Nikon announced a new price increase in Japan for Nikkor lenses and Speedlight flashes. The full list of impacted products can be found here (PDF file). The new pricing will be active on March 1st, 2016. The reason for the new pricing is the increased cost of raw materials.
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For all European readers – I have been reporting for months now that a big Nikon price increase is coming to Europe in early 2016 (up to 30% in Germany, 5-20% in the UK). Have you seen any price increases in your country? Please report in the comments section below.
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:
In addition to the upcoming D4s and D810 UK price increase, the price of most lenses is rumored to go up by 5%-20% in early 2016. For now the info I received is only for the UK, I am not sure if the same will happen to other European countries. If you need a new Nikkor, […]
Grays of Westminster (Nikon UK dealer) announced a new price increase “on selected new products, including the Nikon D810 and D4S, from 1st December 2015“: D810 DSLR Body = £2195.00 D810 + MB-D12 = £2475.00 D810 + AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8G = £3375.00 D810 + AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G = £3295.00 D810 + AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8G + AF-S […]
It seems that Nikon quietly increased the prices of many (all?) Nikkor lenses in the US at the end of June – here are few examples sent by a reader who actually tracks the prices over time (based on B&H listings): Nikkor AF line: 24-85mm f/2.8-4: $670 to $742 80-200mm f/2.8: $1,099 to $1,222 16mm f/2.8 […]
I already briefly mentioned that few weeks ago, but now I can confirm that a price increase on Nikon gear is coming to Canada on May 1st, 2015. I do not have any details on what products will be impacted and how big the price increase will be.
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