin puts a lot of work into this site and it’s much appreciated by many including me but he really needs to enlist some volunteer help with these disruptive three A-holes as you call them along with maybe a few others at other times. I’m sure he has his hands full creating the great content here but a few volunteer moderators are needed by him to also make this site a little nicer for the majority of us who don’t enjoy coming here to get lectured about how terrible our equipment is.
I will soonw rite a post about that on 43rumors. I really need some help.
Seems like the 14-150mm is an odd choice of kit lens given its size and price. It plays on neither of this body’s strengths compared to the P3.
I’m strongly considering the PL3 as an upgrade to my E-P2, I just wish it had a built-in flash instead of the clip-on affair (yay, wireless trigger!), and I’m not sure how easily I’d adapt to the loss of the thumb dial.
Still, I just can’t see shelling out for the E-P3 just to get those two things. Maybe I’ll just wait it out for the GF pro, I’m not in a huge hurry.
http://www.onderwaterhuis.nl/winkel/olympus-pen-e-pl3-camera-kit-met-14-42-ii-objectief.html?language=en
This Dutch Olympus dealer has the E-PL3 kits, black, silver and white in stock.