Up to 30% price increase on Nikon lenses coming to Europe on January 1st, 2016



Last week I reported about the upcoming price increase in the UK. I was not sure if the price increase will impact other EU countries but today I received some new info: up to 30% price increase on certain lenses in the EU starting from January 1st, 2016. Here are the details:

Current price in €

(without VAT)
New price in €

(without VAT)
% change
Nikon D750 Kit inkl. AF-S 4,0 / 24-120 G ED VR 2189,00 2365,00 8,04
Nikon Nikkor AF-S 1,4 / 85 mm G 1299,00 1432,00 10,24
Nikon Nikkor AF-S 2,8 / 105 mm G IF ED VR Micro 715,00 790,00 10,49
Nikon Nikkor AF-S 1,8 / 20 mm G ED 572,00 628,00 9,79
Nikon Nikkor AF-S 1,8 / 28 mm G 494,00 542,00 9,72
Nikon Nikkor AF-S 1,8 / 35 mm G ED (inkl. HB-70 und CL-0915) 403,00 428,00 6,20
Nikon Nikkor AF-S DX 1,8 / 35 mm G 152,00 168,00 10,53
Nikon Nikkor AF-S DX 2,8 / 40 mm Micro 190,00 229,00 20,53
Nikon Nikkor AF-S 1,4 / 50 mm G 289,00 374,00 29,41
Nikon Nikkor AF-S 1,8 / 50 mm G 152,00 183,00 20,39
Nikon Nikkor AF-S 1,8 / 50 mm G SE 205,00 229,00 11,71
Nikon Nikkor AF-S 1,4 / 58 mm G 1216,00 1347,00 10,77
Nikon Nikkor AF-S 2,8 / 60 mm G ED Micro 418,00 482,00 15,31
Nikon Nikkor AF-S 1,8 / 85 mm G 365,00 420,00 15,07
Nikon Nikkor AF-S DX 3,5 / 85 mm G ED VR Micro 380,00 420,00 10,53
Nikon Nikkor AF-S DX 3,5-4,5 / 10-24 mm G ED 648,00 712,00 9,88
Nikon Nikkor AF-S 2,8 / 14-24 mm G ED 1369,00 1585,00 15,78
Nikon Nikkor AF-S DX 3,5-5,6 / 16-85 mm G ED VR 456,00 552,00 21,05
Nikon Nikkor AF-S 4,0 / 16-35 mm G ED VR 838,00 979,00 16,83
Nikon Nikkor AF-S 2,8 / 24-70 mm G ED 1295,00 1492,00 15,21
Nikon Nikkor AF-S DX 2,8 / 17-55 mm G IF-ED 1064,00 1285,00 20,77
Nikon Nikkor AF-S 3,5-4,5 / 18-35 mm G ED 516,00 597,00 15,70
Nikon Nikkor AF-S DX 3,5-5,6 / 18-300 mm G ED VR 684,00 826,00 20,76
Nikon Nikkor AF-S DX 3,5-6,3 / 18-300 mm G ED VR 535,00 589,00 10,09
Nikon Nikkor AF-S 4,0 / 24-120 mm G ED VR 759,00 918,00 20,95
Nikon Nikkor AF-S 3,5-5,6 / 28-300 mm G ED VR 684,00 787,00 15,06
Nikon Nikkor AF-S 4,0 / 70-200 mm G ED VR 950,00 1148,00 20,84
Nikon Nikkor AF-S 2,8 / 70-200 mm G ED II VR 1673,00 1934,00 15,60
Nikon Nikkor AF-S 4,5-5,6 / 70-300 mm G IF ED VR 456,00 482,00 5,70
Nikon Nikkor AF-S 4,5-5,6 / 80-400 mm G ED VR 1901,00 2042,00 7,42
Nikon Telekonverter TC-20E III 378,00 398,00 5,29
Nikon Telekonverter TC-14E III 397,00 414,00 4,28

Please note that those are Nikon dealer’s prices (what Nikon sells the gear to dealers for) and the actual sale prices might be different.

I have no information on potential price increase in the US. In the worse case scenario we may lose some of the current rebates.