Eight Olympus E-M1 are in Stock for the regular price at [shoplink 42746 ebay]CameraLand on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. Also in Stock: E-M1 grip base from JB at Amazon US (Click here).
There is also a $150 discount on the GX7 body and kit version at Uniquephoto (Click here). That’s $50 more discount than what you get at Amazon US or BHphoto.
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Grip base is a fail. They should of offset the tripod mount so it would be centered to the lens instead of extending out in its current position
* Should’ve (should have), not “should of”.
But I agree with your point.
The “Really Right Stuff” BOEM-1 aligns the tripod mount correctly, plus has an L-plate option.
So, the EM1 is a “pro” camera, but the tripod mount doesn’t align with the lens?
WTF?
Oh wait, it has IBIS, so who needs a tripod… Actually… what IS a tripod? 😉
tripods are for bricks, the OMD’s are made to keep in your hands, and dont you think its about time to give them a break?
Try relying on IBIS for that 30 second exposure, or that 4 hour time lapse…..
You mean you already tried? 🙂
DonTom…that RRS grip base looks like a much higher quality product than the J.B. Better looking & better performing. Thanks for the heads up!
RRS does a fine service to photographers with their custom products. And i have always been satisfied with the gadgets I have ordered form them.
J.B. make the same grip for GX7. thank you.
Has IS/IBIS does not imply it does not need a tripod. How good the IS/IBIS is implemented matters. The IBIS on Panasonic GX7 does not seem as effective as in Olympus E-M5 from some online reviews.
“The IBIS on Panasonic GX7 does not seem as effective as in Olympus E-M5 from some online reviews.”
Except for Tyson Robichaud who claims the GX7 gives him better results than the E-M5.
I have never used a GX7, but I find that unlikely because even Panasonic, in their marketing materials, says that their IBIS is not as good as their Mega OIS, and the E-M5’s IBIS is better than Mega OIS.
Should be obvious actually, the EM1 and EM5 have 5-axis, which adjusts for more types of movement, while the GX7 is the much simpler 2-axis. Comparison of cameras such as the EPL5 and EPM2 vs the EM5 should easily show what the difference likely is.
Wooohoo! I just bought a new EM-1!
Thanks for the link!
Great price as always in the States.
The grip base looks like it could use some grip padding to match & mate up to the existing grip to make it more effective for hand holding, but that could be done by the user if needed.
E-M1 is sold already. They had only 8 of them) Good advertisment through your site xD
All 8 were sold in about an hour.
would have been an oppurtunity for europeans like me to get it cheap.
All Praise the HUMP! ~2 years ago Olympus introduces a retro-style system option in the form of the OM-D e-M5 and all kinds of horror and jabs at the look; but Olympus has stuck to the look and feel and now in 2013, we have FF-senor-Retro-Mania!! … Sony A7’s (and they dodn’t even have a retro history) and now, Nikon has waded into the retro pond with their “new” Df . . . the hump _is_ the new black, and who did it first? [well second seeing it’s a retroactive design, film did it first.]
Nice to see the FF giants catching up to the trend.
You do realize the “hump” on the Nikon Df contains an authentic glass pentaprism, and isn’t there just for style, don’t you? Nikon is hardly copying Olympus in that respect.
I have purchased from CameraLand before. They are a good/safe company to order from. However, Buyer Beware regarding Uniquephoto. Go to their web site and READ their return policy. It is bad. My recommendations would be to stick with Adorama, B&H, and CameraLand.
Recently, Uniquephoto had a major discount price for the GH3 (no longer in effect). It was real tempting and I almost ordered one from them until I took the time to read their return policy. It is not worth the risk if something goes wrong with the camera after you receive it. I would rather deal with the other three companies above.
Nikon DF should have been the route for Olympus: Retro and full frame and with SLR optical finder. GM1 is not in the same league as full frame SLR’s. I would not buy GM1, instead I will buy a Nikon DF for now and wait for future Olympus full frame SLR(or at least a 43 SLR).
Why should they return to an outdated technology which can’t show what the exposure will look like, is limited in what info it can show and where, can’t be used for video, requires looking at the display for reviewing the picture you just took and so on?
There are a few corner cases where an ovf has a clear advantage, but those are such corner cases that there is no need to burden a general purpose camera with all the resulting limitations now that EVFs have caught up in resolution.
Nikon retro effects missing from the Df:
* Oil on the sensor
* Dust accumulation in a corner
* Misaligned viewfinder
* Dodgy battery
No one with half a brain would compare or cross shop these two cameras! Ignoring for the moment that the Nikon costs 4 times as much, they are totally different cameras, designed with different priorities in mind, and aimed at totally different audiences.
Where did each half of your brain end up?
I’ve bought cameras through Camera Land, and their customer service is awesome.
Lol maybe people with small hands can use three finger on grip to E-M1 by the new grip. 😉