E-M1 with 12-40mm pricing on Olympus Facebook page
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On Tuesday September 10 at around 5-6 am London time Olympus will announce their new MFT products. Be sure to be online on 43rumors to follow the event live. As usual I will update you continually with links ot reviews , tests and preorders. And now to the next information leak:
Our reader CEM (Thanks!) spotted the E-M1 with 12-40mm price on Olympus Facebook page. And a second anonymous source sent me the full pricing list that also matches with the leaked Olympus pricing info. So here it is! Note that the 40-150mm f/2.8 lens will be available in 2014 only and pricing be announced later.
Price in USA
OM-D E-M1 Micro Four Thirds Digital Camera Body $1,399.00
OM-D E-M1 Micro Four Thirds Digital Camera with 12-40mm Lens $2,199.00
12-40mm M. Zuiko Digital ED f/2.8 PRO Lens $999.00
HLD-7 Battery Grip for OM-D E-M1 Micro Four Thirds Digital Camera $199.00
LH-66 LENS HOOD $44.99
LC-62D BLACK METAL CAP $12.99
EP13 BLACK EYECUP $19.98
Price in Japan
OM-D E-M1 Body 144,800Yen
OM-D E-M1 12-50mm 169,800Yen
OM-D E-M1 12-40mm F2.8 219,800Yen
HLD-7 19,740Yen
GS-5 2,980Yen
EP-12 525Yen
EP-13 1,848Yen
PFUD-EP11 2,520Yen
PT-EP11 99,960Yen
CBG-10 24,800Yen
CSS-P118 3,480Yen
CS-43 2,480Yen
CS-42SF 6,980Yen
LH-55C 3,990Yen
M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-40mm F2.8 PRO 89,880Yen
LH-66 4,620Yen
LC-62D 1,050Yen
PRF-D62PRO 3,780Yen
PPZR-EP04 7,140Yen
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169 Responses
Any idea what the price in Euros might be?
not yet. I heard 1500 Euro for the body only 🙁
too pricey.
About right if it performs as well as expected.
+1
Too expensive, if true.
So 1500 Euros, and it won’t even include 25p/50p video codecs.
http://www.43rumors.com/ft5-e-m1-video-specs/
probably $ = €
These prices are not bad, if you consider what the GH3 and the 12-35mm f/2.8 prices were at launch. What is important is the QUALITY!
How well the camera works and how good the IQ of the lens is. If they are not so good, what’s the use of another $100 lower price for the camera or the lens? If they are indeed as claimed and really good, with the camera doing everything well and as expected esp the AF, and if the lens really is better than the 12-35mm, these prices seem very reasonable. They will set new standards and $1400 + $1000 do not seem excessive at all, compared to the other top mirrorless cameras that it beats handily.
so what are those other mirrorless cameras that it beats handily, and what are their prices compared that make you say this price is reasonable in comparison?
because to me this seems like a new high in m43 pricing and it will have to deliver more than just marginally better performance to justify it.
The Canon 7D at $1,495 and the Nikon D300s at $1,695 are the only other “pro-level” cropped sensor cameras that are currently being sold and they are both several years old. The Olympus E-5 is the other one and it has been discontinued. Hopefully the upcoming E-M1 is up to the high standards set by the 7D and D300s. If so it is worth the price and shouldn’t be compared to previous mirrorless cameras. If it doesn’t reach the standards set by the other pro-level cropped sensor cameras then it is priced too high. We just have to wait and see how it performs.
The Nikon D300s launched here at £1260 {now £860 }the D300 compared to the USA launch price of $1699 which was a decent price difference between the USA and UK taking into account the differences in VAT around 20%.The problem we are facing with mirrorless pricing here in the UK/EU is that we are often getting the dollar price straight converted to the euro or pound price.Case in point the E-M5+12-50 was priced at $1299 at launch in the USA we in the UK had the pleasure of paying £1170 { $1810} which is obviously far higher than the tax difference should make it.To add further irony to it the EU/UK has a far higher mFT market than the USA
Normally $ = Swiss Francs, and in Germany 200, 300 Euros more 😉
wait 6 month and it will cost only 50% .. as with all olympus or better say m43 stuff…..
The E-M5 is nearly 18 months old and held its price really well for over a year. Just recently the price has dropped a little by no where near the 50%.
Wait… Does this mean lens hood won’t be included with the 12-40? Seriously Olympus?
If so I will buy a cheaper hood from ebay. Simple.
I think Oly said all pro lenses come with hood
I’m not sure Olympus has actually said anything yet (officially). 😉
I believe all those price is the real price,.in case you want to know how much it is,.and they are DISPLAYING IT JUST TO LET US KNOW,.
but all those lens hood, eyecup , lens cup,.are comes with body kitlens package.
THEY MUST DISPLAYING THE PRICE JUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF INFORMATION,.IN CASE YOU LOST THEM AND WANT TO BUY ANOTHER ONE
Can always buy a much cheaper version lens hood from JJC on eBay.
Hood is included…??? What is all the fuss?
Please show me a review…or better yet …a comparison to the Panasonic!!!…Please!
In time, the reviews will come. The camera must be announced first.
An earlier rumour said the lens hood would be included. The price there could simply be the spare part price in case you lose it and need a replacement.
Looking at that photo, I think the Scott who named it the Dark Knight was spot on. It looks positively mean and purposeful.
I think I need a GAS therapist. ‘Hi, my name is Stig, and I have this problem. I want something I don’t need, but….”
exactly. it’s included. Onyl if you have to rebuy it you will have to pay it (obviously).
Oh OK! I was afraid it wouldn’t be included, which would not have been acceptable at this level of price.
Anyway, it’s gonna be quite a competition for the already good Panasonic 12-35.
What? “Not acceptable to me.” You mean, you’d give up what might be a good lens at a decent price because you have to buy a JJC lens on eBay for $24? Wow.
Ever heard of “cutting off your nose to spite your face?”
Even when the lens hood is included with the lens it is not free. They increase the price to cover the cost. Panasonic 12-35 is not that greater lens either. Sealing has been shown to be poor as well.
Really? Any proof other than your fanboy dreams? i’ve not seen a single post documenting water damage with the gH3 or either of the weather-sealed lenses. I HAVE seen reports of problems with the EM-5, however.
Does the term “observational bias” ring a bell?
Of course you only have seen oly problems , little true homer!
Try look harder. The lens has weather sealing issues.
this was proven to be BS. The lens on the video that got water inside was not mounted on a camera. Almost all weather sealed lenses need to be mounted on the camera for weather sealing to work. look it up. Better yet I dare anyone to put the rear element of the oly 12-50 under a sink and see what happens. I dont expect any takers here of course, this place is all talk.
There are threads debunking this BS in a bunch of forums, theres even a testing the weather sealing thread in ep1.net using only that lens. This is the only place that perpetuates biased BS.
Its also very cute that you people cant seem to go by a few days without me posting before you start to mention me. Does the truth bother you all so much?
“the Dark Knight”
Why? Does the cam also have daddy issues?
🙂
Dark Night sounds nice. It reminds me of a stealth bomber (f-117?) I like those angles.
this is BS so expensive for a OMD….
What’s BS is that the crappy weak dollar is transferred 1:1 to euros!
Please… We’ve been through this many times, already. The US price is without tax; the € price includes more than 20% value added tax grabbed by your country. Whining like this implicitly puts the blame on Olympus, and they don’t put those 20+% in their pocket. Why don’t you instead talk with your national politicians? They are responsible for VAT.
Actually it’s called import purchase tax and (at least in Germany) it’s 19%, but your bottom line is, of course, true.
If the difference was simply 20% I would have no problem the problems arise when the US dollar launch price of $999 for the E-M5 magically became £999 with the dollar to pound rate that meant we paid $1540+ for it or nearer 60%.
If I am reading this correctly, then Olympus is assuming that price elasticity is such that they can simply transfer the entire tax onto consumers?
*That* is the real problem. I’ll let a more articulate economist explain, as there is insufficient space in the margin of this paper for me to do so.
And you all get free health care and 6 week vacation so definitely stop your whining.
You gotta be kiddin, healthcare insurance is mandatory for the Netherlands by law and will cost you at least 100 euro a month for the ground level, anything extra is 100-200 more and even then you will be limited per year.
Oh or the fact that we pay close to 8 euro a galon for gas, approx 1000 euro road tax for a small SUV, and that my for kuga cost me around 55.000 euro new and with current economy I hope it will last me 10 years.
Last 4 years we have seen a big drop in income, but not in costs. Happy if I will clear 30k On my profit I can expect to pay 20-50% taxes…
Since I am self employed if I get sick I do not get a salary unless i insure that separate
If I get unemployed I will be totally scr…. Unless I insure that
If I want to get money for retirement, you get the picture
And insurances ain’t cheap overhere.
A normal house 100m2 will do easily 400k and gee that now low price is since the market collapsed. But most pay for a lot more, recognize it…
Sorry to get you out of lala land but Europe is no longer a honey pot for a looooong time as are the states. And we are not even the worst country in Europe.
The usd 1400 sticker should be approx 1.21(1399/1.3)=1302 euro including 21% vat. But I am pretty sure it will be close to 1500 euro. Which is cheaper as the list price of an e5 which is 1700
So will we bitch about tax driven prices you betcha, will we buy it anyhow, yes we will.
Ivo,
That sucks. Why are people not in the streets like the French?
You can say that again.
I work for a large multinational corporation. In addition to what seem to be normal vacation days, like in the U.S., it seems that the entire company in France shuts down for the month of August.
But it isn’t just an OM-D! It’s an OM-D Pro model with a Pro lens!
There’s still the E-M5 going for good prices or wait for next year when it will (hopefully) have an update model which should include some of the features from this E-M1.
If it’s too expensive for you, then don’t buy it. No one is going to twist your arm. There are lots of cheaper cameras for those who don’t want to buy this one.
I doubt that I’ll buy it either, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t worth the price to other people. I just don’t get all the whining. If you don’t want it, just shut up and take pictures with the camera you already have, or buy a Canon SL1.
at $1399 it’s cheaper than the $1500 rumours. Looking forward to the side by side comparisons with the OMD E-M5
Yeah.. but we don’t know what that cheaper price includes… if it includes adapter…. then i consider it a bargain!
Amalric……where are you?….its been more than 24 hours and I NEED some bashing because I still love my ZD glass – com’on man….at least tell me you hate me to keep the forum going…..I’m lowlife scum, and you know it……now tell the world…
Only concern now is if the lens actually perform less than the 12-60swd. Worst case is that it is a large aperture lens of extremely poor quality. The 12-50 was a disappointment. I hope this is not.
That’s a rather pessimistic view to take. I’m sure this ‘Pro’ lens will be better than the 12-50. 😉
We have already had reports that it’s better than the 12-60.
I’m sure Pekka P will come with one of his usual systematic and solid reviews soon. And let us hope Robin Wong maintains both enthusiasm and integrity in his new job for Olympus Malaysia; I look forward to these and other reviews.
“I’m sure Pekka P will come with one of his usual systematic and solid reviews soon”
Hahahaaaaa!!!
Pekka is such an Oly fanboy, calling his reviews “systematic and solid” is just hilarious. He’s as unbiased as the Lumix “luminaries” touting the GX7 all over the interwebs. Expecting him to say anything that’s going to bite the Olympus hand that feeds him freebies is absurd.
Pekka never met an Oly he didn’t think was the greatest thing since sliced bread, and he never will, unless some other manufacturer offers him a better deal.
Wow! Manufacturers offering fanboy Pekka big deals? Must be fun. Have you also a deal?
Of course, those report are probably from Olympus insiders.
Reaching any conclusions, even preliminary ones, based on leaks from Olympus and rumors is beyond stupid.
Yeah, reports that probably come from sources inside Olympus. Do you really believe these “rumors” aren’t carefully orchestrated leaks from inside Olympus?
Reaching any conclusions, even preliminary ones, based on these “rumors” and leaks is just stupid.
What reports? By whom? Or is it from your usual delusions?
I think the E-M1 will be 1499 euros and the kit 2299 or 2399 euros in Germany. But I´m a little bit shocked about the US price of the 12-40. For me 899 euros is the absolute pain barrier. With lens hood included! The US prices makes me assume a price of about 999 or even 1099 euros.
1199 Euros in Germany 😉
I don’t want it to be cheap, this price keeps the low end hacks from getting it and filling the web with horrible snap shots using Keyline and Dramatic tone.
But E-PM2 users can do that too.
That’s precisely my point, I won’t be owning an E-PM2 so I don’t care what the soccer mum’s do with that camera. Leica images are not great because they are superior technology, they are great because people who know how to take a photograph buy them, apart from the odd rock star and sultan of course. Price the E-M1 high and don’t let the great unwashed get hold of it.
In your own way you sound like amalric. BTW, where is he?
If they have the money, then good luck to them. After all, it still does have iAuto, Scene & PhotoStory on the Mode dial, so Olympus hasn’t made it unusable for the beginner, just good for everybody, including the pro shooters. It’s a bit like mothers dropping their kids off at school in their their ‘you beaut’ Range Rovers that you can bet have never seen a dirt road. 😉
It’s the driver “fault”, if the Range Rover is used only to take children at school. Same thing with cameras: I just came back from Venice Movie Awards, and I saw some “pro” photographers using their d800 in Ai mode (the green letter on the dial).
Maybe they didn’t want to mess up the shot! 😀 Or they wanted to look ‘pro’ with the camera but forgot to use it like a ‘pro’. 😉
So the MMF-3 wouldn’t be provided gratis in the package?
I would be surprised if there were no bonus items at some point in time but I certainly wouldn’t expect them to include it in the kit as standard. Each country/region will have their promotional drive with certain bonus incentives, but that won’t be known till after it is announced.
Simply speaking we don’t know if the adapter is included or not. Some have said it will be but that is all rumor and speculation. There is talk of various regional promos for early adopters. That is rumor also. In 2 more days we will have some answers. No sense in getting all wound up about the unknown. My suggestion is grab what ever camera you have now and go out and shoot some photos for the next couple of days. Loosen up that shutter finger and exercise your vision. Guess I should see if the batter is charged on my E510 and follow my own advice…..
12-40 lens price is very reasonable, gives me some hope that the 40-150 will be affordable.
I’m just concerned for our prices in Australia. We enjoyed a high dollar last year & the E-M5 kit & lenses have been quite fairly priced, but I don’t see that happening this time, unless the dollar suddenly rises now we have a change of gov’t.
with GST going up to 20% with the new lot and imports being included. No more under $1000 free and the agents/shipping company fee of $250 to collect the tax.
Keep the EM5.
Maybe somebody’s been feeding you stories & that’s why he isn’t PM now. On the other hand, the money’s got to come from somewhere because the rest of the world isn’t comfortable with us just printing it.
I feels the same, and made the most of the dollar being >1, stocking up from B&H, especially on Panasonic stuff that has a ridiculous markup in AU
Not sure what ill do now, I don’t mind paying a fair price, but not an additional markup.
“LENS HOOD $44.99” why is Olympus so greedy? If Panasonic is able to include a decent lens hood with every lens, then Olympus can do it as well.
Meanwhile, the OM-D E5 maintains a relatively high price, considering the time that passed from its introduction date (unlike GX1 which now sells for less than $300, or G5 kit for $350).
That’s when JJC & uWinKa do alright out of this. Not that I would buy anything with uWinKa printed on it. What a name to use!
Good point, especially your comment on uWinKa, having tried them I can only say the JJC are very good where fit and finish is top quality, whereas the uWinKa, is little short of rubbish. finish is of a poor quality and fit is extremely loose, so much so it will quite easily fall off with the slightest knock.
This is my own experience with hoods for 45mm and the 40-150mm M Zuiko’s, in future any hoods I purchase will be JJC unless a good buy on a genuine Oly can be found.
Just might be the replacement cost in the list. The list also had prices for the eye cap and body cap.
If you read the admin posts you will see the lens is included, you can buy an additional one when you misplace the included one.
The replacement hood for 12-35 is $19,, still 2X cheaper than what Oly have asked
maybe real cheap is not to loose hood first
At that price, I will keep my 14-54 II
The 14-54mm II is an excellent (and weather resistant) lens which should work great with the E-M1.
I think I can justify the camera (to my wife) but probably not the lens (as nice as it is), because I have the 14-54 II lens & I’m not sure I would use the 12-40 that much. On the other hand, I think the 40-150 f2.8 should be really worthwhile next year.
Yes, I am looking forward to 40-150, I hope it can be lighter than 650g, if so, I will consider selling my 50-200 SWD
+100
seem like reasonable,.i also have the 14-54 mkII,. ,and.i really have to wait for the review about the lens. [12-40],.wish somebody can compare the 12-40 against 14-54 and 12-60 swd,.
Damn i really tempted by the body kitlens price , but i have the F2/12mm [$800] and 14-54 mk II [$499],.i can use the 12mm which is one stop more faster than F2.8 and also the 14-54 at 40mm its reach F3.2 which is only 1/3 stop slower than F2.8 but have the advantage of longer focal length at 54mm.
If the new 12-40 F2.8 is really superb on optic quality ,.i might have to sell my F2/12mm and 14-54
I am eagerly awaiting test results from some of mu favorite testers. The early word was this lens was supposed to be in a similar quality class liker the 14-35/2 and 35-100/2 4:3 blockbusters.
Oly has a good tradition with pro standard zooms. I owned the legacy 35-70/3.6 which compared very favorably with my favorite legacy lens, the 90/2 macro. The legacy 35-80/2.8 was another standard pro zoom knockout.
So this 12-40/2.8 (equiv. 24-80/2.8) should be interesting. I just hope it doesn’t suffer from too much aberrations at the wide end.
Wondering how we’ll fair in Aus on the pricing for this.
Personally I think if it is a professional level build (weather sealed etc) and it performs at the high-end of m4/3 then the price does seem ok to me. And given the E-P5 (e-pl5)perform so well, is there really any reason to expect that at a minimum the E-M1 won’t do, at least, slightly better.
I like the fact that the E-M5 hasn’t suffered through the floor price drops. It means early adopters don’t potentially suffer regret and feel the smaller premium they paid is more than justified by having the kit earlier. I think the massive drops on some of the camera’s like Panasonics etc could leave some with a somewhat sour taste. Only my opinion though.
Really looking forward to seeing some in depth reviews and more information on what the E-M1 can do.
“Wondering how we’ll fair in Aus on the pricing for this.” You & me both!
If you’re in Melbourne, don’t forget The Digital Show & maybe you could get to see this new kit there.
(PS I don’t know if this is repeating, but the last post I had links in it & it just disappeared. ??? )
Here are the links.
https://www.facebook.com/events/514582041954666/?ref=22
https://www.facebook.com/TheDigitalShowAus?directed_target_id=0
That would be my sole reason to be there if they really have the em1 on display. Any confirmation?
I have no idea as I’m in Sydney (outer).
Valued at $2100????
What an astonishing ripoff!!!
you could get a second hand nikon d7000 (which destroys this micro sensored rubbish)and about 5 lenses for that price
how could anyone buy this?
I just don’t it
(If you’re wondering why the vast majority opts for DSLR over μ43? Here’s your answer)
refer to the post before this, the author describes why not everyone need to chase the largest sensor and why dslrs are not the panacea you see to think they are
Well in your hands M43 maybe rubbish but not in others. That is why the OMD has been used for shooting a Vogue magazine cover. Crop a photo on a d7000 to a 10×8 format and the difference in sensor size is even smaller.
To compare a brand new camera with a secondhand one is rather stupid as well. The fact is this is a fully weather sealed Olympus camera and as many are aware who have used them for years the sealing is the best. The new lens is pro grade and if it is typical of Olympus pro grade lenses it will not need stopping down. The same cannot be said for Nikon. The body and lens combo is smaller than the d7000 package as well. Also as anyone will tell you Olympus cameras do not tend to get oil on their sensors like Nikons do. I often get paid to retouch photos from different photographers work. The time that is wasted retouching oil marks out of Nikon photos is incredible. About 75-80% of the photos.
The other thing is build quality. Better build quality cost money. The d7000 was made for a price.
But can you find a used D7000 and a single lens covering roughly 16-55 that is weather sealed like this combination? That is remotely as compact a system?
And, is it really fair to compare used prices to new prices?
The Nikon D7000 was/is a great camera (I used to have one), but, as my kit grew larger, it also became heavier and I used it less and less. Nikon’s decision (or refusal) to make primes for their DX lineup ultimately led me to switch. While the GX1 I have now doesn’t compete at high-ISO with my old D7000, the combination of the GX1 and the small primes available results in some fantastically sharp images. I’m extremely, extremely interested in the EM-1 because it has weather-sealing, grip, and (potentially) the handling characteristics that I miss from my DSLR. I’m very hopeful that the early reviews describe a fast, well-handling camera with excellent output.
Wow, comparing the price of old, used gear to brand new, just released gear. That’s logical. I guess your school didn’t offer any classes in logic or analysis? Or else you were just too busy taking Gym class to bother taking them, eh?
all new gear
Nikon D7100 {weather sealed, better sensor and probably better AF} £799
Sigma 18-35mm F1.8, amazing lens and with the 1.2 x crop mode of the
D7100 covers from
27-70mmEquiv} £630
Nikon 50mm F1.8G if you want a little extra reach {75or 100mm FF AOV} £150
Total £1580
Better sensor, faster glass , and sadly considerably less expensive than I fear the E-M1 + 12-40 will be for us in the EU/UK. Perhaps if changing lenses is considered a problem you should be looking elsewhere, joking aside I must say that the 18-35mm is making APS more attractive.I am a landscape fan and do not ind MF so I am looking to see what or if the nex 7 replacemet brings to the game.
D7100 1.179,00 € body, 1.399,00 € kit Isarfoto
http://www.isarfoto.com/index.php/isar_de/catalogsearch/result/?q=D7100&x=0&y=0
discouwted $50 $1,146.95 body, kit discouwted $150 $1,446.95 B&H
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/927106-REG/nikon_d7100_dslr_camera_body.html
better than EM5, I do not think so. Better than Em1, who knows?
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/studiocompare.asp#baseDir=%2Freviews_data&cameraDataSubdir=boxshot&indexFileName=boxshotindex.xml&presetsFileName=boxshotpresets.xml&showDescriptions=false&headerTitle=Studio%20scene&headerSubTitle=Standard%20studio%20scene%20comparison&masterCamera=oly_em5&masterSample=p1010013.acr&slotsCount=4&slot0Camera=oly_em5&slot0Sample=p1010013.acr&slot0DisableCameraSelection=true&slot0DisableSampleSelection=true&slot0LinkWithMaster=true&slot1Camera=nikon_d7100&slot1Sample=dsc_0176.acr&x=-0.31188792348622596&y=1.2500719884818432
The prices I quoted are for the UK where I live D7100 £799
http://www.camerapricebuster.com/Nikon/Nikon-Digital-SLRs/Nikon-D7100-Body
Look at the RAW files from a proper site neither the lighting nor the exposure are controlled by DPreview the D7100 image quality is better in every area DR/HIGH ISO /colour depth/ resolution etc.
“The prices I quoted are for the UK where I live D7100 £799”
but forget to mention EM5 is £765. In time M1 be cheapish to, so what are we saying? Really if you want cheap camera buy D3100. Is made like crap but you want cheap
“Look at the RAW files from a proper site neither the lighting nor the exposure are”
what is this proper?
“controlled by DPreview the D7100 image quality is better in every area DR/HIGH ISO /colour depth/ resolution etc.”
I read that DRReview.com always within 1/3 stop, this is not big differences
still we see in link no big difference in noise using RAW
you may think this is big problem, but really as when Russian was here we say bullshitski
so now we wait to see what this M1 is like, and if you dont like get D3100 and send money left over to me 🙂
I forget to say Nikon DR on highlite is same, Nikon always do better when shadow blocked up but is fake. EM5 does same but earlier. People shoot to highlite not dark so really no difference.
Still don’t want your big Nikon, don’t care what it costs. To each his own, don’t be a hater
The problem is the new Sigma might optically be good wide open but it also has huge AF issues wide open requiring it to be closed down.
And you are here at a 4/3 m4/3 site because?
ebay second hand 7000 is scheisse and size of Volkswagen. Are you to stupid to tell difference
I am beginning to suspect, Panasonic have this nasty little clinic where they lure unsuspecting fanbois, remove half their brain and make alterations too the remainder then set them to work in front of a PC.
What about the adapter to enable ft lens is it a new one or the mmf3, has anyone heard about this please
It’s new, made of metal and designed to compliment the look of the E-M1.
I don’t think it will be included, personally. It would not be sensible to include one with every E-M1 sold because the vast majority will never have 4/3 glass mounted to them. It would be better if Oly included a voucher which allowed you to buy the adapter for say €30.
i would prefer an included mmf 4/5 adapter instead of an included flash unit.
I dont get this:
LH-66 LENS HOOD $44.99
LC-62D BLACK METAL CAP $12.99
EP13 BLACK EYECUP $19.98
Ok lens hood was expected, but what now we must buy lens cap and camera eye piece separately?
Hopefully these are just OEM replacement prices…
If you lost your lens hood,lens cap or balabala, you can buy a replacement at those price. that’s all.
If you read the posts here you would have your answer.
maybe Nikon user take longer to read 🙂
$45 for a lens hood? LOL! What a bad joke Olympus has become.
Guess you’ve never seen the lens hood for the Sony RX1. You can get 4 of these Olympus hoods for the price of one RX1 ($178). You can always get a generic hood for a fraction of the cost if you prefer.
Well at least the lens hood is affordable. The camera and lens are out of my price league at the moment.
Still I can start with the lens hood and gradually build my system.
If the lens hood is what you can afford, then perhaps you should instead consider one of yesteryear’s models instead? You won’t find much of new models for $45, neither in this forum or in other forums.
I may sound like a broken record, but any word if the 12-40 will be a kit lens for the e-m5
+1
http://www.43rumors.com/ft5-price-of-the-e-m1-and-12-40mm-lens-in-yen/
I love how there are always those that comment on the price… if it’s too much don’t buy it.
I own an em5 and it’s replaced my pro gear. Coupled with some mirrorless Fujis and my lot does the job . In the new oly I don’t see enough improvements to warrant a change. But the em5 want cheap either.
Get over the price already.
I am sure this will be a quality pro camera well worthy of its asking price!
Sorry … This is no place for a voice of reason. You are contaminating the troll – infested waters here.
At these prices you can get a full-frame Canon 6D with a good lens and enjoy taking stunning quality pictures instead of geeking over specs and in the end taking average quality pictures and waiting for the next overpriced model to come.
FF lenses cost alot more and are much larger and heavier. just like the 6D itself.
One reason I want to buy into m43 is because of the small size and weight and like with everything else, making things smaller is often pricey.
But if its too expensive for you then you’re just not in the target market which is ok. Not everything has to be for the low-cost crowd. Just go and as leica…
I’m dumping my d7000 for an omd .. You ?
Panker.
6D, not sure how to say verstimmten, less option? Is good with noise but usually cost much more. Size and weight always the same 🙂
olympus can not even sell their cheap stuff… they struggle to make a dollar with cameras.
only a few m43 morons will buy a 2000$ m43 camera… not enough to make a profit that´s for sure.
Jealous because you’re poor?
Not for everybody is 2000$ alot of money.
🙂
As you say CHEAP is the problem. When you want to make a good camera it does not come cheap. This is why cheaper models are not selling. People who knows what mirror-less is, not the ones just takes pictures or end users. They want flexibility and quality.
I still agree on you being too expensive for m43 camera. I have spent 1299$ for my Em-5 and i also have panaleica 25mm which i have got for 500$. I think m43 needs to prove, that it can go under 1000$ mark with the quality of e-m5 or e-m1. They don’t need to be cheapest but they need to be cheaper. they got really close on quality why not make a home run and capture a lot of photographers so they can keep selling their new lenses as well as cameras. Any company wants to make money should focus on long term not short term. Nikon and Canon capitialized this market for a long time and if Olympus wants to be next Nikon or Canon, it needs to do it with a major market change not just same quality smaller package. Eventually FF mirrorless cameras will take over this market. It is now or never.
I don’t see a discounted price for the MMF-3…. Maybe it’s included just like the lens hood… We will see in 48hrs where the 4/3 shooters stand.
you know you want one you canikon boys size really dose not and never will matter … like the silicon chip war now smaller more powerful and better and large will in time become a burden wake up .. Mft dose produce the goods to extreme high standards as dose crop and full frame its now an even batting game enough said
Not for me – don’t like getting ripped off
Is not about the money is about performance and m43 is lame fuji way bettter
I dont think you have both system (m43- Fuji FX),. or either to have experienced on one of them,.. I have both system with most of the lenses while Fuji is great with their Xtrans semsor but for the performance,.. Micro 43 system has way- way much reliable,..AFspeed and accuracy.
You have to experienced first and you can comment on comparison on both system
Okay, the Facebook says 2100 bucks for the kit, but you say 2199. Which is it?
how about the MMF-5??
The travel-ready lens might be 12-50, but then the camera is $1800.
Are they for real? Only $100 (10%) off 12-40 in the kit?
$200 off for kit w/ 12-40 lens.
$1400 cam + $1000 lens = $2400
$2200 kit
difference is $200
The lens is already pretty cheap.
You are correct
The lens is pretty cheap in terms of build quality, etcetera, but not in terms of price (like pretty much everything from the crooks at Olympus)
i don’t understand. If you don’t like olympus, why do you follow this site?
It’s because they don’t have a life Enrico.
A FF lens of the same focal range equivalence and aperture is about double that price. The Canon EF 24-70mm F/2.8L II USM for example.
A 12-35mm F2.8 on mFT is no more “equivalent” to A 24-70mm F2.8 for FF than the oft mentioned Panasonic FZ200 25-600 F2.8 is to an F2.8. Or do you seriously think that
this
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/880958-REG/Panasonic_dmc_fz200k_Lumix_FZ200_Digital_Camera.html
Is the same as this $7000 baby
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/301933-REG/Olympus_261004_300mm_f_2_8_ED_Lens.html
If you think my comparison is somehow flawed it is using your exact version of logic. I say go for it Panasonic even throw a camera in with the lens
Its crazy and funny. Canon 17 55 2.8 is about 650€ then Oly and Pana come with 1000 euros mediocre zooms and every body seems to be happy… When the sensor is smaller than apsc sensors or ff it is cheaper and easy make bright zooms (look the rx100, yes I know this is a 1.8 4.0 zoom powered but ths is lot cheaper camera included than any bright m43 zoom) the reason for wich I change to Fuji good lens at cheper prices (by far better than m43) and also is funny to see Oly and Pana need 7 years to produce a priced zoom next to sell all primes they have first, of course.
I’ll bet that most of these FF haters are pretty bad photographers. Big camera and lenses to compensate for a small…well, you get the idea
Unfortunately there are a lot of people out they that buy them just to wear as male jewellery rather than to take photos. Having worked in photographic retail management in the past you just humour them and take their money. Then in a few weeks when they want to trade in their camera and buy their latest new piece of jewellery or buy a new larger male phallic extension (sorry meant to say lens) you humour them again and then laugh behind their backs as you ring their money up in the tills.
I will agree with STIG on the voucher for the MMF-3 if you purchase the EM-1. But there is no way I’m paying $156.00 MMF-3 on top of $1400 for the body and $200 for the grip. I guess I’m on the wait and see program.
Hey, Panasonic is sending more people here to troll.
This Olympus camera and lens must be really good!
WAY MORE than any MFT camera, EVER.
What a joke, one VOUGE cover compared to hundreds shot by a DSLR. HAHAHAHA!!! Keep hope alive!
And as for this camera, it’s still overpriced and it will be the laughingstock of photography.
They probably put those prices out to keep you all loyal. Haha!!
Sounds like the Grouch snickering from his garbage bin.
You have to be a hack photographer. You hate yourself that’s why you project all this animosity and childish judging onto an online blog. Whatev’ douchebag hahaha
Oh dear that seemed to hit a sore point with you didn’t it, to cause a reaction like that. But how do you know it is just one cover? How many more fashion shoots has one been used for. Then there is the work for National Geographical. Then there are the film still photographers that are using them, theatre productions, headshot photographers, etc etc. Then there are the pro photographers that were using 5D MKII that have switched or the 5D MKIII photographers that are using one as their main body.
All these pro photographers cannot have a clue or maybe, just maybe they do. Maybe they know that skimping on spending money will cost you in the long term when your livelihood depends on it. Maybe they realise that the quality is good enough from the format and that at the end of the day it is the person behind the camera difference rather than the size of the camera. Of course if you are just buying a camera to wear around your neck as a piece of male jewellery to prance around with so you can say ‘look at the size of mine’ then size is everything…
The time is approaching for the dark horse to emerge, the next days will be interesting.
But will it include a Professional camera strap? I will buy only if the camera strap says “Olympus Pro”.
Yes like those really wide Canon camera straps. So funny. They actually spend extra money to buy really wide Canon straps just so they can advertise the company for free for Canon.
Good pricing. Good products. E-M1 wins. 12-40 f/2.8 rules all.
canon is just better simple m43 is mediocre tiny sensor tiny mind as apsc cameras and full frame geting smaller thos systen will die soon and dont worry you fanboys can buy your praised lens3s for 10% of orininal price or maybe less
Glad I don’t have your life, with nothing better to do than be a hater troll
ePHOTOzine displayed only for a moment.
http://www.ephotozine.com/articles/olympus-om-d-e-m1-launched-22798/images/highres-OM-D_E-M1__Product_000_053jpg_1377187737.jpg
http://www.ephotozine.com/articles/olympus-announce-12-40mm-lens-22803/images/highres-OM-D_E-M1__Product_000_038_1377191800.jpg
http://www.ephotozine.com/articles/olympus-om-d-e-m1-hands-on-review-22762/images/highres-Olympus-OM-D-E-M1-27-Custom_1377257346.jpg
http://www.ephotozine.com/articles/olympus-om-d-e-m1-hands-on-review-22762/images/highres-Olympus-OM-D-E-M1-26-Custom_1377257333.jpg
http://www.ephotozine.com/articles/olympus-m-zuiko-12-40mm-f-2-8-pro-lens-preview-22766/images/highres-Olympus-M-Zuiko-12-40mm-f2-8-PRO-2-Custom_1377257712.jpg
where you able to download them?
same images as before
just high res
“The prices I quoted are for the UK where I live D7100 £799″
but forget to mention EM5 is £765. In time M1 be cheapish to, so what are we saying? Really if you want cheap camera buy D3100. Is made like crap but you want cheap
We are not talking about the E-M5 did you not notice the E-M1 posts above.The D7100 is weather sealed,with good build quality, better sensor and better C-AF in fact the E-M5 did not even match the previous gen Sony 16mp cameras{ D7000/K5/etc}
“Look at the RAW files from a proper site neither the lighting nor the exposure are”
what is this proper?
The most accurate site for controlled and constant test shots is Focus Numerique by proper I mean constant controlled lighting and constant exposures. This is not a hard thing to do though DPreview certainly struggle with it , this is not hearsay DPreview declare this.
“controlled by DPreview the D7100 image quality is better in every area DR/HIGH ISO /colour depth/ resolution etc.”
I read that DRReview.com always within 1/3 stop, this is not big differences
still we see in link no big difference in noise using RAW
you may think this is big problem, but really as when Russian was here we say bullshitski
Have a look at some of the “test shots ” from DPreview there are often considerable differences in exposure sometimes as much as 1 stop , which considering how happy/high mFT fans were when the E-M5 came along with its awesome .7 stop advantage over the GH2 1stop is very important.
so now we wait to see what this M1 is like, and if you dont like get D3100 and send money left over to me 🙂
I am an mFT user and not interested in DSLRs the issue was how relatively expensive these cameras are becoming compared to cameras from other makers which offer better image quality often at considerably lower prices
I forget to say Nikon DR on highlight is same, Nikon always do better when shadow blocked up but is fake. EM5 does same but earlier. People shoot to highlight not dark so really no difference.
Think about that statement for just a second , obviously Nikon is better in the shadows which enables one to comfortably expose to protect highlights if wished. I can comfortably buy any camera on the market that does not mean I enjoy throwing money away. The features of this camera looks very good though if there is no significant advance in image quality [ which i do not expect ] I will wait on the next gen
Is there an english version of this comment somewhere? Google translate didn’t help.
Thanks.