The Panasonic GF1 with 20mm f/1.7 Lens is in Stock for $599 at Amazon (Click here). A month ago the price was close to the $800! I guess Amazon is clearing their stocks in favour for the [shoplink 17361]GF2[/shoplink] (and maybe for the future GF3???).

As you have seen there have been huge price drops on the [shoplink 14832]Olympus E-PL1[/shoplink]. Last week a japanese website said that there could be an E-PL1s announcement on November 16th (tomorrow!). I didn’t hear anything from my sources that’s why I don’t believe it’s really coming (ops I was wrong…the E-PL1s has been announced!). Anyway tomorrow we will know it for sure!
Get the E-PL1 for $398 at Amazon and $399 at Adorama (yes one single dollar difference).
UPDATE: The Amazon Deal is gone.

Oh finally we have some price drops in Europe too. It looks like most shops are busy to clearance their stocks of Panasonic GF1 cameras. In Germany the GF1 price dropped by 50 Euro on both kits. As usual keep in mind that I can’t check all stores in all countries!

Germany: Pixmania, Amazon, [shoplink 17647 ebay]eBay[/shoplink] UK: Pixmania, Amazon, [shoplink 17647 ebay]eBay[/shoplink] France: Pixmania, Amazon, [shoplink 17647 ebay]eBay[/shoplink] Italy: Pixmania, [shoplink 17647 ebay]eBay[/shoplink] Spain: Pixmania, [shoplink 17647 ebay]eBay[/shoplink] Belgium: Pixmania, [shoplink 17647 ebay]eBay[/shoplink] Holland: Pixmania, [shoplink 17647 ebay]eBay[/shoplink] Austria: Pixmania, [shoplink 17647 ebay]eBay[/shoplink] Poland: Pixmania, [shoplink 17647 ebay]eBay[/shoplink]

P.S.: One of our readers (Phil) went for a bike ride with the GF1 in the back pocket. It fell out at 30 mph but survived. Here’s a link to a photo of the damage. http://www.clubantietam.com/2010/11/14/photos-from-summer-rides/
. He said that the GF1 “still works like a charm – no need to upgrade to the GF2 yet :)”

It looks like Amazon is very busy this weekend in cutting the price of Micro Four Thirds cameras. The Olympus E-PL1 with 14-42mm Lens is in Stock for $399 only at Amazon (Click here)! Does it mean there is really a new E-PL1s coming soon? Our sources didn’t hear anything about the rumored E-PL1s.

And the Panasonic GF1 with 20mm f/1.7 Aspherical Lens is in Stock for $599 again at Amazon (Click here)!

And the cheapest MFT camera is the Panasonic G1 with 14-45mm lens ($399 at Amazon).

And if you are a Four Thirds user you can get the Olympus E-5 which is finally in Stock at Amazon (Click here)

P.S.: We europeans are getting more and more frustrated :(

Click on those links to see the eBay auctions from japanese resellers (P.S: Some non-japanese resellers are also selling the products but with a 29days auction ending)

The Panasonic 45mm and the 8mm lenses are not really the most popular lenses. The problem is not their quality but the very high price. But it looks like Panasonic is recognizing that and the price is now much lower than it was a few weeks ago:

The Panasonic 45mm f/2.8 OIS macro:
Amazon (Click here) is selling the lens for $788 which is $111 less than the original price (or $754 via third party resellers).

The Panasonic 8mm f/3.5 lens:
The original price was $799 but you buy it now for $739 Amazon, Adorama or BHphoto.

As usual we europeans do have to pay a much higher price. That’s why I usually my US friends to bring me some nice lenses from there when they visit me in Europe :)

Click here: Panasonic GF1 with 20mm f/1.7 Lens for $599 at Amazon

Last time we had this deal it was from a third-party reseller. But now it’s Amazon itself that dropped the price! For those of you that don’t like the new [shoplink 17361]GF2[/shoplink] (or can’t wait until late January) that’s a big chance to get that awesome camera for cheap!

The Panasonic GF1 with 14-45mm Lens kit is for sale at $679.95 on Amazon

One more thing:
The Olympus E-5 is finally in Stock at Amazon (Click here)