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.
