I thought it would be interesting to compare the worldwide Amazon DSLR sales rankings. Please keep in mind that in every country you have different deals. Amazon is also not very popular in Europe and Japan like it is in US. I will show you the TOP 5 DSLR + the 5 most sold Panasonic and Olympus cameras

If you compare the rankings you can notice that:
1) Only Amazon Japan has a Panasonic/Olympus which is in the TOP 5 (On first place the white GF1+20mm lens)
2) In Germany FourThirds cameras are very popular.
3) Olympus E-PL1 preorders are quite low.

Click on the camera name to jump to the amazon camera page

Finally some new interesting deals. Amazon US has the Panasonic GF1 (Black Body Only) in Stock via Third-Party reseller. The price is really good -> $599.99 (and three left in Stock). Adorama sells the same body only option for $799.95!

US citizen are not so lucky with Panasonic stuff like europeans. After 5 months it is still difficoult to find the highly rewarded Panasonic 20mm lens in Stock with a the “normal” price ($399).

At least the price of the Panasonic GF1 with 20mm f/1.7 Lens has fallen a little bit (now $958.00 at amazon via third party resellers). That’s one of the best prices since months on amazon. Of course you can choose to buy it from amazon itself for $899 but the item is not in Stock since….since months :(

UPDATE_
Just received an email from a 43rumors reader: “I keep noticing you mention that Amazon US is out of stock of the GF1 w 20mm. While this remains true, in my experience they fill orders at the low price fairly fast.
I placed an order on the evening of Jan 12. The unit was supposedly backordered for 3-5 weeks. The product page at the $899 price tends to shift between 3 – 5 and 2 – 4 weeks. My GF1 arrived in TX on Jan 26. Very happy to have waited and saved the money.”

Interesting note: Amazon UK has a white and red E-PL1 available for preorder. This colors are not available in US. US shops do have the blue model instead. Do you knwo why it is so?

Olympus E-PL1 Black:
Amazon / Adorama / Amazon UK

Olympus E-PL1 Blue:
Amazon / Adorama

Olympus E-PL1 Silver:
Amazon / Adorama / Amazon UK

Olympus E-PL1 White:
Amazon UK

Olympus E-PL1 Red:
Amazon UK

Olympus SEMA-1 Mic Adapter Set for Olympus E-PL1:
Amazon

Olympus 14-150mm:
Amazon / Adorama

Olympus 9-18mm:
Olympus 9-18mm / Adorama

Preorder at Adorama :
(Black) / Champagne / Blue

As usual europeans and japanese have a lot more of choices than americans!

Check it out and preorder at:
Olympus E-PL1 preorder on Amazon UK
Olympus E-PL1 preorder on Amazon JAPAN

Amazon US: Panasonic GH1 for $1,223.95 (Previous $1248.46)

Amazon US: Olympus E-P1 with 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens (White Body/Silver Lens) for $699.99 (Previous $749.00)