Camera Deals

Olympus E520 2-lens kit drops to $506

If you are curious or interested about Four Thirds, the most affordable entry-point into the system right now is the Olympus E520 two-lens kit going for $506 with free shipping and handling, sold and shipped by Amazon herself. Its price has been fluctuating the last few weeks, going as high as $550 and as low as $522. For more on the camera, be sure to check its list of reviews.

Panasonic 20mm pancake for $400 (updated)

As of Monday November 16 at 8:30pm EST, all the previously mentioned kits are sold out or back to original price, except for the 20mm pancake lens going for $400.

Sold out are now both GF1 kits, and the Olympus E-P1 with the 14-42mm kit has returned to its opening price of $800.

Olympus E620 2-lens kit for $710 (50mm f2 SOLD OUT at $400)

If you are looking for an entry-point into the Four Thirds system, or you are thinking of upgrading from your current cameras, then these two specials might be of interest.

The best price on the Olympus E620 two-lens kit remains at $710 with free ground shipping at Abe's of Maine.

UPDATE: As of 11:21am on Friday, the 50mm f2 lens has sold out Adorama (add to cart to see price) where it was priced at $395 with free shipping. You can still place an order, but there is no shipping estimate. The $400 price at Amazon or $403 is also gone, now the best price there is $450 from third-party sellers.

Olympus 50mm f2 lens ships for $400

Four Thirds users looking for a prime may be interested in the Olympus 50mm f2 lens currently shipping for $400 by Ace Photo Digital on Amazon. Already, B&H and Adorama, and Amazon-proper have sold out at this price.

Recertified Olympus E510 w/14-42mm for $370

If you are not afraid of recertified DSLRs, and are interested in Four Thirds, for $370 with free shipipng and handling you can have the refurbished Olympus E510 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 lense from NewEgg.com. (Lense is what the NewEgg page wrote!) For more on the camera, be sure to check its list of reviews.

But please also keep in mind that the Olympus E520 is available as new-in-box for $400 (body-only), $450 (with kit lens) and $522 to $555 (two-lens kit).

Olympus E-P1 w/14-42 for $750, body-only $700

We have just refreshed the E-P1 stock-status matrix, where we have these prices of interest:

+ E-P1 with 14-42mm for $750 by Calumet Photo via Amazon and also directly.
+ Also at the two places above, the body only goes for $700 instead of $750
+ best shipping price for the 17mm pancake is $289 by 17th Street on Amazon
+ Olympus MF2 OM ships for $162 by Amazon herself
+ FL14 flash for around $100 by Amazon herself.

Olympus E620 two-lens kit ships for $710

If you had been looking for the Olympus E620, we just noticed that you can get the two lens kit (with 14-42mm and 40-150mm) for $710 with free shipping at Abes of Maine.

This is one of the lowest prices on the E620 two-lens kit as far as we can recall. It is also interesting that this kit is all over the place right now in terms of price. B&H Photo has it for $750, Adorama and Amazon proper have it for $800.

For more on the camera, be sure to check its list of reviews and also its not-so-frequently-updated diary.

(SOLD OUT) Olympus 17mm pancake for $277

UPDATE: The item is sold out and there is no way to place an order/pre-order. Due to "scrambled brains" caused by heavy duty multi-tasking, we are not sure if this was actually in-stock when we posted this. It might have been out-of-stock and we just didn't notice it. The original post follows after the jump (we moved the other specials to a new post).

Olympus E-P1 w/14-42mm drops to $750

Not quite the $675 price we saw two days ago, but now the Olympus E-P1 with the 14-42mm zoom lens has been discounted to $750 by Calumet Photo on Amazon.

(OVER) Olympus E-P1 with 14-42mm shipped for $675 (updated)

As of 2:16pm EST on Friday (one day later), the price has returned to $800 and Buy.com is no longer the featured seller of this item. The previous status follows...

Breaking news! For $675 with free shipping you can get the Olympus E-P1 with the 14-42mm lens from Buy.com at Amazon.com.

The directly from Buy.com price has jumped from $675 to $800 as of noon EST on Friday. If this is a price experiment, this may be a sign that the experiment is ending? Or not? Obviously we can't tell for sure.

We are monitoring this at the deal alert at the main blog.

Olympus Stylus 7000 ships for $150

If you are interested in the Olympus Stylus models, and want to pay exactly $150, then you can get the black Olympus Stylus 7000 for $150 with free shipping from Amazon offered at this price by Adorama, which also offers the blue Stylus 7000 for the same price. However, the silver model is not discounted.

Be sure to note that Olympus has changed its approach to the Stylus models. No longer the standard Stylus models include waterproofness. That is conferred to the models in the "SW" and "Tough" series. Be sure to check the specs and reviews if you are not sure.

There are some reviews of this camera, which you can see after the jump.

Olympus E620 two-lens kit drops to $750

It looks like a $50 discount is propagating among various retailers for the two-lens kit of the Olympus E620. This kit went as low as $720 at Amazon a few weeks ago, but since then, it returned to $800. But now a number of retailers, almost in-lockstep, have dropped to $750. Here they are:

+ B&H Photo
+ 3rd party sellers at Amazon
+ Adorama

The body-only and single-lens kits for the E620 remain at $600 and $700. But in terms of bang-for-the-buck, the Olympus E520 goes for $395, $452, and $532 for the three standard kits. And with the two lens kit, you also get a free $200 Philips 9.4-inch digital picture frame.

For more on these two dSLRs, be sure to check the DSLR Review Organizer.