Not only did Panasonic US discount the cameras today but there is also an extra $100 gift card offered on the GX7/GH3/GM1 cameras at Adorama (Click here). At the end you pay $899 for the GH3, $599 for the GM1 kit and $847 for the GX7 kit!
Check the list at Adorama (Click here).
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Where there is smoke there is fire sale. Too bad they didn’t include that new 15mm lens in this $100 off. I would have taken the plunge now rather than wait for reviews. Oh well, I can hold off another month
Do you get to apply the $100 to the purchase ? Doesn’t seem like it.
Usually they don’t work like that, usually you have to apply them to your next purchase. When I got a screen from Dell it had a gift card which I had to wait a few weeks to get so I couldn’t just apply it directly to the purchase.
How exactly do you get the GM1 for $599? I click those links in the article and it shows up for $697.99…
Adorama says in the name that you get a $100 gift card, so its discounted as long as there is something else for $100 that you want to buy from Adorama. I already have the GM1 so I don’t know how the actual process works if you order from Adorama now, it could be an electronic gift card or maybe they mail it.
Aaah I see now. Thanks.
Yep, I just called to double check and it has to be used on a later purchase. So the posting is correct in that you can get the GM1 for $599 IF you intend to purchase, say, another lens or such at a LATER date and use the gift card then and then tell yourself, “hey, I got my GM1 for $599” retrospectively…
For those prices we would expect a larger sensor than we actually get. Seems a bit steep for a daylight only, infinite DoF camera.
Exactly!
Still too much dosh, too little camera
Yawn 500 might be interesting, otherwise I’ll pass…
Yawn…
I want a pony.
3 flawed cameras but good for those who look for specific features and willing to live with their flaws. I think they will be even cheaper by September.
GH3 – poor EVF, big and heavy, but very good as a videocam. Will be $799 soon.
GX7 – poor EVF and IBIS, good for those who must have a rangefinder shape. $749 soon.
GM1 – too small except for a couple of lenses. Might as well release it as a cheaper fixed lens compact using the 12-32mm. $449 soon.
Well M43 as a whole has a flaw…. The Four Thirds Sensor.
But really, the GH3 is big and heavy? You must really be a small person! Wow! -I’m 6’3 and the camera is small! You can use it with one hand.
Btw, love your predictions… So, how long will it be till Olympus sells the camera division or get brought out entirely?
Yep, it’s MrALLCRAP, the other moron (or flaw), who continues to spout his usual crap.
There is nothing like an american education, except yours…
Yeah it’s full of imbeciles who get angry if one says that a certain camera is no good. It’s good for taking the mickey though.
What! The GH3 is not big at all. It’s like the size of a Rebel.
To the m4/3 crowd, a Rebel is a huge camera.
You are the one who is flawed, you cheapskate. You don’t own any of these cameras, so what do you know about them? What a joke you are.
What manners, one thing is offending a camera, but offending a person is worse. Problems at home?
What camera isn’t flawed in some respects?
All the ones you list are excellent, if not brilliant, in their own ways.
BTW, the GX7’s EVF in real-world use is very good. I’ve tried to see what the fuss was about, but it hasn’t bothered me at all. I’m not a real fan of off-centered viewfinders, but again, in actual use, it’s a non-issue. It’s compact size and shape are great.
More flawed cameras: Canon EOS-D1 C . . . http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/855962-REG/Canon_EOS_1D_C_EOS_1D_C_4K_Cinema.html
marked down $2,000.00 to NOW ONLY $10,000.00 which is enough money to buy 6 Panasonic GH4’s. HUGE PRICE flaw.
Nikon has ZERO 4K cameras . . . Not available at any price. SERIOUS Shortcoming = FLAW.
btw-on the gh3 page you can also get a GF2 for $49 when bundled together! Just click on the bundle and save link. Its there on the other camera pages too. Already have a gf3 from when I got it bundled with the 14mm for the price of the lens alone, so I don’t need it. Its a backup or pocket camera for some though for next to nothing.
It’s a bummer the GM1 being offered is the orange one.
I’d want black, but dopey Panasonic doesn’t seem to want to sell them in the US of A.
I just do not understand why Panasonic wants to cripple it’s own sales by denying U.S. buyers the (very popular) choice of black. They made the exact same foolish decision when marketing the GX7. Enthusiast U.S. buyers were left trying to order the Black GX7 from foreign sources who were selling Black GX7 (PAL rather than NTSC ).
Panasonic really does have a problem with marketing. They would rather nix the product for “disappointing sales numbers” than offer U.S. buyers standard options.
Panasonic would sell SO MANY MORE GM1s and GX&s, had the full array of colors been available at launch. They probably lost sales because of it. Both cameras are very compelling products.
So, I bought my black GX7 in Canada.
I’ll do the same if, or when, I decide to get a GM1.
I like the orange GM1, but since a big reason for getting one would be sharing the 12-32mm with my GX7… it’s gotta be black. There’s no way I’d spend $350, or whatever, on a kit zoom.
Does Canada use NTSC? If so, I will try them next time. I tried to order the GX7 in Black from Sheido in Japan, but they quickly notified me that the Black GX7 was PAL ONLY. They were quick to refund my money but I still ended up with the Silver model GX7 which isn’t what I wanted.
Oh, BTW – I received that 25mm f0.95 Voigtlander and you were right, it is the earlier model with the click-only aperture. I kept it just the same, (just couldn’t let it go). 😉 Anyway from what I am reading today about the GH4, the Voigty 25mm will probably make less noise than the GH4 itself. 🙁
Yep, NTSC in Canada. I ordered from Aden Camera. BJ Photo has some good deals, too.