(UPDATED) GH3 in Stock at Amazon and Samys. GX1 for $319.

 

Short break from regular Olympus-Voigtlander news to inform our long time frustrated US readers that the Panasonic GH3 is back in Stock at Amazon US (Click here) and Samys (Click here)! You even have it in Stock with a $65 discount on [shoplink 36502 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].  UPDATE: Now sold out at Amazon!

And there is another nice deal. Lowest price ever for the GX1 body at Amazon ($319). And still running and in Stock the double Sigma lens deal at BHphoto (Click here).

New GF5 kits (and “older” GF5 kit discounted).

Yesterday Panasonic also announced two new GF5 kits (Source: Panasonic.net). One with the new 14-42mm lens only and one dual lens kit with the new zoom and the 45-150mm lens. Current GF5 kits (but also GX1 kits) are now discounted and here is a short roundup of the lowest prices in USA for the new GF5 and GX1:

GF5:
Panasonic GF5 with 14-42mm (non X) lens for $399 at Amazon (Click here). Red kit for $399 at Adorama (Click here).
Red GF5 with X lens for $399 at [shoplink 36452 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink]. To get notified on X kit deals save this search on Slidoo eBay.

GX1:
Body with 14-42mm (non X) lens for $449 at Amazon (Click here).
GX1 with 14-42mm X(!) lens for $499 at [shoplink 36451 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink]. To get notified on X kit deals save this search on Slidoo eBay.

New Sigma and Tamron lens now listed at BH.

BHphoto listed the new Sigma and Tamron lenses. Preorder option and price info should be online any time soon. They are right now working on it:

Black Sigma 19mm f/2.8 lens at Bhphoto (Click here).
Silver Sigma 19mm f/2.8 lens at Bhphoto (Click here).

Black Sigma 30mm f/2.8 lens at Bhphoto (Click here).
Silver Sigma 30mm f/2.8 lens at Bhphoto (Click here).

Black Sigma 60mm f/2.8 lens at Bhphoto (Click here).
Silver Sigma 60mm f/2.8 lens at Bhphoto (Click here).

Black 14-150mm f/3.5-8 DI III VC lens at Bhphoto (Click here).
Silver 14-150mm f/3.5-8 DI III VC lens at Bhphoto (Click here).

By the way, the Sigma 19mm & 30mm deal for $199 is back in Stock too at Bhphoto (Click here).

(UPDATE: Now in Stock again) Panasonic 14-42mm X lens marked as discontinued at BH.

Our reader Paul (thanks) noticed that the Panasonic 14-42mm X lens has been marked as discontinued at BHphoto (Click here) and Amazon itself doens’t even list it anymore (Click here). UPDATE: Now back in Stock. And what’s going to be updated is not the X version but the “normal” 14-42mm kit.

By the way also the GF5 is no more sold by Amazon itself (Click here). A few new GF5 with X zoom are in Stock for $429 on eBay US in [shoplink 36394 ebay]White (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 36395 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink].

(UDPATED: 2 GH3 in Stock.) New GX1 deal at Samys.

While I got reliable info about the release of the new GF and G successors in Spring I still have no reliable info about the next generation GX camera. Wondering what Panasonic has in his mind. That said the current GX1 model is now available with the X pancake zoom for $649 at Samys (Click here) or via Samys at Amazon (Click here). There are also a few acutions one eBay where you can get the Silver kit for $599 (Click here).

UPDATE: Two Gh3 in  Stock for the regular price at [shoplink 36367 ebay]39mm (Click here)[/shoplink].

EU deals reloaded (olympus 75mm, 17mm and Sigma).

It’s four years now that I work on 43rumors and we Europeans usually don’t have these nice deals you can find in USA. But I found some deal that is might be very interesting for you:

1) First of all the superb Olympus 75mm f/1.8 lens got discounted and you can find it for less than 800 Euro at Amazon France (Click here) and Amazon UK (Click here).

2) The super Sigma lens disocunt is now available for the 19mm at FotoHansKeuzekamp and for the 30mm again at FotoHansKeuzekamp. Both for 95 Euro only!

3) Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 1,8 / 17mm + Olympus VF-1 Sucher at Fotomundus.

4) One day promo on the 20mm pancake at Pixmania Portugal.