{"id":1128,"date":"2009-05-07T05:03:10","date_gmt":"2009-05-06T19:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2009-05-21T22:19:32","modified_gmt":"2009-05-21T12:19:32","slug":"panasonic-announce-pricing-and-availability-of-their-gh-1-video-micro-four-thirds-camera-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=1128","title":{"rendered":"Panasonic announce pricing and availability of their GH-1 video Micro Four Thirds camera kit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Panasonic announce pricing and availability of their GH-1 video Micro Four Thirds camera kit<\/a> – see here for details<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Availability as kit with Panasonic GH-1 plus Lumix Vario 14-140mm lens – early June 2009<\/strong> at RRP of $US1499.95<\/strong> or \u20ac1550 (Europe will have choice of red or Champagne gold color while US will only have black at this stage).<\/p>\n

It seems RRP for Australia is $A3299<\/strong> – see here<\/a> which makes it much more expensive than its G1 camera which is $A1649 for a single kit lens (14-45mm lens) and $A2199 for twin lens kit (14-45mm plus 45-200mm lens). At that price, I don’t think too many will sell in Australia – it’s just ridiculously high even allowing for Australian dollar = $US0.70 and 10% GST (this should make it $A2360 not $A3299!) – but its a unique camera so price may not be so relevant to some.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the Australian price may justify a trip to US to buy it there even if we catch the flu over there!<\/p>\n

Actual retail prices for the G1 with 14-45mm lens in Australian shops is $A1399 not the RRP $A1649, and the twin lens kit is $A1889 not RRP $A2199, so I would expect the GH-1 to hit the shops at much less than RRP $A3299 but surely, it should be closer to $A2200 if they want to have any chance of selling these. <\/p>\n

Comparison Australian pricings are Olympus E620 body $A1169, Olympus 18-180mm lens $A749, Olympus 15-54mm II lens $869, Olympus 50-200mm lens $A1499, E-30 body $A1619, E-3 body $A2099, Nikon D90 body $A1535, Nikon 18-200mm VR lens $A1085.<\/p>\n

Panasonic have also announced optional Leica M and Leica R lens adapters for use of these lenses on the Micro Four Thirds cameras.<\/p>\n

Panasonic have also announced new Class 10 SDHC memory cards in 4-32Gb sizes and allows 22Mb\/sec transfers which will make transferring video files faster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Panasonic announce pricing and availability of their GH-1 video Micro Four Thirds camera kit – see here for details. Availability as kit with Panasonic GH-1 plus Lumix Vario 14-140mm lens – early June 2009 at RRP of $US1499.95 or \u20ac1550 (Europe will have choice of red or Champagne gold color while US will only have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[18,123],"class_list":["post-1128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cameras","tag-four-thirds-micro","tag-panasonic-gh1"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t