I, too, experienced sticker shock at the price jumps, Stan. I had been watching the 150-450. It rose to $2,400. It's now back to $2,200. It isn't happening at that price.
On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 11:07 AM, Stanley Halpin <[email protected] > wrote: > I have been dithering. Just not sure if I want/need the 15-30, 24-70, > 70-200 lenses. I ultimately descended into the depths of analytic > consideration: I constructed a spreadsheet-type layout of my current and > possible new lenses for APS-C, FF, and 645 cameras, and then stared at that > for hours. Trying to anticipate what I would take on my next few planned > trips, how I would carry it, what shots are “must have”, etc. And at least > for now I do have all three bodies. Each has unique features, I already > have a fairly broad set of lenses for the 645 and APS-C, but not for the > K-1. Particularly if I want AW and quick-shift AF. > > So throughout the last few weeks as I have been agonizing over this issue, > B&H helpfully, through the magic of cookies and other modern magic, has > been popping up thumbnail teasers of their ongoing special deals. > Throughout, the 24-70/2.8 has been right at $1300, the 70-200/2.8 right at > $1800. This morning was the same. I clicked through to B&H and was shocked > to see the 70-200/2.8 now at $2300! > > I jumped over to Adorama, their prices are still $1300 and $1800. I > ordered both lenses. I’ll worry next week about whether I will keep one or > both, but it seemed that if I waited it might cost me $500 or more above > what I had been expecting. > > stan > > > -- > 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.
