Panasonic quietly dropped the GF7 price twice within few weeks. It’s now down to $459 (from $599):
Panasonic GF7 in Black at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Panasonic GF7 in Pink at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Panasonic Preorders:
Black G7 with 14-42mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic. In EU at Jessops, WexUK.
Silver G7 with 14-42mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic. In EU at Jessops, WexUK.
Black G7 with 14-140mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic. In EU at Jessops, WexUK.
Black G7 with 14-140mm and 14mm lens kit at BHphoto.
Black G7 with 14-42mm and 45-150mm lens kit at BHphoto.
Silver G7 with 14-42mm and 45-150mm lens kit at BHphoto.
Olympus Preorders:
7-14mm f/2.8 PRO lens: Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus, WexUK, AmazonUK, AmazonDE,
8mm f/1.8 PRO lens: Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus, WexUK, AmazonUK, AmazonDE,
Titanium E-M5II: Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus, WexUK.
Accessories:
7-14mm Olympus LC-79 Lens Cap at BHphoto.
Olympus PPO-EP02 Dome Port for 8mm at BHphoto.
Olympus PPZR-EP05 Focus Gear for 8mm at BHphoto.
Olympus POSR-EP10 UW Anti-Reflecting Ring for 8mm at BHphoto.
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DigitalRev at the right of this page advertizes 12-32 lens only for $20. So, you have you are essentially buying very good lens and have a camera for free plus $20 cash back 🙂
They also sell the 14mm f2.5 at C$699. Bargains!
What is C$699?
C$ = Canadian Dollar or Counterfeit Dollar…
Still too much compared with Sony A5000 price…
a5000+kit is about $500, isn’t it?
In Europe a5000 + kit price is 299€.
It is $400 here already, price came down. Still way above E-PL6.
a6000 2 lens kit is $550, vs E-PL6 2-lens kit for $380 for a generally more advanced camera. That is where the value is right now.
A5000 has the old weak sensor, just 1/3 stop better than the 16 MP M4/3s, though. And fewer features, and worse lenses… Not a good way to get into e-mount.
That is still WAY above $299 for E-PL6+14-42kit. Dual-lens kit for just $379 (on Amazon now) is even better deal, just amazing, 40-150 for $80! And you get a proper camera with IBIS, able to stabilize any lens, shoot 8 fps, take external flash, EVF and other accessories!
I don’t know who would pay more than $250 for GF7 in that comparison, how much you would have to pay in addition for a stabilized Panasonic tele zoom?
The 12-32 lens alone sells for near $250 on eBay, so $450 seems like a pretty solid price for this.
$180. Not that it is worth it.
I couldnt even get $50 for my oly 14-42.
I keep forgetting the CDN $ isn’t at par any more…
Still, it’s as good a performer as the 14mm pancake, barely bigger, more versatile (has a true 12mm wide angle), and costs about the same. Seems to be worth every penny at that price, unless you can suggest a better alternative.
All kinds of 14-42/45 are about the same – not having the wide end but having much more useful long end instead. $50 on ebay. 12-50 is more useful, and weather-sealed.
This is a poor analysis. That 12-32 has mega OIS which is surpassed only by Olympus’s modern 5 axis IBIS. Mega OIS is suburb for video. Epl6 ibis is disabled for video.
That 14-42 kit lens is a toy, and even when fully collapsed it’s about 2 inches long rendering the olympus non-pocketable. The GF7 will easily fit in a jacket pocket or purse.
The GF7 has a 1 million for display. The EPL6 has flip phone quality display at 617k dots.
The olympus menu system for this vintage OS is worse than a scientific calculator.
The GF7 has a flash, the EPL6 does not.
And nobody uses a viewfinder at this price point.
Entirely different classes of camera. Both are worth exactly what they are being sold for.
And the oly 40-150 r lens is a joke as well. Good optically, but the Panasonic rolls it in every category.
I dunno about the merits of mega OIS. Its good, but I shot better with the E-M10’s IBIS on the Panny 100-300 than with the mega OIS.
I could reliably shoot 1/5 sec on both my old E-M5 and Gx7 with OIS lens. Maybe if I took 100 stabilized shots in a row with both I’d get a few more keepers with the E-M5. I hardly take shots of static subject, so IS is not that much an issue for me.
Mega OIS is their old, bad OIS which is easily surpassed even by 3-axis stabilization. Their more expensive lenses have Power OIS, which still has its problems in many implementations.
“That 14-42 kit lens is a toy”
Just like the 12-32 (which in addition totally misses tele end).
“The GF7 has a flash, the EPL6 does not.”
That is simply not true, E-PL6 has small flash bundled (which, unlike on GF7, you can replace with a bigger one).
Bundled flash. LOL. Yeah, stick that in your pocket.
There’s really zero advantages to the EPL6 over the GF7. The version of 3-axis IBIS in the EPL6 is hardly as capable as olympus’s modern 3 and 5 axis systems, let alone Mega or power OIS.
Well… I guess we’ll see, but it’s been a while since Panasonic has has fire sale prices to clear unsold merchandise. It’s probably not a wise move to compete with Olympus when they are pushing overstock out at what is possibly a loss.
I hope Oly can get their inventory issues sorted out, I hate to see a struggling company like Oly have to give those deep discounts. They are already bleeding cash, and they recently set aside half a billion in anticipation of justice department fines for kickbacks and fraudulent marketing. Clearing overproduction of unpopular models at ultra low prices certainly won’t help them get into the black again.
I am sure they still make good money on every one of them sold. Mostly plastic m43 mirrorless cameras without viewfinders cost very little to make. I mean, Sony a3000, with a viewfinder and bigger sensor and more expensive lens covering that bigger sensor was $299 practically from the beginning.
These are not DSLRs with millions of little mechanical and optical parts needing precise installation and calibration (which are still sold below $500 with lens).
They should have made a gold version. No I’m serious.
No IBIS. No EVF, but also no hot shoe, i.e. no chance of any viewfinder. If selfies and a compact size are so important, then a selfie-stick (used with a good smartphone) is better in many ways.
This GF7 will come down to $399 before Christmas for sure.
Nobody needs it before Christmas at these prices, and after Christmas everybody will forget about it. Another pricing failure.
Another marketing research + design failure
Design is fine for a $200 cam.