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You may be right on some, but the ones I checked looked fairly close or better than grey, albeit for reconditioned gear with an OM warranty rather than new & grey with seller warranty: e.g. 12-100mm f4 Pro £1149 before discount, £689 after 40% taken off at OM vs Cotswold Cameras (Grey), £669 or...

For those in the market for some updated gear, OM Systems (UK) are running their reconditioned equipment promotion again. Currently offering 40% off stock items - https://explore.omsystem.com/gb/en/reconditioned-products-promotion

1st = Praktica MTL3 (Closely followed by a used LTL3 & a new BC1) Latest = OM Systems OM-5

After buying several photography related items in the last week or so, I also ended up buying a used Olympus m.zuiko 9-18mm lens which was advertised at such a good price it almost seemed rude not to get it :) I hadn't even set out to buy one, but it found its way into my online basket, and...

I hope you really enjoy the GX9 when it comes, I know I‘ve very much enjoyed using mine since getting it last year. I found I preferred using the 20mm 1.7 II more than the 12-32mm zoom, but the 12-32mm is a very handy way of carrying about a standard zoom.

Recently I've used Park Cameras for new purchases as they are local(ish) to me, and always helpful. Also HDEW in the past (also excellent). For Used, Wex have been superb, and I've also happily used Park, Mpb and even eBay has been okay.

I have the Olympus 30mm f3.5 macro. It's great for flowers, but not so good for bugs and insects as you need to get quite close. The 60mm is better for those.