If you ever consider buying, say, a 300/2.8 or a 70-200/2.8, it actually pays of to take a flight to NYC, buy it there and fly back.
The FA*300/2.8, for example, is four plane tickets cheaper at B&H than in Norway or Sweden. :-) Jostein Quoting Frantisek Vlcek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > PJA> offering both IMHO. It seems Europeans, at least > PJA> Germans are being ripped off. > > Bah, you should have seen the prices here in Czechia ;-) > > Real prices depend a lot on the country, importer and the mother > organisation. For example, Pentax here isn't true Pentax subsidiary, > it's just a small importer. That's why the IstD prices in Czechia are > high. But for example even some higher-end (2.8) Sigma lenses, and all > Cosina lenses, are about 20-30% (!) cheaper here than in Germany. And I > could > get (if I was into studio photography that much) Kodak DCS Pro SLR/n for > ~3000 Euro (new!). Try to match THAT!!! :) > > Sadly, most other equipment (photographic) is cheaper in the US. > Except the Cosina Voigtl�nder lenses, most items are about 30% less in > the US. > > Generally (except the UK), US "official" prices (from the producer) > are about the same as here in the EU, but one price is in $, the other > in Euro. Which makes a realworld difference quite big, because dollar > is currently quite lower than Euro. I am considering getting some items > (flashes) from the US. > > Best regards, > Frantisek Vlcek > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
