In one month a wave of new cameras and lenses will hit us. In the meantime enjoy some great US deals on current MFT stuff:

The Panasonic Gh3 still sells for $1028 (-2% reward) at Amazon US (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
G5 with double lens kit for $478 at Amazon US (Click here).
E-P5 in Stock at Amazon (Click here).
MZgamers sells the [shoplink 40285 ebay]Panasonic 12-35mm (Click here)[/shoplink] for $1,019.99 and free shipping.
Rokinon 7.5mm F3.5 UMC Fisheye Lens for $249 at Amazon US (Click here).
Panasonic 100-300mm for $499 at Amazon (Click here).

As usual new MFT cameras are expensive to buy. But at least in US you can grab second generation cameras for a ridiculous price. The best selling deal of the moment is the G5 double lens kit at Amazon US (Click here). You pay $478 /and you also get an additional 2% reward).  If you count the price you pay for the single lenses you will get the G5 for  $100 only.

If you watch that mirrorless Amazon ranking (Click here) you will see the discounted G5, E-P3 and E-Pl3 trio are the most sold MFT cameras.

The new GX7 will be priced above $1,000. Wait 16 months and it will be priced less than $500 :)

For the first time Amazon US itself  is shipping the Black E-P5 superkit with EVF and lens (Click here). And note how Panasonic US is still delaying the promised G6 shipment. Not in Stock at Amazon, BHphoto nor Adorama.

Best deal of the day: Black 45mm f/1.8 lens for $339 and free shipping at [shoplink 40218 ebay]Ritz eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

The new Panasonic LF1 is now in Stock for the first time in USA via BHphoto (Click here). That camera left us with a bit of mixed feelings. Certainly a nice camera but not a real winner in the higly competitive compact camera market. It’s rumored that Olympus will release a high end compact camera soon. I hope it will feature a larger sensors to compete against the Sony RX100.

And finally the E-P5 will ship on June 12 (body only) and June 15 (superkit) according to Amazon US (Click here).

The other MFT camera deals:
GH3 for $1,028 (with 2% reward included) at Amazon US (Click here).
G5 with 14-42mm lens for $349 and free 32GB SD card at Samys (Click here).
G5 with double lens kit and free $100 Gift Card(!) at Adorama (Click here) for $598 (or $498 if you detract the gift card).
E-P3 for $329 at Amazon (Click here).

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The E-P5 superkit is in Stock in Silver or Black via third party resellers at Amazon US (Click here). And if you need to read more about the new PEN click over on the just posted review at Photographyblog. They say:

The E-P5’s biggest problem is not the camera itself, but its price – £899.99/$999.99 body-only makes it as expensive as the OM-D E-M5. Sure, it offers a lot of features that its big brother doesn’t, but then the E-M5 is arguably a more well-balanced camera thanks principally to its built-in viewfinder. Only you can decide if the more compact, stylish and feature-rich E-P5 warrants such a position. Ultimately the E-P5 joins the E-M5 as a fantastic compact system camera, albeit again a rather pricey one.

Looks to me that the Superkit (with lens and EVF included) is the most sensible choice. Body only is really too expensive!

The other MFT camera deals:
GH3 for $1,028 (with 2% reward included) at Amazon US (Click here).
G5 with 14-42mm lens for $349 and free 32GB SD card at Samys (Click here).
G5 with double lens kit and free $100 Gift Card(!) at Adorama (Click here) for $598 (or $498 if you detract the gift card).
E-P3 for $329 at Amazon (Click here).

After the $230 discount today there has been an ulterior $20 price drop on the GH3 at Amazon US (Click here). You pay $1049 but there is also a 2% reward to add. If you are curious to see how good the disocunted GH3 sells than check out the DSLR (and not the mirrorless!) Amazon ranking (Click here). it’s getting closer to the top 20 which is quite a good achievement. I am still surprised the camera is listed as DSLR. Probably it’s part of a Panasonic US strategy to convince the mass that this camera is as good as a DSLR. In the US market mirrorless still plays an almost insignificant role (in terms of sales).

All other hot deals of the day fro US and EU readers can be found at DealsRunner.com.

Panasonic G5:
The G5 is back to Amazon’ts top list (Click here) thanks to the G5+lens kit deals. The ranking is lead by the Canon EOS-M which got a massive price drop (it never sold well before that). And there are more cool G5 deals in other stores:
G5 with 14-42mm lens for $349 and free 32GB SD card at Samys (Click here).
G5 with double lens kit and free $100 Gift Card(!) at Adorama (Click here) for $598 (or $498 if you detract the gift card).

Olympus PEN:
Black Super E-P5 kit in Stock via third party reseller at Amazon (Click here).

Panasonic GH3:
$230 price drop on the GH3 at Amazon US (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). You now pay $1,068.98 for the camera and there is also a 2% back in Reward (makes you pay $1.047 for the camera). You can also get it for $1.099 bundled with Lightroom 4 at [shoplink 39939 ebay]Kenmorecamera (Click here)[/shoplink].