Crazy low prices

Heads up-

B&H is practically giving away Pentax lens right now.

I just picked up a brand new DFA 100 WR Macro 2.8 for-get this-$342!!!

If you're looking to add another lens to your kit, check out the sale.

DA* 300 for under $900! This is crazy.

Unfortunately only great if you live in the States.

I wonder if sales overseas have dropped a lot with the appreciation of the $US in the past 1 1/2 years.

I'm in Australia and used to frequently buy from Adorama. Now with the plumment in the Australian dollar things just do not work out so cheap any more.

It is insane. the DA*60-250/4 is $832.57 now. What is possible reason for such drastic markdown? Coming soon FF?

Greyser wrote:

It is insane. the DA*60-250/4 is $832.57 now. What is possible reason for such drastic markdown? Coming soon FF?

Maybe Pentax is not selling that well (that is my take whenever I visit Adorama or B&H, US market is practically dead), so they could be clearing the stock a bit, or streamlining the inventory of stocked Pentax lenses to clear up space for products with more traffic.

"What is possible reason for such drastic markdown?"

Could it have something to do with the Yen / Dollar exchange rate?

da*60-250 price is very tempting though i have the tamy 70-200.

i think the da*60-250 is covering the full frame circle with no issue. if so i may buy it and sell my tammy.i like pentax  lenses colors render.

Tokina... sorry, Pentax 12-24/4 is still over $600 instead of the $450 Tokina charges on other mounts.

zakaria wrote:

da*60-250 price is very tempting though i have the tamy 70-200.

i think the da*60-250 is covering the full frame circle with no issue. if so i may buy it and sell my tammy.i like pentax lenses colors render.

It vignettes the 60 end but seems fine on the 250 end.

mgm2 wrote:

It's all about the strength of the US dollar which is why you don't see these prices in other countries.

Fully agree.  It's common for a manufacturer to offer discounts due to exchange rate movement instead of adjusting MSRP.

Jim in Hudson wrote:

mgm2 wrote:

It's all about the strength of the US dollar which is why you don't see these prices in other countries.

Fully agree. It's common for a manufacturer to offer discounts due to exchange rate movement instead of adjusting MSRP.

Maybe common for Ricoh but I don't see the same thing for Canon lenses on the B&H website.  In fact, they are at their usual prices despite exchange rates.

Even with the low prices it's not worth it to buy one of these lenses

dennis tennis wrote:

got me the 100 macro

I list three lenses for Pentax APS-C that I would classify as ambassadors for the brand: This one, the 35 ltd macro, and the *300 f/4.

I am at two out of three, and the k5-ii is still going strong.

Ricoh-don't abandon us!