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Re: [OM] New price for Zuiko lens in Japan.

Subject: Re: [OM] New price for Zuiko lens in Japan.
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 11:39:52 -0700
>So at yesterday's closing exchange rate of 135.60 Yen / USD, that make the
>new price of a 35-80 around $US1386.  Ouch!!  And this is to increase
>profits due to reduced consumer demand,  the falling Yen and terrible
>economic conditions.  Small wonder I barely passed Econ101........   Makes
>me glad I filled in the gaps in my macro lens collection a few months back.
>
>John P
>______________________________________
>there is no "never" - just long periods of "not yet".
>
>
>N.Maekawa <maekawa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> offered this insight:
>
>
>>In Japan, Olympus Japan announced that they will raise the suggested price
>>for all Zuiko lenses on November 1st. This will affect street price.
>>Today I got new price list issued by Olympus at Yodobashi Camera.
>>
>>New price is about 20 0gher than current price.
>>For example;
>>Zuiko 50mm f1.8: 20,000 Yen --> 24,000 Yen
>>Zuiko zoom 35-80mm f2.8 150,000 Yen --> 188,000 Yen
>
>
It seems that Oly has the same crash and burn philosophy that their
government has in dealing with their economic crisis. This positions the
35-80/2.8 at more than twice the price of the Nikon equivalent.

Winsor

Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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