Comments on: 10% Canon price increase on October 1st?

By: New fanboy

New fanboy — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:33:04 +0000

Um. Did this happen? I don’t think it did, but I don’t pay attention to Canon prices.

By: Sigma/tamron

Sigma/tamron — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:13:38 +0000

I guess Sigma/Tamron will really be the big winners of this price increase. They are getting really good with their in lens stabilization and are a lot cheaper. This is a dumb move by Canon.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:07:39 +0000

@thom

Got the same mail too:

«Sehr geehrte Kundinnen und Kunden,

Canon wird per Donnerstag, 1. Oktober währungsbedingt die Preise aller Produkte erhöhen.
Die Preise werden um ca. 2% erhöht. Alle Bestellungen bis am 30. September werden wir
noch zum alten, tieferen Preis ausliefern. Die Preiserhöhung gilt für alle Canon Produkte.

Sie finden Canon Produkte in unserem Online-Store unter:
http://www.…

Freundliche Grüsse

XXX XXX AG
XXXXXXstrasse XX
XXXX Zürich
T 043-XXX XX XX
F 043-XXX XX XX
INFO@XXXXX.CH
http://WWW.XXXXX.CH»

By: dyna

dyna — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:23:59 +0000

From what I’ve heard it’s going to be 20-25% on all lenses. And that’s it. No other products are to be affected. Just the lenses. Bodies stay, compact cameras stay, video stays. Just the lenses get increased. Dramatically… just like Nikon’s increases earlier this year.

And Canon has had price increases nearly every year for the past 5 years. This should come as no surprise to anyone, regardless of dollar/yen ratios or any of that nonsense. It was going to happen, sooner or later.

By: thom

thom — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:16:36 +0000

Swiss Canon Pro Dealer says there will be a price increase of 2% on all Canon items on october, 1st.

By: regular

regular — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:39:01 +0000

Did you notice price increase rumors are quiet frequent with Canon? I think that is a way to push sales. “Hurry, hurry to buy this expensive TS/E lens before it gets even more expensive”.

By: Bubba Satori

Bubba Satori — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:58:50 +0000

Yep. Very good points. Well done.

By: Just a Thought

Just a Thought — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:55:21 +0000

FAKE:
- Large photo supply shop would never divulge this and risk pissing Canon off. They did not grow large by shooting their mouth off.

- Large photo supply shops in NY/NJ are on Jewish Holiday and are not going to contact anyone with such info, especially not during Jewish holiday time.