(UPDATED) Olympus silently lowers the price of the E-M5 E-PL5 and E-PM2 in US! And savings on lenses too!

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You may remember that we had those nice E-M5 deals at Black Friday and Cyber Monday. And after that the price of the E-m5 E-Pç5 and E-PM2 went back to the usual price. Now Olympus silently lowered the price of all E-M5 kits in US. And you can also save up to $100 on Olympus lenses at Amazon (Click here to check it out).

E-M5 price drops:
-$50 on the body only at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto (Click on store names to open the page).
-$50 on the body with 14-42mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
-$100 on the body with 12-50mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Same price drops on different auctions on eBay (to check here via Slidoo).

E-PL5 price drops:
-$100 on all kits at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

E-PM2 price drops:
-$100 on all kits at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

Gold Box deal:
And 12.36PM you will find a new Gold Box deal on the E-PL3 at Amazon (Check it out here). Still ongoing: GF5 with 14-42mm lens for $349 only at Newegg (Click here).

For my EU readers:
Checked on some price comparison toll if there is some general price drop on the E-M5 and found nothing (as expected). Cheapest price for the E-M5 can be found as usual in France, Italy and Spain (check it here via Slidoo).

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Exploded view of the Olympus E-P1.

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Click on the image to see the fully exploded view of the E-P1

43rumors reader Warren sent me this image of his broken Olympus E-P1. He wrote: “The main control wheel gave up on me, and decided I cant be asked to have it fixed as I have like 7 ep1’s, 2 epl3’s a
ep2, epl5, epm2, 2 omds and a few others kicking about, so really just decided to make an artwork!”

The Olympus E-P1 was the first MFT camera from Olympus and is also the camera I still own and sue for my everyday shots along the superb [shoplink 15659]Nokton 25mm f/0.95 lens (here ot find on eBay)[/shoplink].

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New MFT reviews roundup!

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Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GH3 25mm f1.4 from Marcel Gothow on Vimeo.

Time to catch up with MFT reviews posted recently on the web:

SLR Magic 35mm T1.4 rolling review part 1 (Lenspron).
Twice Nirvana: Lumix X Vario 35-100mm F2.8 Review at Frugalfilmmakers.
Olympus 17mm image samples at Nikkei.
Lens Test Panasonic Lumix GX 12-35mm f2.8 OIS at Cameraergonomics and at Sansmirror.
E-PL5 review at ThePhoBlographer, Digitalcamerareview and at ePhotozine.
Jack and Jill went up the hill with the OM-D (Jamesharold).
E-PM2 test at Pixinfo.
Hands on Review of the Olympus 60mm f-2.8 Macro Lens (TheDigitalStory).

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GF5 with lens for $349.

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A new Panasonic deal just started. You can grab the GF5 with 14-42mm lens for $349 only at Newegg (Click here). That’s a $150 price drop compared to the normal price at Amazon.

And two 12-35mm X lenses are for sale for $1,039 via Panacam at Amazon (Click here).

The superb 75mm f/1.8 lens can be bought with a $50 saving at a top rated ebay reseller from [shoplink 35453 ebay]NYC (Click here)[/shoplink]. Found via Slidoo.

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GH3 production delay in Japan?

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5D Mark III vs GH3 from Ryan Mancuso on Vimeo.

There a rumors on the Japanese website Kakaku (translation here) saying that the shipment of GH3 will be delayed in Japan due to a big delay in the production of “finder component” of the camera. (Thanks Onur for finding this). Don’t know if the info is correct. For now the GH3 is regularly shipping in EU and US stores and should ship next week at Amazon Japan too.

More GH3 news:
Quick Informal High ISO Image Comparison between the GH3 and E-M5 (ThePhoBlographer).
Image samples at Outbackphoto.
And of course first GH3 owners are posting their unboxing videos on youtube.

GH3 store links and in Stock status check:
12-35mm GH3 kit: Wex UK, Wex DE, [shoplink 35309 ebay]Photoexpress UK[/shoplink], FotoHansKeuzekamp (NL),
14-140mm GH3 kit: Wex UK, Amazon UK, [shoplink 35310 ebay]Photoexpress UK[/shoplink], Wex DE, Amazon FR,
Body only: Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Panasonic store, Samys, Henry, Vistek, Wex UK, FotoHansKeuzekamp (NL), Amazon FR, [shoplink 35311 ebay]Webdistirbution FR[/shoplink].

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Olympus 15mm body cap lens in Stock. US deal on the 75mm lens.

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43rumors Casadilla (Thanks!) made me notice that the Olympus Body cap lens is finally in Stock at Amazon, Adorama and Bhphoto.
Also the new XZ-2 is also in Stock at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

The superb 75mm f/1.8 lens can be bought with a $50 saving at a top rated ebay reseller from [shoplink 35453 ebay]NYC (Click here)[/shoplink]. Found via Slidoo.
And then refurbished Silver E-M5 cameras are for sale for $829 at [shoplink 35454 ebay]Cametaauctions (Click here)[/shoplink].

The most sold Amazon mirrorless item of the moment is the discounted Panasonic 45-200mm (ranking here).

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raise your hand if you ever saw that Olympus camera before!

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The [shoplink 35447 ebay]Olympus ECRU[/shoplink].

Ok, the E-P3 has been discontinued and Olympus is likely going to announce a new MFT cameras with a very “different design” (so say the rumors I got). Was looking at possible design inspiring cameras form the Olympus film history. Particularly cameras with a rangefinder design. And I found an auction having a camera that 99% of you will likely never have seen before. It is the [shoplink 35447 ebay]Olympus ECRU (Click here to see the auction)[/shoplink].

Olympus Global writes: ” “Ecru” is French for “unbleached.” The name of this concept camera was chosen to symbolize its intended role as a tool for living an intellectually enhanced life as natural as unbleached cloth. This concept is symbolized in the white body of the camera, which was sold as a limited edition of 10,000 units in Japan and 10,000 overseas.”

I am pretty sure Olympus will not use that kind of design for their next MFT camera :)

List of all Olympus rangefinder can be found on [shoplink 35450 ebay]eBay[/shoplink] (or via Slidoo eBay if you prefer)

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