Do you guys know what it means on adorama if the status is 'on hold'? I ordered my GH3 December 3rd and everyday since then its said 'Pending'. When I checked today it said 'on hold' and I'm excited that this means I might be getting my camera soon! Sorry I've never ordered from them before and I'm in Australia so I don't really know how these things work...

For other Aussies out there, I placed a pre order here at Gerry Gibbs camera warehouse in WA. RRP $1299...couldn't say no to that considering Michaels plan to sell for $1599. Expected stock mid to late Jan

http://gerrygibbscamerawarehouse.com.au/compact_system_cameras/panasonic_lumix_dmc-gh3_body_only

@Mrfanny Hopefully they're correct on the stock date. Pana Australia announced a few weeks back that the local release had been delayed until March.

Finally shipped! Ordered December 3rd from Adorama!

Few GH3 in stock

http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-DMC-GH3K-Digital-Single-Mirrorless/dp/B009B0WREM/

I placed an order in 19 december . Hope they spare mine before shipping new orders

Ebay!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Panasonic-LUMIX-DMC-GH3-16-0-MP-Digital-Camera-Body-Only-/281048542912?pt=Digital_Cameras&hash=item416fcc6ec0

@GravitateMediaGroup Thanks for the input. I signed up for a Sammy's account and put a watch notice for a GH3 when it's in stock. It's funny, I would be happy to wait for B&H if they would simply give me an idea as to how long this is going to take. Sadly, all I get is a stone wall.

@fahrenheit

It just means that GH3 is native brother of GH1 and GH2. :-) All the same.

@timfrakes

I wouldn't expect any kind of "online notification" If you want one, you need to call them everyday or every other day.
I called (the phone number on the website is for the warehouse) and they said one of our store locations has 1 in stock, and another store location has 3. (this was a week ago) I asked if they would be kind enough to get one from a store location and ship it to me, and he said he would try his best. Next business day (because I ordered Friday) it was shipped to me. Overnight from Cali to me was $30, so I was more than willing to rush ship at that cost lol But like I said, do NOT expect the be notified online because sometimes the store locations get them directly and the store locations camera stock is not the same as what is on the website. Also, from what I can tell, Samys and amazon have been getting them more frequently than anybody else.

Samy's Camera has x4 GH3s as of 0500 EST

http://www.samys.com/p/Panasonic/DMCGH3KBODY/DMC-GH3-Lumix-Body-Black/116314.html

I hate you Henry - I was following this camera closely, not sure whether I should buy it (or any camera - I'm new to video), but saw your comment, went to Samy's site, said yes without much thinking and bought it.

P.S. Samy's lists now 6 in stock.

The local Yodobashi has had them now for two or three weeks. They have also been popping up one at a time on local auction sites here in Japan. I played with the one at Yodobashi a bit, but it was a sunday, so it was a madhouse. I will go back and play on a weekday.