Camera Price Wars Continue

December 14, 2012 Leave a comment

As I was saying in the Holiday Camera Shopping Post, Part 1, the price for the D800 dropped in the US by $200. What I was NOT expecting at all was the huge price drop for the D600: you can get the D600 with the 24-85mm kit lens for just under $2,000. Some of these discounts may last only a couple of days.

It appears now that in addition to the Nikon 1 V1, priced as low as $299, Nikon also wants to aggressively move the D600, perhaps pushing more D300/s and D7000 users to upgrade to full frame before next year’s introduction of the D400 and/or the D7x00. We have seen this pattern before, where Nikon introduced the more expensive D800/E before the D600. It worked then. Let’s see if it works again.

In the meantime, if you are in the market for a V1 or a D600, now it the time. The D800 may continue to be discounted in the future.

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About Sorin Vacaru
Sorin is a nature and landscape photographer based in Toronto, Canada. He has been pursuing his passion of Nature and the Outdoors since childhood. An accomplished cave explorer, he has participated in over 50 first explorations of cave systems, some of them many miles long. For over 40 years, he has used photography to share his vision and impressions of the natural environment surrounding him. Life's path brought Sorin from Eastern Europe to Canada. His recent work covers parks, landscapes and ecosystems spanning North and Central America. Sorin is also a passionate flyer and holds a Canadian Commercial Pilot License for single engine land airplanes. You can view some of his work at Sorin Vacaru Photography http://sorinvacaru.photoshelter.com and at 500px http://500px.com/svacaru

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