does lenses suffer price drops too?

Here are some random Canon lens prices compared from the December 1999 B&H catalog to the Winter 2005 B&H catalog rounded up to the nearest dollar US:

Lens / 1999 price / 2005 price

20 f2.8 USM / $475 / $420
50 f1.4 USM / $350 / $320
28-135 f3.5-5.6 USM IS / $465 / $420
100-300 f4.5-5.6 USM / $285 / $280
85 1.2L USM / $1770 / $1500
300 f2.8L IS / $5400 / $4000
600 f4.0L IS / $8810 / $7200
Extender 1.4x / $380 / $290
24 3.5L T/S / $1310 / $1100

1999: 103 Yen to the Dollar
2005: 118 Yen to the Dollar

http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/data/EXJPUS.txt

Inflation calculation in U.S. = $100 in 1999 = $114 in 2005

http://www.westegg.com/inflation/

whoa, seems its not worth the wait, 6 years, and I saved 20 bucks! yippie!

Thank you so much for the figures!

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Gear:
-> C a n o n EOS Three Hundred Fifty D
-> S i g m a Eighteen to Two Hundred MM Lens
-> C a n o n Four Hundred Thirty EX Flash
-> C a n o n Fifty MM One Point Eight
-> S a n D i s k Two Gigabytes E x t r e m e T w o CF
New to SLR !
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