We shouldnt moan about prices

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rocketman122

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what about lenses? we shouldnt complain about those? 80-200 AFS sold for $1400 when launched, 70-200VR1 sold for $1650 when launched, 70-200VR2 sells for $2400. the 70-200 F4 sells for $1400 where the 80-200 2.8 AFD sold for $750.

28-70 AFS sold for $1400 when launched 24-70 AFS sells for $1900. wheres the proportion there? 17-35 AFS sold for $1400 when launched, now sells for $1900

80-400 AFS sells for $1000 more than the old 80-400. old 85 1.4 AFD sold for $1100 when launched, new ones sells for $1600.

new 50mm 1.4 er 58mm sells for $1700 and cant do much more (unless youre pixel peeping and using a magnifying glass on 100% zoom) than the regular 50 1.4/1.8g's

new 400 2.8 sells for $3000 more than old one. those are some ridiculous prices. wheres the proportions? add in inflation, thats fine, its still not in proportion to anything.
 
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Nikon Photographer

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I was planing on getting the D70 here in the U.K, but the week they were launched I was off to a 2 week trip to the Canary islands, infact I was sitting at B'ham airport reading the review of the D70 in the AP, after reading that I knew I just had to have one.
Found a good camera shop while over there and got the D70 with 18-70DX lens, 2 memory cards all for £730, a great saving on the U.K price, and as it was a European version I registered it with Nikon U.K and got a full 12 month warrenty with it as well ....

Well worth shopping around .....
 
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mikew_RIP

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Nikon Photographer said:
I was planing on getting the D70 here in the U.K, but the week they were launched I was off to a 2 week trip to the Canary islands, infact I was sitting at B'ham airport reading the review of the D70 in the AP, after reading that I knew I just had to have one.
Found a good camera shop while over there and got the D70 with 18-70DX lens, 2 memory cards all for £730, a great saving on the U.K price, and as it was a European version I registered it with Nikon U.K and got a full 12 month warrenty with it as well ....

Well worth shopping around .....
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It may have cost me more,two return tickets to the canary's :D
 
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Nikon Photographer

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mikew said:
It may have cost me more,two return tickets to the canary's :D
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Well the flights and accommodation did cost me twice the price of the D70 ......mind you that was for the two of us, and it was a 5* hotel, thinking about it now, that holiday cost me quite a bit of money, thankfully the Euro to the Pound was a good rate back then, if I remember correctly, it was around 1.50 Euro to the Pound.
 
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