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Who understands Olympus prices?

Started Feb 7, 2018 | Discussions thread
keithinmelbourne
keithinmelbourne Senior Member • Posts: 1,026
Re: Who understands Olympus prices?

Pixnat2 wrote:

So, Olympus entry level camera comes with a "long in the tooth" 16Mpix sensor and a built-in battery and its so-so kit zoom for a whooping price of 699E.

Just after Fuji released its entry level camera with a "state of art" 24Mpix APS-C and phase+contrast detect AF and a OIS lens for 599E

And with the similarly speced GX850 selling for 450-500E with a much better kit lens.

And a Canon 24 Mpix APS-C M100 + kit lens at an introductory price of 599E

Difficult to understand what makes the E-PL9 so expensive?

Any idea?

I was thinking the same thing recently when I contemplated buying a Pen F. Its price has barely moved since it came out. My feeling is that Olympus can attract high prices on 'pretty' cameras, because a large proportion of customers for these models want a good-looking camera and are prepared to pay more for them.

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