Ah, I looked again and there is an uptick in the value of the dollar in the last month and a half or so. http://www.x-rates.com/graph/?from=USD&to=JPY&amount=1
On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Gonz <[email protected]> wrote: > Well the charts for the year show that I can buy less yen for the > dollar now than at the beginning of the year, so the yen appears to be > appreciating. Well at least to me, but maybe the chart I saw was > wrong? > > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 9:01 AM, John <[email protected]> wrote: >> Except that the dollar has been the one appreciating. Japanese goods >> should be less expensive. >> >> On 11/15/2016 5:07 PM, Gonz wrote: >>> >>> Did you mean it the other way, appreciation of the yen... (which makes >>> Japanese products more expensive...) >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 3:56 PM, jtainter <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> "The price of the K-1 has not dropped from the initial introduction, it >>>> has increased instead. Its almost $200 from the initial $1800 or so >>>> that it was several months ago...." >>>> >>>> The word is that this was due to the appreciation of the dollar >>>> relative to the yen. >>>> >>>> I had a little money come in, so I've just ordered a K-1, despite >>>> the price increase. For now I'll pair it mainly with the film era >>>> FA 24-90 (plus many primes that I have). >>>> >>>> Joe >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Science - Questions we may never find answers for. >> Religion - Answers we must never question. >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > -- Reduce your Government Footprint -- -- Reduce your Government Footprint -- 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.
