Well, we are moving into the year's slowest retail period, from now through April -- when people start buying graduation presents. So perhaps the standard Winter retail slowdown will produce at least a temporary price drop.
Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://kerygmainstitute.org "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" -- Jim Elliott >-----Original Message----- >From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 07:49 PM >To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' >Subject: Re: Pentax price curves > >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. > -- 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.
