The first (overpirced) E-m5 is in Stock at Amazon (Click here). But you really want to pay $300 extra just to get it earlier or not? 🙂
A good news. The new Nokton 17.5mm is now available for preorder at BHphoto (Click here).
More interesting US deals:
Olympus E-P2 black body for $229 at Amazon (Click here).
The current most sold m43 camera at Amazon (Click here to see rankings) is the E-PL1 kit (Click here). The body only is in Stock for $149 (Click here).
The Panasonic GX1 body sells for $549 again at Amazon (Click here).
The Panasonic 45-175mm X lens sells for $389 at Amazon (Click here).
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I know photovilage has Voigtlander 17.5mm in stock already. I know it is going to run out fast, but since I have the Panasonic 25mm already. It produce amazing color with much lower price. http://photovillage.com/product.php?productid=3922&cat=0&page=1&featured
Ha, obviously someone already did pay the $300 premium….Wouldn’t it be nice to be impatient AND rich!
Ordered a silver E-M5 body, it says it will be delivered the next day (think that will be Monday or Tuesday)
http://www.dewinkel.nl/search.php?orderby=position&orderway=desc&search_query=e-m5&submit_search=Zoeken
Overpriced? Come on, the few offers available here in Moscow run at $1700 ($1350 body only), and I’m not even sure they come with a warranty since they seem to be a gray market import 🙂
Olympus cameras have an international warranty.
1600 for that pos camera….. lol
Well, you troll for free! What else do you do for free?
What is a Pos camera??
I saw this at Willoughby’s on Amazon. I thought they were an official Olympus dealer? Are they allowed to charge whatever they want? Even if they are, I would think Olympus would want to stop that. It’s not good for customer relations when they can’t fill orders and a registered dealer starts gouging customers because of it.
Supply & demand, man. Overcharging makes sure that the person who wants it the most will get it. It’s actually quite fair, in a way.
No I completely understand supply and demand, and independent sellers can do whatever they want. But Olympus does have the ability to control how authorized dealers sell their equipment. I don;t think it makes Olympus look good to allow ADs to take advantage of supply problems.
17.5mm unboxing at mobile01 http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=zh-CN&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mobile01.com%2Ftopicdetail.php%3Ff%3D557%26t%3D2695873%26m%3Df%26r%3D2%26last%3D35335684&act=url
These guys want $399 for the $299 grip as well. No thanks. I want a grip for my E-M5, which arrives Monday, but I’m not paying an extra 33% to get one.
After talking with Olympus and a few other places, although they wouldn’t come out and say it, it appears as though their target general ship date in the US for the majority of retailers and pre-orders begins on the 23rd(monday). SInce I ordered off amazon 2 hours after the camera was officially announced I’m crossing my fingers thats the case.
I also asked Olympus why europe gets the grip free with a rebate while the US gets 3 accessories that a lot of people simply won’t need or want and all they said was that it was discussed internally and ultimately was a marketing decision. I get that europe pays more for the camera and thus makes sense to give a little more valuable of a rebate, but it seems ridiculous to me that they couldn’t have just given a flat $150 rebate here in the US towards whatever accessory we preferred…let alone make it so stupid and complicated for everyone that the camera and accessory has to be on the same order, except those that pre-ordered before april 1st, then they can be on 2 seperate invoices…Not very smart marketing IMO.
the grip deal does not apply for all of Europe, only the UK AFAIK. In Holland, I get no freebie at all.
Also, your US$ price of 999 translates to around €900 incl. 20% VAT, while the official price here is €1099.
If Olympus doesn’t announce a grip deal here, I’ll order from the US or Switzerland.
I scored a 12-50 kit today, black, at a local camera store. My suggestion is to call ones by you. I got their last one. Amazon crossed my mind for a second, but nan I’m keeping it. 😀
The more I read about EM5 , the more tempted I want to get it but considering GH3 is around the corner so it’s wise to wait & see . No doubt , EM5 is a great camera but it just lacked of revolutionary features that I really looking for . If the much anticipated GL series suggested by rumour is real , this is the one I looking for .
This morning (4/20) I received a tracking number from BH Photo that my order had shipped for the E-M5 SLR DIGI CAMERA w/12-50mm (BLACK). Its coming Monday.