Samy’s is currently selling two GH2 cameras for $1699 at Amazon US (Click here). That’s $200 more than the usual price. But if you click on that “refurbished” button you will find one kit in Stock for $1499. And actually it’s not a refurbished camera. It’s an open box demo in like new conditions (and with full warranty).

There are couple of deals today:
The XZ-1 price felt down to $466 at Amazon US (Click here). And the very cool XZ-1 auto lens cap is in Stock at Amazon (Click here).
Panasonic G2 body only for $349.95 on BHphoto (Click here).
And Fuji X100 preorders are back -> Amazon US (Click here).

You can get the Panasonic GF2 with 14-42mm lens for $499 only at Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). That’s $50 less than the main competitor the [shoplink 18844]Olympus E-PL2[/shoplink].

UPDATE: one single GH2+14-140mm camera is in Stock at Amazon (Click here). With a $100 extra charge.

At Photokina 2010 Olympus also announced the all BLACK E-P2 kit. There is now a $200 discount on that kit at Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). The offer ends on June 4.

Other m43 deals:
The Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm price dropped down to $558.73 at Amazon (Click here).
The Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 lens is back in Stock at BHphoto (Click here) for $379.95.
UPDATE: One single GF1 body is in Stock for $449.95 at Amazon (Click here).

The Fuji X100 preorder option has been removed from Amazon (Click here).

As you know one month ago SLR magic announced a new lens with Micro Four Thirds mount, the [shoplink 22155 ebay]11mm f/1.4[/shoplink]. The list price of $209.99 seemed too high for many of our readers and it’s good to see that SLRmagic recognized that and lowered the prize down to $129.99.It now has a different design with different MC coating to exclude the lens hood. It has a Micro Four Thirds mount (you don’t need any adapter). You can see some image samples taken with the lens on [shoplink 22154 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. You see there is a lot of vignetting you have to deal with (they call that toy effect). Those waiting for a high quality lens in that focal length should wait for the Olympus 12mm f/2.0 lens. But the SLRmagic lens is many times cheaper than the future Oly lens.

Preorders are also available on that link on [shoplink 22155 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

If you are looking to get a Fuji X100 you might take a look at BHphoto (Click here). UPDATE: Now out of Stock :(
There is an interesting note at Amazon US (Click here): “Note on Availability: This item is in high demand and supplies from the manufacturer are limited. Its availability will fluctuate, and if the item is not currently in stock, we cannot guarantee that we will receive additional quantities in a timely manner. We will not charge your credit card until we ship the product.”

P.S.: Photographer Michael Carpentier compared the Fuji X100 and the Panasonic GF1 camera. The original article has been written in french but click here to read the google english translation. You might be surprised to read that he considers the [shoplink 14828]GF1[/shoplink] a better choice than the X100. Image quality difference is minimal, and he is particularly disappointed with the Fuji’s lens performance at f/2.0. There is also a huge problem with focusing at short distance. There are also other quirks with the X100 but also some positive notes. Anyway the small image quality difference in favour of the X100 doesn’t justify the huge price difference. And if you really need that bit more of IQ you can still go for the Sony NEX-5!

To bad the GF1 is out of production. Click those links to see if you can find them at [shopcountry 14828].