Last year I joined as what was known as a CEA Tech Enthusiast as part of the Consumer Electronics Association (The enthusiast program is now defunct). One of the benefits was creating an account at Panasonic. I was also able to create and account as part of "friending" Facebook. Today I took advantage of the CEA membership as I was able to buy the Panasonic Lumix H-FS045200 Telephoto zoom lens - 45 mm - 200 mm for $164.96 plus $9.90 tax. I checked and the same lens was offered at $199 for Facebook members. If you have some sort of "membership" at Panasonic, check and see what price you might be able to get for the lens. The lens is currently on back order, but last year when I got a great deal on my GH1, the wait was only a couple weeks.