Time will tell. When I bought my two AF540's in 2008 I was able to shop around and get them for around $300, Canadian. Then came The Big Price Realignment and they shot up to $700 list or so. The Usual Suspects stores have them for $600 now, and I see you can get 'em for as little as $450 in a dicey online store. Typical good price appears to be about $500.
Even if I could get one for $300 again, I'd be much more likely to go for a 3rd party unit like the Phottix Mitros: http://strobist.blogspot.ca/2013/07/phottix-mitros-nikon-review-real-deal.html which is designed for serious shooting. Even has battery pack capability. On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 2:21 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm thinking those are "Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price" and actual > prices once you can order them from B&H or Adorama will be lower. > > > On 8/27/2013 6:40 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> The LED add-on to the flash is a brilliant move, and way more useful >> than the WR waterproofing. I understand the motivation to cement WR as >> a brand-wide thing, but it's unlikely to be of very much practical use >> to anyone. Brightly lit raindrops or snowflakes anyone? >> >> But the constant light source for video is unique in speedlights and >> will probably get copied. Well, well: somebody's actually awake in >> their R&D department. >> >> I like that the new flash models are reduced in height too. The >> original 540 is too tall to fit in my Westcott mini softbox and I'm >> using an old AF200 instead. >> >> I don't like that the focus assist function only works with the latest >> camera bodies. FA works just fine on the old AF540 with my K20D. >> >> I also don't like that the prices are (still) so high for both models. >> Not good value. >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Dario Bonazza >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/08/27/ricoh-introduces-weather-resistant-flash-units?utm_campaign=internal-link&utm_source=news-list&utm_medium=text&ref=title_0_1 >>> >>> >>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/08/27/ricoh-announces-hd-update-to-pentax-limited-primes-15mm-f4-21mm-f32-35mm-f28-macro-40mm-f28-70mm-f24?utm_campaign=internal-link&utm_source=news-list&utm_medium=text&ref=title_0_0 >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> >> > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
