WOW! Just look at the comparative US B&H June 99 Prices: Someone is
making a LOT of $$ on you Brits for new OM stuff.
90mm f2 macro £1200 ($ 1920) US Price: $900
180mm f2 £7700 ($ 12320) ?
350mm f2.8 £11000 ($ 17600) ?
21mm f2 £1300 ($2080) US Price: $940
35 - 80 f2.8 £1700) ($2720) US Price: $1150
Skip
At 8/22/99 05:04 PM +0000, you wrote:
The UK magazine ³ Practical Photography² publishes a ³ Data Guide² on ³
Current Lenses². Some of the prices give for new Olympus lenses are :
90mm f2 macro £1200 ($ 1920)
180mm f2 £7700 ($ 12320)
350mm f2.8 £11000 ($ 17600)
21mm f2 £1300 ($2080)
35 - 80 f2.8 £1700) ($2720)
Thank goodness for the second hand market !!
Alex Wilson.
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>From: ALEXSCIFI@xxxxxxx
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Do World prices vary on NEW OM gear???
>Date: Sun, Aug 22, 1999, 11:54 am
>
> Has anyone noticed significant variations in the prices (and even
> availability) of brand new OM gear??? For example, it is known that Mamiya
> USA prices it's stuff at about TWICE the Japanese or Hong Kong price
level!!!
> In the second case, the classic Ricoh GR1 is no longer available new in the
> US, but can apparently still be had in England.
>
> Alex
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