sskoutas wrote:
When the 85mm f/1.2 L II gets back to $1,685 and the 135L gets back to $899, I\'ll buy them. These current prices are still way too high. I don\'t fault the retailers... I\'d say Canon is driving the inflation.
That\'s correct, Omar, \"faulting\" anyone serves no practical purpose. They (and all of us) run their (our) businesses in a way which is aimed to maximize gains/minimize losses.
However, I am not clear on who did what to whom. I am guessing that Canon has caused lens shortages in the USA market. Perhaps they cut their manufacturing costs that way.
Thus the lens demand might have exceeded the lens supply. Big retailers responded by raising prices in an attempt to mainatain their profits despite a lower sales volume. Lo and behold, higher prices are causing lower demand....so now we might have an oversupply of lenses. This latest miniscule price drop might be indicative of that demand shrinkage. And on it goes.
Nov 16, 2009 at 03:31 PM
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