- Nikon has announced a ‘necessary price adjustment’ for cameras in the US
- This happens “because of the recent rates”, according to the camera giant
- The price increases will take effect from June 23
Nikon officially participates in the list of camera manufacturers who increase camera prices in response to, you guessed it, the American rates.
In a short post on the Nikon US PersiteThe camera giant said that “because of the recent rates” planted a “necessary price adjustment for products”. This is apparently in force from June 23, making it a potentially good time to pick up that Nikon camera that you have viewed.
We do not yet know which cameras (or lenses) are influenced, but that should become clear in the coming weeks. Nikon offered a small crumb of comfort by stating that “carefully will follow any rate developments and can adjust the prices if necessary to display evolving market conditions”.
That can mean an adjustment in the wrong direction if the trade wars continue to warm up, but hopefully the price changes will not be as harmful as the one we have already seen from other manufacturers.
The Dji Osmo Pocket 3For example, his launch price of $ 500 has risen Up to $ 800And remained at that level despite a 90 -day reinforcement at China’s rates that have temporarily reduced the speed of the US input to 10%.
What other camera price increases have we seen?
Nikon is far from only in announcing rate -related price increases, although they have not all come into force.
Canon gave us one Similar warning earlier this month By mentioning in his quarterly call that “the most important dealers had informed that we will increase the prices and estimate the timing and the amount of the increase”.
This means that we are in a strange waiting time where camera fans are braced for price increases, without knowing exactly which models will be affected and how they can influence existing shares that are already in the US (in theory the latter should not be affected by tariff -related price increases on the input).
As spotted by Sony Alpha Rumors” Sony Apparently has all the prices increased for the cameras and lenses made by China, including the Sony RX100 VII and a number of lenses, including the Fe 70-200mm F4 Macro G Oss II (who has seen a price jump of 18%). But we do not yet know whether these prices are a temporary response to current rates or a more permanent walk.
FujifilmIn the meantime, it was recently forced to pause pre-orders on cameras, including the X100VI, GFX100RF and X-M5 (black version), while the new Fujifilm x Half Has a high price in the US compared to other regions ($ 849, compared to £ 699 / AU $ 1,349 in the UK and Australia).
It is clearly a tumultuous time for cameras and lenses although buying panic is never a wise option, if it would be worth pulling the trigger soon if you are in the US and consider buying new from Nikon or Canon.
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