Panasonic Japan launched a photo contest for Lumix S9 owners only. This is what you can win:

Grand Prize: 100,000 yen (5 winners)
Excellence Prize: 30,000 yen (10 winners)
Honorable Mention: 10,000 yen (20 winners)

They should launch such contents worldwide!

Lumix S9 links:
US&CA at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, BestBuy, Panasonic US shop
EU at FotoErhardt, FotoKoch, Calumet, WexUK, Panasonic UK shop.

A ton of 4th of July deals can now be found on those special pages at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama. Some special mentions:

• Lowest price ever on the ProGrade 256GB V60 Sd card now for $71 only at Amazon, Bhphoto.

Some of the PNY SD cards now have the lowest price ever on Amazon and BHphoto. Some special mentions:

• 256Gb V90 card now $179 at Amazon and BHphoto.
• 512Gb V60 card now $79 at Amazon and BHphoto.

You can preorder the camera now at BHphoto (Click here). This is good news, because I thought the market for this type of superzoom compact camera was dying out. The other important news is that this is the third camera announced by Panasonic in the last 6 weeks. As you know, they registered three cameras in China in the spring. This means that there will be no more camera announcements for at least the next 2-3 months.

The big Lumix savings are back including the $300 off on the S5II at Amazon, Bhphoto and Adorama.

Lumix cameras:

• $300 off on the Lumix S5II at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
• $200 off on the Lumix S5IIx sold by Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
• $600 off on the Lumix S5 sold by Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.

Lumix Lenses:

• $500 off on the 70-200mm f/2.8 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
• $500 off on the 70-200mm f/4.0 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
• $200 off on the 50mm f/1.4 sold by Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
• $300 off on the 24-70mm f/2.8 sold by Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
• $300 off on the 16-35mm f/4.0 sold by Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
• $300 off on the 24-105mm f/4.0 sold by Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
• $100 off on the 18mm f/1.8 sold by Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
• $250 off on the 70-300mm sold by Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
• $100 off on the 24mm f/1.8 sold by Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
• $100 off on the 14-28mm sold by Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
• $100 off on the 35mm f/1.8 sold by Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
• $100 off on the 20-60mm sold by Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
• $100 off on the 85mm f/1.8 sold by Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
• $300 off on the 50mm f/1.8 sold by Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.

An unusual comparison that actually makes a lot of sense: Is there still room for an expensive “vlogger” camera in a world dominated by smartphones?

Lumix S9 preorder links:
US&CA at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, BestBuy, Panasonic US shop
EU at FotoErhardt, FotoKoch, Calumet, WexUK, Panasonic UK shop.

18-40mm and 26mm reorder links:
18-40mm f/4.5-6.3 at BHphoto, WexUK.
26mm f/8.0 at BHphoto, Adorama, Panasonic US, FotoErhardt, Fotokoch, Calumet, WexUK, Panasonic UK.