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Hey all.
Those that know me on here will know that I have a avid interest in Macro photography although landscape and whatever does me.
Now I own a Nikon Z6 and I was interested in purchasing the new Nikkor S 105 MC Macro lens from Panamoz but I see that their prices are way up there with normal (non grey market) retailers.
In fact it was only yesterday that I saw that Panamoz had this lens in for the 1st time since it`s release in June.
Yesterdays price was £1080 and todays price is £1130 that`s way more than it was advertised on Amazon.co.uk (£999)
Have they gone mad ........
What`s your thoughts ?
 
All camera gear appears to have gone up. That's if you can find what you want anywhere?
 
Something is going on with supplies. I have been looking for the Laowa 65mm Fuji mount. Out of stock everywhere with lead times of over a month.
 
All of the grey market companies have gotten cleverer over the last year or so. For items that are in short supply and in demand they have been in around normal U.K pricing to maximise their profits. Has been happening for a good while now.

They will drop the pricing once they are readily available elsewhere.
 
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It’s exchange rates etc as they move daily and chips shortages are forecast to be an issue for 2 years partly due to extra demand in the pandemic and the strained relationship between China and USA
 
Prices are up on everything, global manufacturing rates have taken a hit. I am looking for a new bike and they have shot up by around 30%.
 
bass_junkie83 said:
Prices are up on everything, global manufacturing rates have taken a hit. I am looking for a new bike and they have shot up by around 30%.
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They have indeed, Bike manufacturers shut for almost 5 months last year then increased demand, my LBS is taking orders for 2023 bikes and we not even in 2022 yet !

We cannot get enough staff in our manufacturing business right now, if you look at the motor manufacturers they are talking about closing for a short period due to shortage of chips, again Intel saying 2 years before the market settles as they are building new plants to keep up with demand and localise outside china like many companies.
 
Peter123 said:
Maybe time to sell my little used Dawes Super Galaxy.
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Bet that’s worth a few quid I’ve sold a bike recently second hand for more than I paid new, eBay went bonkers on bidding, the buyer said he could not get hold of this one as not one left in the country, it’s madness
 
It's complicated, but all prices are going up rapidly.
One problem is transport costs - the cost of transporting a container from China has increased by 800% in the last year, partly due to increased fuel cost but mainly because of demand, shortage of containers, dock delays and their associated costs and driver shortages, and there are also now long delays.

Another problem is staff shortage, due partly to Covid but also to Brexit, with far less movement of people. This especially affects the UK because only the highest-paid EU citizens can get a visa, and why bother with the costs and delays when they can work in other EU countries without the delays and costs?

So far, in competitive markets such as photography, most of the increased costs haven't been passed on to consumers, but this has to change soon.

I'm currently working with two very different types of business that import, and both are facing challenges.
 
Yes, everything is 'going up' from motor vehicles Used car prices at all time high to food Fastest food prices rises in a decade.

Many varied reasons of course but always factor in 'we can so we will' some call it 'greed' the perpetrators would prefer you to recognise it as the 'Covid factor' a ready made excuse for so

much more than rising prices. I refer to abysmal customer service (across the board) through to health care. N:B I contacted my village health care centre attempting to book a nurse's

appointment to get my 'waxy' ears syringed (which they have previously done) I was informed, "we are not doing that now" and they referred me to Specsavers ! :eek:

I almost needed to check it wasn't April 01st. Specsavers want £55.00 to do one ear. Maybe I will send my Health centre the bill ?

We are vigorously pursuing 3rd World country status. :rolleyes:
 
badlywornroy said:
N:B I contacted my village health care centre attempting to book a nurse's

appointment to get my 'waxy' ears syringed (which they have previously done) I was informed, "we are not doing that now" and they referred me to Specsavers ! :eek:
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I was speaking about exactly this with a friend of mine recently, she was an ENT specialist at our hospital, though she has just left to go private for reasons that would take this thread well off track.
But she was saying that strangely enough ear syringing often causes patients to cough, which with Covid meant that they were stopping these services. I don't know if this was decided on a local level or mandated by NHS England.
 
AdamSi said:
They have indeed, Bike manufacturers shut for almost 5 months last year then increased demand, my LBS is taking orders for 2023 bikes and we not even in 2022 yet !

We cannot get enough staff in our manufacturing business right now, if you look at the motor manufacturers they are talking about closing for a short period due to shortage of chips, again Intel saying 2 years before the market settles as they are building new plants to keep up with demand and localise outside china like many companies.
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I work in procurement for a very large components distributor, and my area is ‘semi-conductors’. The market is on its backside at the moment. Purchasing for automotive, Military and medical has never been as difficult as is is currently… at least in my 15 years in the job.
 
Also overseas sellers need to charge VAT at source so that will push a lot of grey costs up.
 
But then some things are not. A canon r6 was 1990 with panamonz and 2600 with uk retailers. It was in stock last time i seen
 
I bought a van almost two years ago, pre-registered with 30 miles on the clock. Primarily to carry bikes, as I hated having them on the roof of my car. Now two years old, with 20,000 miles on the clock, we buy any van are offering me £2000 more than I paid for it.

I've ordered a new bike, and don't know when I'll get it, as a result of a shortage of shimano gears. I want a dynamo hub, with a specific front light, and the bike company asked me to source the light myself and send it to them, as they were struggling to get one.

I'd like the Nikkor 105, but am considering the 50mm as a cheaper and available alternative. Next time Nikon do a promotion I'm hoping it will be included. I don't think I'll ever become a macro specialist, and have a slight nagging feeling that buying fancy kit is overreach for my limited photographic skills. I see Panamoz are also off the pace with the 50mm though.
 
Nikon_Nick said:
I work in procurement for a very large components distributor, and my area is ‘semi-conductors’. The market is on its backside at the moment. Purchasing for automotive, Military and medical has never been as difficult as is is currently… at least in my 15 years in the job.
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Was this an issue before COVID?
 
Nikon_Nick said:
I work in procurement for a very large components distributor, and my area is ‘semi-conductors’. The market is on its backside at the moment. Purchasing for automotive, Military and medical has never been as difficult as is is currently… at least in my 15 years in the job.
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Yes in the 24 years I have been in our company and through all the hard recessions it has not been this tough, our service levels have always been in the mid 90%’s of all all order lines on time, currently we are in the 70%’s !
 
In addition to the logistics difficulties caused by both Brexit and Covid, it's probably also related to the prices of all plastics and polymers having gone through the roof - like stratospherically... My wife works in the industry and there's a global shortage - critical in some areas - of certain plastics, which is having a knock-on effect in all manufacturing sectors. The electronics industry seems particularly hard-hit at the moment.
Polystyrene seems to be the only one not currently affected, probably because of the ease of recycling: PU and PVC are both listed as critical.
 
I am after the Canon RF 24-105 f4 L, and have been watching suppliers for the past year.
Grey market prices were at around £800 last year and up until last week E-finity had it listed at £699 but out of stock. They now have stock and it's £999. The UK retail price is around £1150. Even the secondhand price is going up from £800 to over £1000.
Canon are definitely having supply problems though so retailers are charging what they can get away with (and what people will pay).
 
ABTog said:
I am after the Canon RF 24-105 f4 L, and have been watching suppliers for the past year.
Grey market prices were at around £800 last year and up until last week E-finity had it listed at £699 but out of stock. They now have stock and it's £999. The UK retail price is around £1150. Even the secondhand price is going up from £800 to over £1000.
Canon are definitely having supply problems though so retailers are charging what they can get away with (and what people will pay).
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I had the back in stock email as well, thats the boxed version, they still have the no box one out of stock at £699

Just looked again and i cant see the £699 one, sure it was up there last night.
 
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It is not great as far as I can see. It forces me to hang on to the EF gear for the foreseeable future even as I quite desperately need something with 4K RAW video.

Going a little off topic again this shipping containers... cost like $2000 before. Now my client is getting hit with over $8000. They are looking to make their things in here now. Just wait till all this properly filters down to the consumer market.
 
I did wonder when Tamron announced a new lens and didn't give a firm date for its release. It's probably up in the air at the moment. Mind you, we don't have to buy new lenses. Although, I suppose the cost of second hand lenses is bound to increase then. :(
 
Plain Nev said:
I did wonder when Tamron announced a new lens and didn't give a firm date for its release. It's probably up in the air at the moment. Mind you, we don't have to buy new lenses. Although, I suppose the cost of second hand lenses is bound to increase then. :(
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The cost of the s/h lenses I've been looking at have definitely gone up. Supply and demand though, with fewer available that pushes up the prices.
 
AdamSi said:
Yes in the 24 years I have been in our company and through all the hard recessions it has not been this tough, our service levels have always been in the mid 90%’s of all all order lines on time, currently we are in the 70%’s !
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Nightmare.
 
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