Camera Deals

Panasonic G5 w/14-42mm black for $500

Also dropping in the Panasonic camp is the black Panasonic G5 with the 14-42mm lens at Amazon.com, going for $500 with free shipping and eligible for the optional Panasonic Lens Combined Purchase Discounts. You can buy up to four lenses with one camera body and you can do this routine twice. These expire Dec-29-2012 or earlier/later.

(ENDED) Panasonic GF5 w/14-42mm for $400 [was $350] (great opportunity to take advantage of Instant Rebates)

This limited time promotion expired... Amazon has a "replacement teacher" deal. The Panasonic GF3 with the 14-42mm kit for $280 sold out, so Amazon is now offering the black Panasonic GF5 with 14-42mm (not the PowerZoom) for $400 $350 with free shipping. This is a very competitive price in itself, but there's more... [price updated 11/21/12 at 9:13pm ET]... the GF5 w/14-42mm non-X is eligible for the Panasonic Instant Lens Discounts, so it may be a good opportunity to stock up on Panasonic M43rds lenses. You can buy up to four lenses in the same shopping cart, and get up to four discounts. They are stackable! You can do this twice for a maximum of eight lens discounts and two cameras.

Panasonic Instant Rebates good until December 1, 2012 (20mm f1.7 joins the party)

The Panasonic Instant Rebates are good until December 1st, 2012 and they feature four cameras (GH2, GF5, G5, GX1) and six lenses, including *shock* the 20mm f1.7 pancake with a $75 off combined purchase discount. These are good until December 1st 2012 (unless something changes).

The 20mm f1.7 is not shown in the main thumbnail list above, but if you go the individual camera rebate pages (eg GX1 or GH2 or GF5 or G5), you will see it right there. Or simply add to cart and proceed to the Checkout page and the discount will be shown at the top right corner.

Panasonic GH2 body slides to $680 (and eligible for instant rebates)

The Panasonic GH2 body only is on the down tick again, you can now get it for $680 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon where it is eligible for the optional and stackable Panasonic Lens Instant Rebates.

As of the time of writing, it is cheaper to buy the GH2 body and the 14-42mm lens through the Instant Rebates ($680 + $123 - $50 = $753) as opposed to buying the standard GH2 w/14-42mm kit on its own ($780).

Also participating in the instant rebates is the 12-35mm f2.8 lens with a current price of $1100, and a combined purchase shopping cart discount of $200. So if you buy one of the participating M43rds cameras, you can add the 12-35mm for +$900.

This round of the Panasonic Lens Instant Rebates is stackable. You can buy one camera with up to four lenses, and get the four individual discounts in the same shopping cart. And if that's not enough, you can do two bundles per household. So if you want to max out or go M43rds crazy, you can get two Panasonic M43rds bodies and eight M43rds Panasonic lenses (choice is limited to the models shown at the aforelinked pages).

This round expires November 3, 2012 (or earlier if sold out; or later if renewed/extended).

Panasonic GX1 Instant Savings ($100 to $200 off with lens purchase)

Panasonic is jumping on the Instant Savings party with discounts of $100 to $200 if you purchase the Panasonic GX1 body (black or silver) together with a Panasonic M43rds lens. The $200 off discounts are for the 7-14, 14-140, and 45/2.8 lenses. The $150 off discounts include the 8/3.5 fisheye, 25/1.4, 45-175 X, 45-200, 100-300, etc. The $100 off is for the two pancake lenses, the kit lenses, and the 3D lens. See details at B&H Photo.

(DEAD) Panasonic 45-200mm (M43rds) drops to $219

As of a 10:13pm EST check, the discount is dead and the price back to $250+... The Panasonic 45-200mm f4-5.6 MegaOIS M43rds lens has dropped to $219 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon.

Optional: This lens is eligible for the GF3 + lens $100 combined purchase discount promotion at Amazon (ends Dec-31-2011).