Panasonic Lumix GH1 on sale April 24th in Japan!
Panny FINALLY announced the GH1 for Japan, and I will be able to get my grubby hands on it on April 24th! …Well, HOPEFULLY. They are only making 5,000 units available in the first month.
No price mentioned in the official press release (Japanese only… I didn’t even bother reading it), but the special 60 units they are selling in advance (Japanese only, halfway down the page) to Club Panasonic members reviewers will be going for 127,330 yen… or $1300 USD, which is in line with the original release price of the G1 lens kit.
So while I wait for the release date to roll around, I’ll work on some Japanese reading comprehension by trying to figure out this “special campaign” they have going on (looks like prizes are involved!).
Update: Word on the street is that MSRP will be around $1800 Canadian dollars… which is roughly $1460 USD. Sounds about right… and just slides in under my $1500 budget. Let’s hope the Japanese domestic price will slide FURTHER under.
