I was pretty much set on the GH1, but I do not want one unless it can be hacked. Is there any way to guarantee you get one thats hackable by buying from certain vendors? If I can't get one thats hackable, I'm gonna go with a T2i instead.
I called the store and asked for how long the camera had been sitting on their shelf. Of course they were curious about why it mattered and when I told them I was going to install a hacked firmware they exclaimed "You shouldn't do that!". But they were still helpful in looking up the date of arrival to the store.
Then when I picked it up at the store I made sure to check the serial on the box to make sure.
well 99% of the people who've ordered from b&h within the last 2 weeks have been successful so that's where i put my faith. i ordered mine and it should arrive by tomorrow. if it's a bunk s/n then i'm going to return it.