>So at yesterday's closing exchange rate of 135.60 Yen / USD, that make the
>new price of a 35-80 around $US1386. Ouch!! And this is to increase
>profits due to reduced consumer demand, the falling Yen and terrible
>economic conditions. Small wonder I barely passed Econ101........ Makes
>me glad I filled in the gaps in my macro lens collection a few months back.
>
>John P
>______________________________________
>there is no "never" - just long periods of "not yet".
>
>
>N.Maekawa <maekawa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> offered this insight:
>
>
>>In Japan, Olympus Japan announced that they will raise the suggested price
>>for all Zuiko lenses on November 1st. This will affect street price.
>>Today I got new price list issued by Olympus at Yodobashi Camera.
>>
>>New price is about 20 0gher than current price.
>>For example;
>>Zuiko 50mm f1.8: 20,000 Yen --> 24,000 Yen
>>Zuiko zoom 35-80mm f2.8 150,000 Yen --> 188,000 Yen
>
>
It seems that Oly has the same crash and burn philosophy that their
government has in dealing with their economic crisis. This positions the
35-80/2.8 at more than twice the price of the Nikon equivalent.
Winsor
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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