Prices are rising across the board on camera equipment, due to cost of materials, cost of doing business, and the general economic climate. Look at Canon's 5D III .. it's not *that* much more camera than the 5D II yet its intro price is $1000 higher. And Nikon, Canon and Leica have all done lens price revisions lately.
Buy less, use it more. G On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Bryan Jacoby <[email protected]> wrote: > So, how 'bout them new lens prices?!? > > I have been pretty impressed with what I've seen in the Ricoh era > (yes, I think the K-01 is a great idea) and therefore I've been > optimistic about the future. But these new lens prices seem, shall we > say, less than well-considered. > > I guess I can understand a pricing policy designed to give > bricks-and-morter shops a chance to compete, but I don't see how it's > necessary to nearly double the price of some lenses to do that. > Sorry, but I don't see people lining up to pay $1500 for a DA* > 16-50mm. Can anybody explain this to me? > > On the bright side, the price of the FA 31mm Limited hasn't changed, > and in comparison it now seems like a heck of a deal. How could I not > buy one? > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
