Cost of a D810 gone up by £150 in 3 months

[jetpack]

I bought a D810 in February for £1549 and the same supplier is now charging £1699. In fact if I look at a number of suppliers they are all approximately £150 more. I know the exchange rate can fluctuate but I'm pretty sure it isn't that volatile. Does anyone know why there's such a variance?

 

[PaulButler]

Nikon put their prices up.

 

[gramps]

IIRC price increases were announced on Nikon products some months back

 

[jetpack]

Oh right that explains it then...

 

[Swanseajack]

IIRC price increases were announced on Nikon products some months back

You mentioned in the original thread Gramps about the Nikon increases for Jan 2016. There was a similar post a few days ago about it in the D750 thread, and I remembered the thread and posted it!. Hence still fresh in the mind.

https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/nikon-price-increases-jan-2016-up-to-30-rumoured.608875/

 

[gramps]

You mentioned in the original thread Gramps about the Nikon increases for Jan 2016. There was a similar post a few days ago about it in the D750 thread, and I remembered the thread and posted it!. Hence still fresh in the mind.

https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/nikon-price-increases-jan-2016-up-to-30-rumoured.608875/

I did remember correctly!

 

[Stu Meech]

That's nothing. The 70-200 f/4 went up by £200! And was £789 to start with, so percentage terms alot higher.

 

[ukaskew]

There are a few anomalies such as the 50mm 1.4 and 70-200mm f4, but even with the recent increases the majority of Nikon lenses are quite a bit cheaper than they were 2 years ago.

Given inflation, exchange rates and the fact that lenses don't really age like camera bodies, that's not bad really. The increases look big because a lot of stuff took a fairly big dip in price late last year. The Camerapricebuster price graphs are pretty interesting, similar pattern for quite a bit of Nikon gear.