[shoplink 38261 ebay]
There is a new large Stock of refurbished Olympus camera and lens auction at [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink]. As you know only EU countries can participate. The stuff is refurbished which means that it comes with full guarantee. If you are lucky you can save a lot money by buying these instead of new cameras. I already bought five PEN cameras trough them 🙂
Her eis a slected list of the most interesting stuff (newest auctions on top):
[shoplink 38300 ebay]45mm f/1.8 lens[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38298 ebay]Black E-P3 with kit lens[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38296 ebay]Silver E-M5 body[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38293 ebay]Silver E-PL3 with double lens kit[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38258 ebay]Black E-M5 body[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38259 ebay]Brown E-PM1 with kit lens[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38260 ebay]Lila E-PM1 with kit lens[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38261 ebay]Black E-M5 with 12-50mm lens[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38262 ebay]Black E-PM1 with kit lens[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38263 ebay]Black E-PM1 with kit lens[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38264 ebay]Black E-PM1 with kit lens[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38265 ebay]Black E-M5 with 12-50mm lens[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38266 ebay]White E-PL3 with double lens kit[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38267 ebay]Black E-PL3 with double lens kit[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38268 ebay]Black E-M5 with 12-50mm lens[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38269 ebay]HLD-6 vertical grip for PEN and OMD[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38270 ebay]E-5 Four Thirds body[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38271 ebay]14-150mm lens[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38272 ebay]White E-PL3 with kit lens[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38273 ebay]Black E-PM1 with double lens kit[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38274 ebay]Silver E-PM1 with double lens kit[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38275 ebay]White E-PM1 with double lens kit[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38276 ebay]45mm f/1.8 lens[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38277 ebay]40-150mmmm lens[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38278 ebay]Black E-P3 with kit lens[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38279 ebay]Silver E-M5 body[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38280 ebay]VF-2 viewfinder[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38281 ebay]VF-3 viewfinder[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38282 ebay]Brown E-PM1 with 14-150mm kit lens[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38283 ebay]Black E-M5 body[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38284 ebay]White E-P3 with kit lens[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38285 ebay]12-50mm lens[/shoplink]
[shoplink 38286 ebay]Black E-M5 with 12-50mm lens[/shoplink]
Wish you good luck!
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And if you are lucky you get the wrong stuff over and over again. Pay some euros more and buy in the store around the corner or amazon…
Ever wonder why some brands always have a ton of refurbished sets while others don’t???
Some brands are worth refurbishing, others are worth tossing in the bin 😉
Olympus often organizes promotion tours in Germany. I think the refurb cams are test models presented at these tours. And there are also brand new cams and lenses sold as refurbished, e.g. when some models get a successor.
I bought an E-P1, 17mm and 14-150mm as refurbished. And all these products came in perfect condition to me – just like brand new stuff.
E5 mentioned here – with no successor … Plenty of mirrorless …. What is the reason for Oly not to offer an E-series successor with the new sensor and the EM5 stabilization? Look at Nikon! Always leading the market, brand-new and improved bodies one after the other. At the same time, thousands of 4/3 glass around the world waiting for years already … What, for God’s sake, is happening, also in commercial terms? Are Oly out of their minds? A E-successor will be extremely successful!
I think that while there may well be demand for a new body by FT users, unfortunately for Olympus regarding lenses and accessories the system has had no new lenses or accessories for years. Which, will make demand for new lenses pretty low ,as let’s face it they have had a long time to get their optimum kit together. Meaning that the camera is potentially the only item they will sell to these users. Not forgetting that the E-5 was basically a rehashed E-3 body {nothing, wrong with that it was a good machine} with a new sensor stuck in. The E-5 came out at $1700 with a far higher potential market than the now seriously diminished ranks of FT users. I cannot see a new high grade body with all the new advances , better sensor , 5 axis IS , better LCD , better electronics and in all likelihood a new body design to accommodate this coming in any cheaper.
A body coming out at this price has some truly fierce competition, making new converts to the system very unlikely. Combine this with the obvious appeal of smaller lighter bodies and lenses that has attracted all of us to mFT , and you are left with the only buyers being among the current high end FT users. I hope Olympus finds a way to help these guys out but for the sake of Olympus, I really hope it is a high end mFT body with excellent support for AF of FT lenses as anything else seems to be folly.
RR
rockyroads: “A body coming out AT THIS PRICE has some truly fierce competition, making new converts to the system very unlikely.” [My capitals – J] Who said “make E7”? I said “a E-successor”, which means also E-550/E-650 …. to compete with the likes of Nikon 3200, 5200, etc. On the other hand, “a high end mFT body with excellent support for AF of FT lenses” might turn out to be impossible without loss of light due to the adapter – which, to me, is fatal. I would never buy a body with a good sensor that would lose light and hence the potential of the sensor. And, if making a body for 43 and m43 is possible, why have they not made it yet? Hence, at least to me, the logical and commercially reasonable solution is making a E-550 or E-650. Especially E-550 – because E-520 has a better feel and handling than E-620.
That goes to show how retarded, belly button contemplative 4/3 henchmen have become, a shadow of their former selves, and a poor business for Olympus.
‘without loss of light due to the adapter ‘:have you ever heard such ignorance? LOL
That is never going to happen the majority of low end FT users are easily satisfied with mFT { Olympus has basically said this}. You do not buy an E-620 or E-520 if your interest is in advanced AF and C-AF .They have the smallest poorest VF in any DSLR with distinctly mediocre AF performance compared to the competition. The FT guys who are crying out for an upgrade are the higher end E-5 and HG/SHG users, do you honestly think that they would be satisfied with an E-520 replacement lol. An adapter has no glass and is basically just a mount; the AF issues are in the camera body, so there is no possibility of light loss. While the tech is not there yet the Nikon adapter on their CX system allows for very decent AF speed in some circumstances so it does not seem like an impossible goal.
The talk over the years was that Olympus lost money on every FT body.The E-620 launched at $700 with a far larger potential customer base that market is now a fraction of the size it was.Obviously the smaller the niche you market a product for typically the higher the price per unit as you have less units to amortize across meaning you have to increase unit cost assuming you want to make money.Models like the Nikon D5200 will sell in many multiples of what an FT camera would allowing Nikon to amortize costs over a far far higher number of units.So back to the pricing just how many people interested in the E-520/E-620 bodies would pay $800-900 for one ?
Answer also to rockyroads. I am not a physicist and the expression “without loss of light due to the adapter” may be infelicitous. However, it has repeatedly been been reported that the Olympus 43-m43 will be a specific hybrid camera similar to Sony’s SLT technology. Now, whoever wants to laugh at the expression “without loss of light” read this: “SLT stands for “Single Lens Translucent”, with the cameras incorporating TMT (Translucent Mirror Technology), a translucent mirror that allows roughly 70% of the light entering through the lens to pass directly through it and onto the imaging sensor, while a smaller amount, around 30% is reflected up to the camera’s phase detection autofocus (AF) sensor.” Now, if someone states that “roughly 70% of the light entering through the lens … pass into the sensor” is not “loss of light” but “something else”, I would laugh out loud myself – repeatedly.
I need a 14-54 Mk.2. Will you send me yours for free, since the adapter is leaking? 🙂
I can offer a box of chocolates in return, but only because you seem so bright…
If as you posted the solution was an adapter which your statement seems to suggest “without loss of light due to the adapter” then this is not an SLT now is it .
I have an E-1 and an E-620 body with good HG glass, while I would love to obtain an E-x or even an E-xx body, any body with the current sensor and other items in for ‘What did you say’? $8-900, I would buy before this new PEN.
Face it, FT is on the Decline phase of the product lifecycle, MFT is the future – Olympus needs to focus on releasing PDAF on MFT so that legacy FT lens’ can be fully utilised with an adapter. That is all.
New bodies will not sell in volume and will just distract them from the important growth MFT products like the OM-D and Pen range.
“As you know only WESTERN EU countries can participate.” I fixed it for you. They stopped shipping to most of eastern Europe. Including member states of the EU.
“FT lens’ can be fully utilised with an adapter.”
Not true. Cannot be fully utilised. Can be only partly utilised for static situations, with tedious waiting for the focus and permanent lens hunting leading to wear.
You won’t have full warantie, it is just one year istead of two years for really new stuff.
Since when did the HLD-6 grip become a grip for a PEN???
Oh and please check that the item is available if bidding, from the last list published I purchased and paid for the 12mm M-Zuiko, only to be informed a week later that the item was never in stock, be aware of this trickery.
These sales are discriminating – Germans wont ship to all EU countries, I dont know whats their reasoning, probably agreement with local dealers in small markets in order not to mess up with their brand new units sales in said markets.
Meh, and I thought about getting factory refurb E-PM1 kit if it cost 30% less than brand new locally, which it seem does…