For a couple of hours Amazon informed that the Silver E-M5 with 12-50mm lens (Click here) will be in Stock on June 20th. As you know the Silver E-m5 had much more preorder requests than expected and indeed is out of Stock almost everywhere like at Amazon Germany, and only three of them are in Stock at Amazon UK. Of course you can find some on [shoplink 29074 ebay]eBay (Click her to see auctions)[/shoplink] but all are overpriced. I think it’s save to sya that it will still need 3-4 weeks before the camera is regularly in Stock. And a month after that Panasonic will announce the GH3. That is going to be a battle between two giants!
P.S.: Mike Kobal (Click here) posted a short Fuji X Pro1 vs Sony Nex-7 vs Olympus OM-D E-M5 video.
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Yay! Even though I accidentally got one locally 2 weeks ago. =)
Yeah, and 2 years later Panasonic will actually ship some GH3s 😀
10 years later olympus will ship a metal lens hood with a $900 lens that costs $0.30 to manufacture in china. 20 years later there will be a lens bag included. there will be merriment upon this day and the plebs shall rejoice
And the hood?
Never seen any problem with Em5 supplies in UK – maybe because it is £1000 ie $1600 body only !!!!! :-O
I have my Silver EM-5 since several month, what i still miss are original spare batteries.
They are nowhere in Stock in Germany since month…
…”since several month”?? I’d say “several months” at least means 3 months, which would be March 13, before it even was released in Japan??? Even if “several months” were to mean two months, it would be before the release in Europe. You must have had very special channels…
Maybe I should have ordered it as a kit! No delivery date now.. preordered from BH and now I’m stuck waiting with my 12 & 45mm lenses.
So the wait continues…
You can try Henry’s of Canada. I got a silver body from them over a week ago, and I ordered it somewhat late.
I’m in NY, so for me it was tax free (unlike BH, Amazon, Adorama) with only $15 or so delivery charge.
Thanks for the tip, just placed an order.
“There must be reason for all this inaction
Does it mean that everything must change
Sometimes I’m looking for perfection
When I’m waiting on, waiting game
When I’m waiting on, waiting game”
A big electronics dealer here in Innsbruck has the silver one with 12-50mm in stock. I played a bit with it, but I still prefer my black one.
I saw a silver one with a 12-50mm in Switzerland (Chur). However it seems to be impossible to buy the camera via an online shop 🙁
I ordered my Black E-M5 12-50 kit on April 23 from B&H and just got a shipping notice today. Should get it Friday!
Try shutterbug in Portland OR. I picked up mine yesterday. They had a few bodies.
We should start to see cameras appear on the shelves in Australia very soon now too. I have had my silver kit for more than a week now.
Hello All,
I was able to grab one grip from Amazon, shipped form Ace Camera, not sure if there are any left. Regular price.
It’s already a month I’m enjoing my silver OMD EM5 with its grip (it really helps if you use heavier lenses as Voigtländer 17,5mm) and an original second battery. It was the first silver version in Italy and I think it still is!
Just got mine Black with 12-50 from BH Photo TODAY – It’s TINY, and can’t want to try it. Moving from the E-3… curious how it’s going to work with my 50-200, and 14-54 lenses. Will keep everyone posted – charging battery now.