The Dollar is rising against the Euro and Pound because conditions are even worse in Europe than they are in the U.S., if that can be believed. The Pound has dropped 44% against the Yen.

It wasn’t that long ago that a pound was $2. Now it’s $1.42.
When the Euro was first issued it was below $1. Now it’s $1.26, but that’s way down from about $1.50.

If Nikon were a UK company, prices in the U.S. would be pretty cheap. But since they’re a Japanese company, it’s the Dollar to Yen conversion that counts.

BTW. You forgot to tell us, “no new Nikon MX announcement today.”

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0902/09021805canond10.asp

I would buy a Nikon underwater camera over a Canon? Should I wait and see if Nikon comes out with one or buy the Canon underwater camera?

Life has become boring… no new releases in the run up to PMA except for the 35mm, which Nikon ought to have released at least 6 years ago…

Without a real outlook of sustained and future sales, R&D budgets will be slashed. Which means new high-end products will see a much longer cycle.

don’t believe me, just take a look of what happen in wall street and the currency worldwide

“WELL, today the Dollar currency got even stronger worldwide.”

Even stronger? Check this out:

http://www.trustnet.com/Currencies/CurrencyHistory.aspx?SourceT=USDJPY

Now, put yourself in the shoes of Nikon execs. That graph represents your profit margin in the US. I’m surprised they’ve had the self-control to keep prices at the same level for as long as they have. You are probably confusing single-day trading with actual trends.

It must be a specific explanation for the raising prices, probably a cummulative of factors.

would be good for everyone to have a clear answer, wouldn’t it ?

A companies’ main purpose it to turn a profit

So, how this will impact in camera and lenses’ prices ?

- If japanese manufacturers sell their products in Yens in Japan, their price shouln’t have to change

but…
- If japanese companies make camera and lenses with materials all got in japan, then their prices in Yens shouldn’t change.
But since this is an hipothetical situation, they should use also imported materials wich might be in dollars.

After a mess of factors…
- if japanese manufacturers sell their products in dollars to other countries, their prices shouldn’t have to change, since the dollar currency got stronger, and thus when exchanging to Yens the manufacturer will get more Yens.

So, why are the prices in U.S. raising ?

after all, we started to call “Big” to the D3x’s price

Later, the Big thing was supposed to be a printer (according to Ken R. and some sources).

Later, the Big thing was a concert of xx (don’t remember, I don’t know that band)

And then….. indeed, the Big thing already happened and was the recital or was nothing ?