09-21-2010, 08:21 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-21-2010, 08:22 AM by Mistral75.)
[quote name='Klaus' timestamp='1284985770' post='2975']
Well, the french site has surely listed its personal street price.
As usual the street price will be 20% below the MSRP in no time (in Europe at least).
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French MSRPs are:
- K-5 body only: €1,249
- K-5 + 18-55 WR: €1,299
- K-5 + 18-135 DC WR: €1,699.
[quote name='Klaus' timestamp='1284979102' post='2957']
http://www.digit-photo.com/produits.php?operateur=AND&fami=&tabmotcle=1&rechmotcle=Pentax+K-5&search_cat=&search_prix=&Submit=+++RECHERCHER+++
So the pricing is actually very competitive for what it offers.
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Store price from the store I usually buy stuff from has these prices:
Pentax K-5 body: [indent]9.995,- NOK (1 262.68 Euros)[/indent]
Pentax K-5 + 18-55mm WR: [indent]10.495,- NOK (1 325.85 Euros)[/indent]
Pentax K-5 + 18-55mm WR + 50-200mm WR: [indent]11.895,- NOK (1 502.71 Euros)[/indent]
The pricing for the 18-135 is a bit surprising.
If you buy it separately it'll shrink your bank account by 700EUR (MSRP inc. 19% tax)
09-21-2010, 09:40 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-21-2010, 09:41 AM by Mistral75.)
[quote name='Klaus' timestamp='1285061100' post='3040']
The pricing for the 18-135 is a bit surprising.If you buy it separately it'll shrink your bank account by 700EUR (MSRP inc. 19% tax)
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Same here in France: €699 stand-alone, €450 if bought with K-5 as kit zoom (€1,699 - €1,249).
[quote name='Klaus' timestamp='1285061100' post='3040']
The pricing for the 18-135 is a bit surprising.
If you buy it separately it'll shrink your bank account by 700EUR (MSRP inc. 19% tax)
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Heh, indeed. €820 here in Norway (6.495,- NOK).
Time to start looking for a K7 to buy [which still has a good sensor, by the way].
Yep, blame me, but I´m on "zee cheap", but this technology pace sort of cracked me down, and they have hampered their own race in that regard.
It starts to be like buying a computer:
the best buy is the best just obsolete technology, not the latest one.
This is a screen capture from the price list of one of the most reputable Finnish photography webstores. Not so bad? K-5 body only 1149€ incl. VAT.
Klaus you think the K-5 will best out the 7D?
[quote name='Christos' timestamp='1287270718' post='3647']
Klaus you think the K-5 will best out the 7D?
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1. "best out" cannot be judged by anybody except by the individual who uses the camera based on his own needs.
2. K-5 cannot take canon lenses, so it doesnt "best out" the 7D of somebody owning a large Canon system
3. any differnces in image quality may or may not exist, but will certainly not matter for real photography, e.g. prints. IF you need a camera solely for 100% on-screen crop- viewing, iq difference may be important. So far I wasnt able to dectect any iq difference in large prints of the more recent aps-c cams (50D, 7D, 550d, 500D, with Nikons D300s being extremly close even with it low res of only 12 mP, full frame is a differnt matter, of course)
4. user interface, lens selection, autofocus and other features determine if the camera suits a buyer. there is no objektive better or worse, just better suited for a particular task and better suited for a photographers handling prefernces.
' /> K5 is not worth 100€ more than a D300s.