Last year's earthquake & tsunami along with other natural disasters in
Asia have affected the cost of production.
I know that when Thailand flooded last year hard-drive prices spiked. I
bought a 1.5TB drive for $60.00 in July and after the floods, the
cheapest I could find that same drive was about $200.00. It's back down
to $100.00 now.
Looks like prices have come down some since they're beginning to
recover. Maybe the same will happen with camera & lens prices.
From: Christine Nielsen
Groan.
The 16-50 has been on my wish list for a while... I guess I should
have bought it $700 ago.
I can understand incremental price increases, but almost double?
Yikes. For a long time, one of the advantages of Pentax has been the
value proposition... if that goes away, then what? Just as expensive
as Canikon, but quirkier, and with no FF option?
-c
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Bryan Jacoby <bryan.jac...@gmail.com> 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?
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