Nikon raised the price of the FM10 film SLR camera in Japan by almost 50%: old price (excl. tax) new price (excl. tax) FM10 41,000 yen 61,000 yen FM10 kit 55,000 yen 75,000 yen The new pricing will take effect on April 1, 2015. I am not sure if this price increase will come also to the US […]
The UK may not be the only country to raise the price of the Nikon D4 and D800 cameras. There is a good chance that this will happen also in at least one more European country (maybe Norway?). For now this is just a rumor, but I was told that Nikon D4 orders has been […]
Pixiq reported today that Nikon UK increased the price of the Nikon D4 by £500 and the D800 by £200, with immediate effect. The information is based on an email sent from a Nikon UK general manager. The previous pricing was described as a “systems error”. Currently the Nikon D800 is listed for £2,399.00 £2,599.00 at Amazon and […]
Nikon USA just raised the prices for some of their refurbished DSLR cameras (I am not sure about lenses). Some examples: Nikon D3s refurbished price went up from $4,159.96 to $4,679.96 (new D3s costs $5,199.95) Nikon D3x refurbished price went up from $6,399,96 to $7,199.96 (new D3x costs $7,999.00) Nikon D700 refurbished price went up from $2,150 to $2,429.96 (new D700 costs $2,699.95)
I just received this internal email from a major US retailer about the new Nikon pricing policy (few sentences were removed in order to protect my source): New Nikon Pricing Policy Nikon has announced a new Unilateral Pricing Policy on many cameras and lenses for the entire retail market. This should clean up the marketplace from discounting and non-authorized sellers. […]
Since B&H will be closed till the weekend, it seems that they already updated their prices according to the new Nikon policy. You can get a feeling of the new prices on their website. Here are few examples: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 is $2,399.95 at B&H, currently $2,159.96 at Amazon. Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 is $1,889.95 at B&H, currently $1,700.96 […]
Several readers have emailed me about my post from Friday on the upcoming Nikon price increase starting on October 16th. I just want to clarify that Nikon will not be raising their prices. They will just start enforcing their MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) policy which will lead to a price increase for certain products in […]
Read also my update to this post. So far, I have received two separate emails from two different major US retailers indicating a price increase on all Nikon products starting on October 12th (or 16th), 2011. I have removed the store names in order to protect my sources. If you have planned to buy something […]
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