D700 price cut?
- Thread starter alantkh
- Start date
Cheesecake
Senior Member
oic. i just thought that the CSer could be someone who is very new and very much into the new gears.
will take note. thanks for the update!
Cheesecake said:
Not in Japan due to new regulations of electronics. Particular to batteries I think. Enel-3e and enel-4a does not comply (exposed connector) hence they can't produce them. I think it has got to link to D700 as well.
Funny thing....if you guys willing to folk out $3~4k just for a camera body....then I just felt the few hundred bucks different will not justify the missed opportunity.....people who want to buy D700...they will buy it when it was launched 3 yrs ago at > $3k.....so is people who is eying for D800 today.....I don't think they will chicken out even it costed $4~5k.....or they would have gotten a D700 instead at half the price.....and then 3 years later.....same story repeat....they will be someone posting "wah....siao gong kia paying $5k for a D800" when they can buy D900 at $6k.....so it's a endless loop :hung::hung:
Cheesecake
Senior Member
the thing is... most CSers here felt that the price disparity between the US and SG is far too great.
not forgetting the severe shortage of camera bodies.
those who need it badly or want it badly, would have gotten their hands on a set or, next in the waiting list.
buy, think most will still buy. price might not be one of the main considerations but rather, waiting to see if there are any 'hidden issues' with the first batch of D800.
while waiting, if the price do indeed drop to a more 'realistic' level, then why not? :bsmilie:
i belong to the 'wait for price to stabilise' group. :bsmilie:
Cheesecake
Senior Member
but..
isn't D700 all made in Japan to begin with?
sorry, i've sold my D700s long long ago. not much remembrance.
D300s and D700 have to be "discontinued" from the Japan website, because some new Japanese law made their battery illegal.
Cheesecake
Senior Member
ok, thanks for sharing!
just realised that D3S is no longer listed there too! :bsmilie:
Cheesecake
Senior Member
if i'm not wrong, all the stock goes to HK first, then from HK, send out to rest of SEA.
can someone pls verify and correct me if i'm wrong.
thanks.
Cheesecake
Senior Member
I meant local distribution channel, not parallel...
Well, it boils down to what is marked on the Warranty card... If HK, I'm sure there will be a HK marked on it somewhere...
The difference of 1k between d700 and d800 is close, so i think it's better to get d800 for the long run...
That is when the price of d800 is around 4k while d700 is still 3k.
That is when the price of d800 is around 4k while d700 is still 3k.
Cheesecake
Senior Member
there might be stock but retailers might not be that keen to take them for various reasons.
in the Availability of D800 thread, some CSers were told by certain shops as to why they only have 1 or 2 D800.
u might want to check that thread.
Coz, to take in D800 and/or D4, they have to also take in an aircraft carrier load of little Coolpixies... This is something to be sorted out between the dist and shops themselves. As for D700, the wait for falling price is for the long haul...
Last edited:
Cheesecake
Senior Member
it will come down once more D800 are in stock, especially so when D800's ISO performance seems to be equal, if not better than, D700's.
Better to wait for the reviews. So far from what I have heard, is that D800 is a lot more unforgiving than the D700, in minimum shutter speed and shake, autofocus as well as exposure. And a few wedding togs overseas with D800 saying that while it is good for pre-weds, it is not suitable for AD.
Similar threads
