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New Nikon UK price list is out

By [NR] admin | March 2, 2009

The previously reported second price increase in the UK materialized today: here is the latest Nikon UK price list. For comparison, here is the January 2009 price list.
I hope this is the last report in the Nikon price increase chapter.

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I don’t get it – Nikon to increase prices in Japan

By [NR] admin | February 24, 2009

I thought all the recent price increases were caused buy the weak yen – why is then Nikon raising prices in Japan (effective April 17th)? Here is a list of affected products:

Product
Old price
New price

F6 Body
315,000
362,250

FM10 body
38,850
43,050

FM10 standardset (AI Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm F3.5-4.8S-)
52,500
57,750

AI Nikkor 20mm F2.8S
85,050
102,900

AI Nikkor 24mm F2.8S
56,700
68,250

AI Nikkor 28mm F2.8S
51,450
61,950

AI Nikkor 35mm F1.4S
90,300
109,200

AI Nikkor 50mm F1.2S
61,950
74,550

AI Nikkor 50mm [...]

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Second price increase from Nikon UK now official

By [NR] admin | February 20, 2009

What was a rumor over a week ago is now official:
Press Release
“Nikon UK will be introducing a second price increase on the 1st March 2009 which will affect Nikon’s Imaging and Optics products.
The price increase is due to the relative weakness of Sterling and the continued strength of the Yen. A range of product groups [...]

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Confusion: another Nikon UK price hike in March

By [NR] admin | February 14, 2009

Email sent to customers of Grays of Westminster:
“As a uniquely Nikon-only shop, Grays of Westminster is the perfect destination for your Nikon needs. Now, as well as a full range of bodies and accessories, we are pleased to announce that we unexpectedly have in stock a very small number of the following sought-after, rarely available lenses:
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Nikon prices still going up?

By [NR] admin | February 12, 2009

Few readers emailed me that Nikon prices went up again in the last few days (the last time I updated the Price Watch section was a week ago, so you can clearly see the difference). Pretty much every DSLR body went up in price with $10-$20. For example the D300 is now (was $1489.95 a week ago):
Amazon: [...]

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