Re: is it a bubble?

[Paul Stenquist]

Exactly. It's the cameras that have created the demand for the lenses. 
If desirable products continue to come, lens prices will remain high. 
What we're seeing now is partially due to a big swing from P&S to DSLR. 
Pentax probably developed some brand loyalty with their numerous and 
successful P&S cameras. Those people moving to DSLR created a demand 
for lenses. This won't be as great a factor in the future, but the 
current sales have already depleted the supply of out of production 
lenses, so prices for those should remain fairly high.
Paul
On Apr 22, 2005, at 1:22 AM, Rob Studdert wrote:

On 21 Apr 2005 at 22:17, Mark Erickson wrote:
Seems clear that prices for certain used Pentax lenses have popped up 
quite a
bit in the last year or so.  Do you think that prices are higher to 
stay, or is
it a bubble (like might be happening in the housing markets in the 
UK, US, and
Australia)?  Thoughts?
It really depends how well Pentax services the market in the near 
term, and
just how well they'll do that is anyones guess.


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