Tag Archives: delay because of high demand

The new Canon PowerShot V1 and two other compact cameras will be in short supply

By PR admin | Published: February 26, 2025

Canon issued a notice that the new PowerShot V1 and two other compact cameras will be in short supply:

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Canon Japan announced more product shortages: the EOS R5 Mark II now may take over six months for delivery

By PR admin | Published: August 30, 2024

Canon Japan updated their previous product shortage notice, and apparently, the new Canon EOS R5 Mark II camera can now take over six months to deliver. This is confusing because the EOS R5 Mark II was in stock on the day of the official release in the US (we already know that companies like to […]

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Despite the reported “product shortages” the new Canon R5 Mark II is now in stock in the US

By PR admin | Published: August 22, 2024

Just like with the Panasonic S9, the new Canon EOS R5 Mark II camera is now in stock in the US (body only and lens kit) despite the previously announced product shortages: Amazon B&H The Canon R5 Mark II was also in stock on the day of the official release:

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Canon adds more products to their supply shortage list

By PR admin | Published: August 4, 2024

In addition to the already announced shortages for the latest EOS R1 and EOS R5 Mark II cameras, Canon added several more products to their supply shortage list: Product Availability EOS R1 We plan to ship the products one by one, but delivery may take longer than usual. EOS R5 Mark II We plan to ship the […]

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Fujifilm CEO: camera shortages are “normal” if you want to create brand power similar to Leica

By PR admin | Published: July 4, 2024

I have been reporting for years on the trend for companies to announce supply shortages because of the high demand for new products. In 99% of the cases, the new products are widely available without any signs of production delays. When there is a real shortage, like in the case of the new X100 VI […]

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Was the Panasonic S9 really in short supply because of high demand? The camera is currently sitting in stock a week before the official shipping date…

By PR admin | Published: June 23, 2024

Was the Panasonic S9 camera really in short supply because of high demand? The camera is currently sitting in stock at Adorama and B&H Photo – (all colors available!) almost a week before the official shipping date. Companies should work harder to convince us that their products are good and selling well. Announcing short supply because […]

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Can you believe this: the Panasonic S9 camera will be in short supply because of high demand?

By PR admin | Published: June 11, 2024

Panasonic Japan issued a statement apologizing for the inappropriate use of stock photos on the LUMIX product website. Oh, and guess what? The Panasonic S9 camera will be in short supply becuase of high demand (wink wink):

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Get used to the new marketing trick of camera companies: lottery system to allow you to buy the latest and greatest camera

By PR admin | Published: May 17, 2024

Fujifilm was the first to implement this with the X1000VI if I am not mistaken, and now Ricoh is doing it as well with the new GR III HDF and GR IIIx HDF cameras: “Sales will start from April 12th (Friday). RICOH GR III HDF/ RICOH GR IIIx HDF will be sold only at the […]

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OM System PEN E-P7 and OM-D E-M10 Mark IV cameras in short supply

By PR admin | Published: March 16, 2024

OM System Japan issued an apology regarding the short supply of PEN E-P7 and OM-D E-M10 Mark IV cameras:

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All Ricoh GR cameras are out of stock, temporary suspension of orders, new model coming?

By PR admin | Published: March 8, 2024

A few months ago a Ricoh GR designer teased a new GR announcement. We have not seen any new GR-related developments since. There was no news even at the CP+ show in Japan last month. Ricoh Japan now announced a new temporary suspension of GR camera orders because of supply shortages (again). Here are the impacted models: […]

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Don’t expect the Fujifilm X100VI camera to be in stock anytime soon

By PR admin | Published: March 7, 2024

Many (all?) companies got into the habit of announcing product shortages “becuase of high demand”. For the most part, I consider this to be a marketing strategy, but in the case of the new Fujifilm X100VI camera, I believe the hype is real after getting some feedback from retailers – the X100VI demand is very […]

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Fujifilm suspends sales of X-T5 and X-S20 cameras in Japan

By PR admin | Published: October 27, 2023

Fujifilm has suspended sales of their X-T5 and X-S20 cameras in Japan citing strong demand that exceeded the company’s initial production plans:

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