New Nikon lenses

[nictry]

Eh?

The current 70-200 is £1450 right now (and more typically £1550) which is $2378 today.

Our RRP is £1999 for the new version, so try $3280 on for size....it's going to sell well at £1750 though.

Current is not $2378 in the US, it is around $1929 Amazon.com etc. and UK price is £1550ish so I still think the V2 will be over £2k when 1st out in UK

I wasn't doing a $-£ @1.62 conversion in the price but a more realistic 1$ = 1£ ratio as we always get stitched on the £ price!!!!!

 

[Radiohead]

Despite Nikon already stating the RRP will be £1999?

 

[nictry]

the news articles I've seen about it quote the UK price as £1,999

Yep sounds about right

Despite Nikon already stating the RRP will be £1999?

As above I still think this will be around £2k street price, lets wait and see!

 

[boyfalldown]

Yep sounds about right



As above I still think this will be around £2k street price, lets wait and see!

and the point in this post is the news articles state Nikon have set the rrp at £1,999 thats not a difficult concept, and as far as I can make out fact rather than opinion :bang:. Last time I looked £1,999 was about £2k

here you go

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0907/0907300370mm200mm.asp

Hugh

 

[PeteStewardson]

As above I still think this will be around £2k street price, lets wait and see!

Yeah funnily enough £1999 as that's what Nikon say... Although it'll be discounted a bit by retailers.

 

[nictry]

Eh?

Our RRP is £1999 for the new version, so try $3280 on for size....it's going to sell well at £1750 though.

As above I was referring to this post, the fact is the current $ price for the new lens is stated in the press release as $2399 not $3280, the UK price is RRP of £1999 although based upon current VR1 prices my post is saying that the street price will be around £2k as well whereas normally you woudl expect the street price to be a lot less ie £1750 as the post above suggests!

Not difficult to understand is it?

Yeah funnily enough £1999 as that's what Nikon say... Although it'll be discounted a bit by retailers.

and the point in this post is the news articles state Nikon have set the rrp at £1,999 thats not a difficult concept, and as far as I can make out fact rather than opinion :bang:. Last time I looked £1,999 was about £2k

here you go

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0907/0907300370mm200mm.asp

Hugh

No they say this is RRP, my post suggests that is more likely to be the street price ie without further discounts!

 

[boyfalldown]

As above I was referring to this post, the fact is the current $ price for the new lens is stated in the press release as $2399 not $3280, the UK price is RRP of £1999 although based upon current VR1 prices my post is saying that the street price will be around £2k as well whereas normally you woudl expect the street price to be a lot less ie £1750 as the post above suggests!

Not difficult to understand is it?





No they say this is RRP, my post suggests that is more likely to be the street price ie without further discounts!

now I'm really confused - I said it was rrp as did most of the other posters. The retailers won't put street price higher then that

Hugh

 

[nictry]

They might not make it higher but they may well sell for the same price ie £2k, the point is most RRPs are way above what you can actually pay for it on the street, my comment was that in this case I suspect there wil be no reductions and full rrp will be the norm.

 

[Radiohead]

As above I was referring to this post, the fact is the current $ price for the new lens is stated in the press release as $2399 not $3280, the UK price is RRP of £1999 although based upon current VR1 prices my post is saying that the street price will be around £2k as well whereas normally you woudl expect the street price to be a lot less ie £1750 as the post above suggests!

Not difficult to understand is it?

You're comparing the new USA RRP with the current translation of the existing UK ---> USA price when converted?

My conversion was there to demonstrate that once again we're paying way more. To compare like for like you have to convert the new RRP from UK to USA prices. Thus, £1999 = $3280 (when the US togs are expected to see an RRP of $2399).

 

[Munchkinn]

Strange that some people seem unhappy that Nikon have brought out improved version of some lenses? For example, (from DPReview) "the AF-S DX Nikkor 18-200mm F3.5-5.6G ED VR II. The revised version features a new zoom mechanism to combat 'zoom creep' (one of the most common user complaints about the original lens), along with a zoom lock switch to keep the lens compact when carried. Improved 'Super Integrated Coating' promises to reduce flare and ghosting while size, weight and optical construction remain unchanged." The 70-200 is a complete redesign too... :shrug:

 

[Radiohead]

Perhaps because we think there are lens gaps that needed addressing more?

 

[PeteStewardson]

Perhaps because we think there are lens gaps that needed addressing more?

Indeed fill the gaps in the line-up then improve the rest. Although I can see why Nikon would update the 70-200 to give them an even stronger "Holy Trinity" I don't see that much evidence it was something that was required that badly.

I'm a little surprised Nikon haven't really gone for it against Canon on Lenses. They've won the body battle IMO as the D3/D3x pound the 1D/1Ds line-up ( especially since the D3x works out cheaper than the 1Ds ) but they really haven't taken the fight for lenses. :shrug: