FYI - Lens price drops

24-70 price drop = New lens in 6 months.

70-200 drop = The lens was overpriced and falling to consumer levels.

Next thread.... :p

Seriously though, thanks for the info, hopefully we'll see other lenses follow suit!
 
I only bought a 24-70 about 1.5 weeks ago for £998!!!! And it was from the cheapest place listed on price buster currently.

Wonder if I have a leg to stand on calling them up and asking what they can do for me?

Thoughts?
 
p0ss3s3d said:
24-70 price drop = New lens in 6 months.

70-200 drop = The lens was overpriced and falling to consumer levels.

Next thread.... :p

Seriously though, thanks for the info, hopefully we'll see other lenses follow suit!
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24-70 IS due to be announced alongside the 1Dsmk4 - larger front element in line with the 16-35 mk2 and 70-200 f2.8L IS mk2

Also new 100-400 looking increasingly likely. So much stuff I want to buy!

I did get myself an iPad today though - complete impulse buy!

EDIT- Wait a tick - a 1.4x teleconverter (mk3) is over £500?? Why would I want to pay £500 to make my lenses a stop slower and a lot lower quality? Easier to crop in!
 
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The 70-200 2.8 MK2 has been that price for a while now, atleast a month. I emailed Kerso at the start of last month and he was able to do it for £1799.

The F4 70-200 is still the same price it has been for months.

The other lens I bought recently the 17-55 2.8 hasn't dropped either on that site. Haven't been monitoring any others though :)

I'm hoping to have a 70-200 2.8 by xmas if my savings keep going well but I'm also condering how much more it will go down in price before it bottoms out. The price drops are natural ones right now due to it being new, the MK1 went for about £1400, £400 more for IS the same as the F4 price gap for IS over non IS.

I don't think it will be too long before the 2.8 hits £1500 as loads has come of it recently so they must have a load of them kicking about now.
 
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