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Even the D3x price went up

By [NR] admin | January 18, 2009

If you thought the D3x price was high, it can always get higher:

“Nikon has jacked the price of its new high-end DSLR to £6000 ($8800) in the UK due to the slinky-like fluctuations of currency exchange rates. The original UK list price, announced back in December, was a mere £5500 ($8050). That’s almost a 10% rise in one month.”

Source

Nikon D3x @ Yodobashi Camera in Umeda, Osaka, Japan

Nikon D3x - displayed for hands-on use on the shelves @ Yodobashi Camera in Umeda, Osaka, Japan. Picture courtesy of http://www.patricksmithphotos.com/

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20 Comments

  1. Phil
    Posted January 18, 2009 at 5:40 pm | Permalink

    The street prices are here:

    http://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk/graphs/Nikon_D3X_Body_graph.png

  2. Ennan
    Posted January 18, 2009 at 6:48 pm | Permalink

    its £5999.99 in the uk now.

  3. KT
    Posted January 18, 2009 at 8:18 pm | Permalink

    It must be a mighty good camera for Nikon to raise the price at this point

  4. ILikeCookiesForReals
    Posted January 18, 2009 at 10:42 pm | Permalink

    Rumor has is that Nikon is raising prices so that they can squeeze in an entry level camera below the D40 which will be called the D30 and will have all the ground breaking features of the D40 but will be smaller and lighter since it won’t have a shutter release, memory card holder, or sensor. yay

    • Eh?
      Posted January 19, 2009 at 9:00 am | Permalink

      Nonesense – are you in the same world as the rest of us or are you just a sock puppet? I work in international economics/marketing and it has to do with the currency fluctuations – specifically the strength of the Yen vs every other currency at present.

      The price of a D3x would NEVER be altered by any repostitioning of the low end product market, simply because they are for a completely different market – opposite ends of the scale!

      • Eh-heheh
        Posted January 19, 2009 at 10:34 am | Permalink

        Wow, you forgot to turn on Humor Mode this morning.

      • ILikeCookiesForReals
        Posted January 19, 2009 at 11:42 am | Permalink

        In response to “EH? the economist”: My contention is that prior to the Revolutionary War, the economic modalities, especially in the southern colonies, could most aptly be characterized as agrarian, pre-capitalist — nikon d30 lovers

  5. Peter
    Posted January 19, 2009 at 1:54 am | Permalink

    Spare a little thought for the Canon user.

    The 1Dsiii went up £1700 and is now £7730. The 1Diii went up £950 to £4000.

    • Ennan
      Posted January 19, 2009 at 11:40 am | Permalink

      Haha!

  6. Alain2x
    Posted January 19, 2009 at 2:04 am | Permalink

    Very clever shot of what the guy supposedly wants to show : the price tag is cleverly hidden by his left hand :)
    We only can read “89…” yens
    89000 yens ?
    Anyway, prices are going up and down on every camera life start.
    Till the thing is available, they will settle somewhere.

    • yd
      Posted January 19, 2009 at 5:00 am | Permalink

      It’s 897,000 yen (9900 USD!!!) at yodobashi’s website.

  7. mattiask
    Posted January 19, 2009 at 4:58 am | Permalink

    I must say that I find these price-in-xx-country posts boring. Is there really a general interest if something goes up a few bucks or down a little. I can understand posts about real bargains or coupons etc. It feels less like a rumor site and more like a price watch site. To me it almost feels like ads when browsing for something interesting.

    sorry for complaining, maybe I´m just frustrated that there are no juicy product rumors to dream about. :)

    • Willis
      Posted January 19, 2009 at 11:34 am | Permalink

      I think the posts are helpful. Yes they aren’t as juicy as new product rumors *cough* SB-700 *cough*, but it provides some good insight on how Nikon is positioning itself. I don’t think Nikon will release new bodies while its also raising prices.

    • [NR] admin
      Posted January 19, 2009 at 12:14 pm | Permalink

      OK, valid point – no more price increase posts, we covered that topic in great details

      • RobJ
        Posted January 19, 2009 at 1:36 pm | Permalink

        I think price increases (or reductions) are perfectly valid to post about. In fact, I just ordered a couple of new lenses, so I’ve found this information very helpful.

  8. Rama Syahputra
    Posted January 19, 2009 at 11:42 am | Permalink

    is this only a rumors, or really did happened…?
    shouldn’t it be: nikonfact.com :-)
    btw, thanks for the info Will.
    cheers…

  9. Chuck
    Posted January 19, 2009 at 11:54 am | Permalink

    They can raise the price as high as they want. It doesn’t matter until someone actually buys it. And that is the million dollar question!!!

  10. James
    Posted January 21, 2009 at 9:36 am | Permalink

    B&H increased the price for 14-24 but they made it Free Shipping.

  11. bratpu
    Posted February 3, 2009 at 8:24 pm | Permalink

    Better buy the other product Nike-on, comfort the feet