Just another Rumor, Canon Lens Price Increase

[HDNitehawk]

I just got off the phone with my favorite salesman at the local camera store. I was trying to get an adapter ring so I can use the 24ex flash I bought two months ago with my 180mm macro.....why doesn

[JJphoto]

That is the sure part,

never be 100% sure before it happen but yes I believe it will happen soon.

increase will be from 12 to 20% depending on the lens.

will the 85mm1.8 be the 20% one? just guessing.


Iv been wanting a 180mm macro, I missed the refurbished one.[]

[HDNitehawk]

will the 85mm1.8 be the 20% one? just guessing.


Iv been wanting a 180mm macro, I missed the refurbished one

From what he said, the Reps were giving dealers a heads up. The % of the increase was all speculation on his and my part, hopefully it will be less.


The 180mm is an awesome lens. Ever since the 100mm F2.8L IS Macro was released it seems like B&H always has used copies. If you could find one that is a 10 you might get a good deal.

[neuroanatomist]

An excerpt purportedly from Canon to dealers, along with the % increases and new price estimates for affected lenses/flashes, can be found HERE.

[nickds7]

This is good news for the used market, bad news for the new market.

[HDNitehawk]

I wonder if the 16% for the 800mm jump is an indication of the prices we can expect to see with the new 500mm F4 and 600mm. I would think Canon would want the 800mm to still be the most expensive lens. So they had to raise it a larger percentage to allow for the pricing of the new Tele

[ddt0725]

OUCH!!


Well, I'm glad I put off selling my 17-55mm and moved the 135L up on my list ahead of a 5d mk II ...now if I could just get a copy that works!! []


No word on camera prices going up I hope!

Denise

[JJphoto]

it seems like B&H always has used copies

thanks HD, just picked up a D condition from Adorama, B&H doesn't have anything right now.


about the new lenses, I think the 600mm probably will be a lit more than $110000,because 600mm should be a little more expensive than the 400mm 2.8 and not sure it will be more than the new price of the 800mm, but I bet it will.

[JJphoto]

prices has jumped up already!


e.g., B&H and Adorama have raised the price of 500mm 4.0 IS from $6140 to $6399( that's why I don't like them[]), Amazon and J&R still have the old price but are out of stock. only one store on ebay still selling it for $6129(by the time I'm writing this).


so it is true!

[gbc]

If there was any more doubt that lenses are better investments than camera bodies...


Every single lens I own, all bought over the last three years, now sells for more than what I bought it for. And I don