When you say "Amazon has it listed" you have to be careful because Amazon may (themselves) not be the seller. In this case, the $3880 price is "Ships from and sold by TOKYO CAMERA / WorldWide Shipping." People can (and do) make up all sorts of prices for items which they don't have in hand.
Two other Japanese sellers (on Amazon) are offering it for $2474.49, shipped. http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00T70TPQO/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new It is possible that japan will see the lens before U.S. sellers (all three seem to indicate a late December ship date) get their hands on it, so some might pay a premium to have it a couple of months before other U.S. early birds. The Nikon lens that it is probably aiming to be the equivalent of is the $2100 AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II. Canon's EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Telephoto Zoom is just under $2K. On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 12:35 AM, Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> wrote: > > > I just noticed that Amazon has it listed already (with a Dec.28, 2015 in > stock date). > I haven't heard much said about this lens... > > http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00T70TPQO/ > $3,880. Ouch! > > Although I see one listed @B&H: > http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1117718-REG/pentax_21330_hd_pentax_d_fa.html > for a much smaller amount: $2300, but available on Feb.25, 2016. > > That listing has an interesting "product highlight": > "Direct Current AF"... > Ghm... As opposed to AC-AF? ;-) > > Igor > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
