Surprise! The new Panasonic AG-AF100 Micro Four Thirds camccorder is available for preorder at BHphoto (Click here)!!! They sell it for $4,795.00 (Body Only) with the note: “Usually ships in 6-10 weeks“.

The Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 has been announced exactly one year ago. Now US stores are selling the lens with the lowest price I have ever seen…$328 only! Click on these shop links to get the lens: Adorama, Amazon (sold by Adorama) and BHphoto.

As usual we europeans are not as lucky as you americans. $328.95 is 237€, but sadly we have still to pay 340-350 Euro for the lens :(
Look at Pixmania (DE, BE, FR, AT, UK, NL, PL, ES and IT) or [shoplink 16752]eBay[/shoplink].

The hottest deals since a few days are the Olympus E-P2 with 14-42mm and EVF for $799 at Amazon (Click here) and the Panasonic GF1 kit for $670 at Amazon (Click here)

This is a modified Kowa 55mm f/1.0 lens. You can use it on your Micro Four Thirds camera without using any adapter. It is currentlz for sale on [shoplink 16724 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. Didn’t find any image smaples taken with that lens :(
A High quality alternative is the [shoplink 14988 ebay]Canon 50mm FD 1.2 (Click here to see current auctions on eBay)[/shoplink]

P.S.: As you might know Kowa announced that they will be making the 350mm f/4, 500mm f/5,6 and 850mm f/9,6 telephoto lenses for Micro Four Thirds.

The E-P2 with 14-42mm lens and EVF is now in Stock for $798 at Amazon (Click here)
Other hot deals:
– The new Panasonic 8mm f/3.5 ED Fisheye Lens is in Stock at Amazon (Click here)
– Panasonic GH1 for $999 at Amazon (Click here)

We just received a document which shows all Olympus instant rebates planned for October 2010 in US only. Download the document here: http://www.4shared.com/document/u2UTF8pc/Olympus_Oct_IR_Promotions.html. You can easily notice how deals are focused on current FourThirds cameras and lenses.

Anyway, in those weeks a lot of Panasonic and Olympus got discounts. This is a list of the most interesting camera/lenses with disocunts:

1) The newest deal is the E-P2 with 14-42mm lens and Electronic Viewfinder for $814 only at Amazon (Click here). The little sister, the black Olympus E-PL1 is in Stock for $509 only at Amazon (Click here).

2) Both Panasonic GF1 kits are in Stock for $660-670 at Amazon (Click here). That’s a $50-100 price drop compared to the price before Photokina. ANother good GF1 deal is available at BHphoto where they offer a free EVF with the GF1+14-45mm lens (Click here). P.S.: I do not expect a GF1 replacement till February.

3) The Panasonic GH1 with 14-140mm lens is still in Stock for $999 at Amazon (Click here). Let’s hope Vitaly can hack the new firmware as soon as possible because this is really a great deal! Keep in mind that you have to pay $500 more for the new GH2 with the same lens at Amazon (Click here)

4) The Panasonic G2 also gets a discount and is in Stock for $649 at Amazon (Click here).

5) The very good Olympus M ED 9-18mm f/4.0-5.6 Micro Four Thirds Lens is in Stock for $591 at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto

6) A non-m43 dela: Pansonic LX5 (Black and White model) are discounted at Amazon (Click here)

The new Panasonic 8mm f/3.5 fisheye lens is in Stock at Amazon for $799 via third-party resellers (Click here). SOme image samples are available here at Flickr.

More deals:
The GF1+20mm lens for $674 at Amazon (Click here) and the GF1+14-45mm lens for $679 again at Amazon (Click here).
The Panasonic GH1+14-140mm lens deal for $999 is still ongoing at Amazon (Click here).
The new Panasonic G2 is in Stock for $642 at Amazon (Click here)

The big GH1 deal is back. Click gere ot get the GH1 with 14-140mm lens for $999 at Amazon (via J&R).

This makes the current Panasonic deals offer even bigger:

1) Panasonic Lumix DMC-G10 with 14-42mm Lumix G Vario f/3.5-5.6 MEGA OIS Lens for $409.95 at Amazon (Click here).

2) The Panasonic GF1 + 20mm lens deal is still ongoing. You can have it for $674.95 at Amazon (Click here). That’s a nice $50 price drop!

3) The Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 lens is in Stock for $336.95 at Amazon (Click here).

4) The Panasonic 45-200mm is in Stock for $265.00 at Amazon (Click here)