I suspect the price drops come when demand lags. The K-5 has been well received, so it may be longer than usual. I think they K-7 was discounted within a couple of months of release, but I definitely didn't track it, so I'm not at all sure. Paul On Jan 27, 2011, at 7:32 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
> I was trying to find the price history of various Pentax DSLRs, to get some > idea of when the K-5 might next drop in price, but while I've seen such > charts, I can't find any. Other than "two weeks after I bought mine", > anybody have a good idea of what the price curve of Pentax DSLRs looks like? > > I have noticed that a sudden price drop often precedes the introduction of a > new model, but there do seem to be a few adjustments along the way. We've > already seen the first price drop after the "get full retail from the folks > that have to have the latest" rush. But the B&H price has been steady at > $1465 for a while now. > > In the process of looking, I stumbled across this site: > http://www.radiantlite.com/2010/01/digital-slr-and-compact-camera-price-chart.html > > I'm not sure who he is, but he seems to be a Canon shooter that likes Pentax. > The weird thing is that while I can't see what he uses to base his advice on > (much like Mr. Hardness-scale), a lot of his Pentax advice seems to be pretty > good: > > http://www.radiantlite.com/2009/10/recommended-lenses-for-pentax-k7-pentax-k20d.html > http://www.radiantlite.com/2009/12/recommended-lenses-for-pentax-k-x-k-m.html > > even if he likes the D7000 and the 60D better than the K-5: > http://www.radiantlite.com/2010/10/best-advanced-dslr-camera-2010.html > > > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
