Second-hand Fujifilm shortage on ebay & prices going up?

AyeYo wrote:

Jerry-astro wrote:

AyeYo wrote:

UsherFellig wrote:

And in less than 24 hours, the Fuji X100S I flagged as newly in at KEH is gone. No surprise--when super-nice-condition examples in the X100 series land there, they don't usually stay long. This is probably a fair example of what some posts are pointing out in this thread. One suspects it could be a combination of collectors and market pressures triggered by the shortages.

I think as was pointed out in another thread, there's not a huge incentive to buy the lastest gen Fuji gear, plus it's constantly out of stock. So new people wanting to get into Fuji are going for older gear.

So, let me get this straight. You claim that there isn't a "huge incentive" for people to buy the latest Fuji gear, yet it appears to be "constantly out of stock." So, your suggestion here must be that Fujifilm is only building a very limited number of cameras for which there is apparently decent demand? Who knows... you might be right, but what evidence would you offer to support the contention that sales are under expectations other than yet just another opinion on the internet? The fact that you might be underwhelmed with the latest offerings doesn't necessarily suggest that sales are weak, or do you have some additional data to offer (or something I might have missed earlier) to support that contention?

Why take my word for it when the CEO himself made it abundantly clear that the camera division isn't a money maker and is likely a money loser?

So what.  I expect Fujifilm is breaking even at best.  However, where did he say that they were going to stop supporting the camera business?  Were did he say that they were going to spin it off?  Given me your reference.

This is not unusual.  Sigma for example has never made a penny on their cameras.  They don't build cameras to make money.  Cameras are not a cash cow for many companies.  Most camera companies are large conglomerates.  Believe it or not imaging systems which includes consumer cameras is only 19% of Canon revenues.  Imaging systems contains not only the consumer cameras we know about but also security imaging systems which is fast growing. Nikon's imaging business unit which includes all imaging products only accounts for 1/3 of the business.  Precision equipment (mostly to support the semiconductor fabrication industry) is 40%.  Nobody is saying that Nikon or Canon is getting out of consumer cameras.  Sony - cameras is a drop in the bucket.  Sony semi-conductor is an independent business unit of their camera business unit.

So show me where the CEO says he is going to cut off the camera business.  Fujifilm has three main business units. Healthcare which includes medical imaging is the fastest growing.  Materials is fast growing.  Consumer imaging is a stable business unit which is the historical DNA of Fujifilm.  Of course any company is going to concentrate in growing business units with growth potential.  Given the number of new camera and lens products coming out of Fuji in the past two years, I see no indication that they are walking away from their camera business.

So your arguments  just don't pass the laugh test.