Well.. if you live in Japan that is, where the S1 is already on sale. Thanks to digitalcamera.gr.jp for publishing a "real world price table" from the Japanese camera retailer Yodobashi Camera. The table, published today, covers pricing of digital cameras from Digital SLR through to prosumer and consumer digital cameras. Bear in mind that Japanese prices are often much lower than those found in the rest of the world due to packaging differences and shipping / tax charges.

Here's my translation of the Yodobashi Camera price list of 09/July/2000:

In the "interesting to note" field comes the Fujifilm S1 Pro a snip at just under $2800 (that's about $800 less than most people were expecting), and the HP/Pentax collaborated Pentax EI-200 makes an entry at just $554.

Exchange rate based on US$/YEN exchange rate as of 09/July/2000 : US$1 = 107.9 YEN. For simplicity, all prices have been rounded up to nearest dollar. Discontinued cameras removed from list (such as Epson CP-900Z).

Japan Models: Most of the models below would be basic with no connection kits (very different than supplied in the rest of the world).

Digital SLR

3 megapixel class

2 megapixel zoom class

2 megapixel fixed lens class

1 to <2 megapixel zoom class

1 to <2 megapixel fixed lens class

Less than 1 megapixel class

Data compiled by Kumio Yamada of digitalcamera.gr.jp.