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Also - not discussed that much yet, but these rumoured lenses look pretty tasty! Guess it depends on what their price points are!!

I have heard that the UK price for the RP will be £1400 - which is a pretty impressive price for a camera of this (supposed) spec.

I'm pretty sure Calumet had issues, I know they went bust in the USA first and think the timing for their buyout was good timing because their store in London was going to be demolished for HS2. Your points are all valid though - but there are certain industries that have been impacted more by...

Partially true - but it's also because the camera industry is nowhere near as big as it was 10/15/20/25 years ago. It's decreased massively over that time. Whilst the cameras themselves have developed hugely in a technical sense, the vast majority of people are happy with what their phones can...

There's factors like currency - so when the pound is weak as it currently is that will help drive up prices . Another one is where these products originate from - most come through distribution centres in Europe via the manufacturing plants in Asia. Grey importers have a whole load of logistics...

This thread escalated! :LOL:

Love the shot in Bath - really nice filmic look to all of your pics here. Plus that part of Bath is one of my favourites with the giant tree and Sally Lunn buns!!!

Really happy to get my first 'long' lens a couple of weeks ago, and took it to Cotswolds Wildlife Park for its first outing with my Canon 6D Mark II. These shots have been unaltered, looking forward to doing a bit of post-processing when I get the time. I was really happy with it - this seems...

I was fortunate enough to borrow a Canon Dream Lens (50mm f/0.95) for a weekend a couple of years ago. It was an odd little setup because it had been converted to a Leica M Mount, which I then used a Metabones adaptor with a Sony a7 II. Granted I struggled a bit to take some decent pictures...

Indeed, I worked in retail for a couple of years - and its an interesting dynamic. I want to categorically state that I don't believe that there is price fixing from the manufacturers, however also know that there would be repercussions to crashing the market which probably toe the line, but...

Most of these retailers track each others prices - very regularly - and have automated price increasing/dropping tools based on the competition. Some still done manually too, because mistakes do happen. You may also notice that you get the odd email on a Friday evening from Wex or Jessops with...

Hurrah. A new FF thread! I'm really keen to see how it performs with some of the longer EF mount lenses too. I'm tempted by the camera but think that as I'm about to embark on more wildlife photography that I should stick with my 6D II for the timebeing. Also excited to see the potential...

I'm quite new to this forum and fast learning that a simple question can turn into 2 pages of non-answers. I think what you're looking at is improving photos, rather than taking the world's best 'real estate' photos then a point-and-shoot is just fine. I have always been impressed by the...

Exactly! I wasn't calling you out on it, I just know the mechanics of them - I don't think manufacturers intentionally put barriers in the way, but involving a third party probably adds all sorts of issues straight away!

A fast 50mm or 85mm would be a good addition in my opinion. Sigma offer Art variants of both focal lengths and they're widely heralded as fantastic lenses.