There are a couple of new EU deals to report and at least one of them is a quite surprising deal. The still to be shipped Olympus 12-40mm PRO lens got a 142 Euro price drop in Spain (Click here). I don’t know if you can order the lens from outside Spain. If the answer is yeas this is really a great deal.

Another great deal is the 150 Euro off on the E-M5 with 12-50mm kit at Fotomundus (via DL) and the 80 Euro off on the 60mm macro again at Fotomundus (via DL).

HOT UPDATE: Forgot to mention two gold Box deals running otday in UK! On the Panasonic GX1 (Click here) and on the Olympus XZ-10 (Click here).

Panasonic finally decided to give US citizen the option to choose the Black GX7! The camera can now be preordered at BHphoto (Click here).

P.S.: At the moment of writing the E-M1 and GX7 are on top of the most popular mirrorless cameras at Amazon (click here to see full ranking).

You can finally download the E-M1+12-40mm $200 cashback form here: Olympusamerica.com (.pdf).

Whatdigitalcamera (Click here) used quite some nice words for the E-M1:

The E-M1 will no doubt appeal to existing PEN and E-series shooters, but we can see the charms of it attracting attention from DSLR owners too, especially travel and reportage photographers looking for a high-quality, responsive and well-made camera to go anywhere with them. Put simply, the E-M1 is not just one of the best system cameras around at the moment, but one of the best cameras full stop.

And also Steve Huff (Click here) likes the camera:

I can say that for me, the Olympus E-M1 is the best Mirrorless camera on the market today when looking at the “Whole Picture” of cost, size, build, speed, toughness, EVF, performance, features and lenses available. No one else even comes close and I should know, I have used EVERYTHING out there. Well done Olympus, you have indeed created a mirrorless masterpiece!

P.S.: A special thanks to Olympus for recognizing that people buying the E-M1 with 12-40mm lens should get rewarded with a lower kit price. Not many companies do that!

Preorder Links:
Olympus E-M1 body at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto, Amazon DE (via DL), Amazon UK (via DL), Amazon ES (via DL), WexUK, Topshot FI, CameraWorldUK.
Olympus M. Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm f/2.8 PRO Lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, AmazonDE (viaDL), Amazon ES (via DL).
Olympus E-M1 with 12-40mm Lens kit at Amazon DE (via DL), WexUK and CameraWorldUK, Amazon UK (via DL), Amazon ES (via DL).
Olympus E-M1 with 12-50mm Lens kit at Amazon DE (via DL), WexUK, CameraWorldUK, Amazon UK (via DL), Amazon ES (via DL).
Olympus EP-13 Eyecup for E-M1 at Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus HLD-7 Battery Grip for E-M1 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus LC-62D Metal Front Lens Cap for 12-40mm at Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus LH-66 Lens Hood for 12-40mm at Adorama and BHphoto.

 

Just got a note that the E-m1 is now for the first time marked as in Stock at Ritz (notevia DL). Readers also told me that their preorder on BHphoto are now shipping. The camer should be in Stock at Amazon on Monday.

One more thing: Chip, a german computer and foto magazine, tested the Olympus OMD E-M1 and ranked it place no. 1 on their dslr and dslm best of list (Click here).

Preorder Links:
Olympus E-M1 body at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto, Amazon DE (via DL), Amazon UK (via DL), Amazon ES (via DL), WexUK, Topshot FI, CameraWorldUK.
Olympus M. Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm f/2.8 PRO Lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, AmazonDE (viaDL), Amazon ES (via DL).
Olympus E-M1 with 12-40mm Lens kit at Amazon DE (via DL), WexUK and CameraWorldUK, Amazon UK (via DL), Amazon ES (via DL).
Olympus E-M1 with 12-50mm Lens kit at Amazon DE (via DL), WexUK, CameraWorldUK, Amazon UK (via DL), Amazon ES (via DL).
Olympus EP-13 Eyecup for E-M1 at Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus HLD-7 Battery Grip for E-M1 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus LC-62D Metal Front Lens Cap for 12-40mm at Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus LH-66 Lens Hood for 12-40mm at Adorama and BHphoto.

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There is a bunch of new refurbished Olympus camera auctions at [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink]. For the first time we also have the brand new E-P5. Here is the list with the newest auctions on top (Click on the name to open the page):

[shoplink 42252 ebay]Black E-P5 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 42253 ebay]Black E-PL3 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 42254 ebay]Four Thirds 12-60mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 42255 ebay]Black XZ-2[/shoplink] [shoplink 42256 ebay]MMF-2 adapter[/shoplink] [shoplink 42257 ebay]Silver E-PM2 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 42258 ebay]Silver 75mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 42259 ebay]Black E-M5 with 12-50mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 42260 ebay]60mm macro[/shoplink] [shoplink 42261 ebay]E-450 body[/shoplink] [shoplink 42262 ebay]Violet E-PM1 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 42263 ebay]VF-4 viewfinder[/shoplink] [shoplink 42264 ebay]White E-P3 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 42265 ebay]Silver E-PL5 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 42266 ebay]Black E-PL3 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 42267 ebay]Black XZ-2[/shoplink] [shoplink 42268 ebay]Black E-P3 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 42269 ebay]Brown E-PM1 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 42270 ebay]White E-PL3 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 42271 ebay]Black XZ-2[/shoplink] [shoplink 42272 ebay]Black E-M5 body[/shoplink] [shoplink 42273 ebay]White E-PL3 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 42274 ebay]Black XZ-2[/shoplink] [shoplink 42275 ebay]Black E-M5 body[/shoplink]

Not only did the GF6 get a $100 price drop this week. There is a superkit deal with twelve (yes twelve) free accessories at Cameta (Click here to see full deal info). There is also a superkit deal with the E-Pl5 with eleven free accessories again at Cameta (Click here).

More new deals:
$115 off on the 100-300mm Panasonic lens at Amazon (Click here).
$50 off on the [shoplink 42218 ebay]MZgamers eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

Reminder: All newest Panasonic MFT cameras got a discount in USA:
GX7 got $100 off at Amazon, Adorama, Samys and BHphoto.
GH3 got $200 off at Amazon, Adorama, Samys and BHphoto.
G6 got $100 off at Amazon, Adorama, Samys and BHphoto.
GF6 got $100 off at Amazon, Adorama, Samys and BHphoto.
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera in Stock in USA at Adorama (Click here) and [shoplink 42140 ebay]Adorama eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

Last week Panasonic surprisingly lowered the GX7 price by $100 (here at Amazon, Adorama, Samys and BHphoto). But today also the other most recent cameras got a huge price drop:

GH3 got $200 off at Amazon, Adorama, Samys and BHphoto. A special mention goes to Samys because they also give you a Lowepro case, 32GB SD and a $50 gift card for free!
G6 got $100 off at Amazon, Adorama, Samys and BHphoto.
GF6 got $100 off at Amazon, Adorama, Samys and BHphoto.

Basically Panasonic US decided to lower the price of all four new G/GH/GF and GX camera. These kind of general price drops didn’t happen in Europe yet.