According to photorumors Sony will increase the US price of the Zeiss lenses. I didn’t hear anything about that so I can’t confirm the rumor for now. But if you are playing with the idea to get the lens you may get one now!
Direct link to Sony Lenses at Amazon, Adorama and Bhphoto (Clic on store names).
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Maybe just a buzz for sale more lenses. Maybe not… so buy one now! ^^
I just did. Why would it go up anyway? People are starting to buy them finally. The Zeiss glass for sony is not in the cheap range anyway and above their non AF counterparts. On the other hand they offer direct manual aperture control missing on Sony which is a great thing for those movie inclined
This won’t happen..they cannot increase prices, nothing justifies that. It’s a fake rumor..they just had many of their products, including Zeiss lenses on sale, with good discounts..I recently bought two lenses. The offer is not available anymore on Amazon or other sellers..the prices are the same as before. There’s no reason to go up…it’s not oil to encounter fluctuations from time to time. There is at least one Ebay seller that kept the prices at their values during the holidays.
How can prices encrease when you are behind schedule with your top of the line cameras…what should one use them with…SLTs&NEXes!?!
No way…US is a big market for Sony lenses, they won’t screw it up!! What argument would they have left against Nikon and Canon pro lines!?!?!
you probably never heard about inflation? (caused by the fed printing money like crazy over the last years)
during the last 3 years the us dollar lost around 30% value against the japanese yen..
you should be happy that they dont raise prices 10% every year : P
I saw something about a general price hike on all zenses sold in the US.
Maybe this is about Zeiss and not about Sony.
Canon is raising the prices on thier lenses once the current stock is done.
Sony did it in Vietnam
Compared to rest of world, Sony lens in USA are dirty cheap..
Zeiss 24-70/f2.8 on BHphoto is 1.599,- USD .. here in middle of EU, its 2.280 USD (if you want Zeiss or Sony lens in EU and want more than one of those expensive, simply make a trip to USA and back, it will be still cheaper than buy it here). Not mentioning body price difference which is around 600 USD on A900 (or more, if you live in UK for example).
I believe it’s due to VAT and/or other taxes.
Would be nice, but unfortunately its Sony pricing policy. 🙂 I have that info directly from shop which sells Sony equip. They have quite issue to sell any Sony here, cause unlike Canon/Nikon which have pretty consistent pricing all over the world, Sony is overpriced here by a lot..
So ppl buy from USA or other countries, which have more reasonable prices (sometimes I guess its a bit grey zone). Well, if they buy Sony at all.. I basicly never saw any Sony higher than A500 here. 😀 But hey, we are small country, so Sony can just forget we exist. 🙂 Though.. UK is much bigger and its even worse.
it is the same with everything.. americans simply dont have to pay the normal price.. we europeans and other countries are basically subsidize them ; )
Now there is talk that Lowepro and Tamrac will raise their prices in February, along with Canon and Sony/Zeiss. Looks like I should have gotten that lens in December when the instant rebate was in effect.
How about making lenses that don’t suck – THEN raise prices on the new gen lenses that can compliment newer camera technology. We’re still seeing old technology in modern lenses but made out of plastic. How does that justify higher prices? Start making better lenses. If any company is targeting consumers then start by making more quality lenses available for a decent price.
What exactly are you referring to? Is this your way of asking Zeiss for E-mount lenses?
it is called inflation (caused by american government money printing.. so blame yourself americans and stop whining 😛 )
sony has to raise prices accordingly to get the same return.
Maybe some of you don’t understand that there are different price policies for each market..the same with cars…a BMW model has a different price in every EU country for example…the truth is that in a number of EU countries the income is bigger than that of US citizens. And there is something else…sales numbers…the bigger the numbers…the lower the individual prices…and another thing…taxes…import(customs) duties and VAT…
Look, I live in EU so I’m not happy with the bigger prices but I have learnt to bypass this problem..sort of speaking…I shop from the US mainly…:))
Well, this rumor was enough to motivate me into buying the 85mm/f1.4 Zeiss. Should get it this Friday and I can’t wait to see what that baby can do!
This rumour is true – all Sony Zeiss lenses have been jacked 20% (approximately) at Canadian Retailers (confirmed through their online stores). More inline now with prices in Japan. Buy while you can.
Well then I’ll raise my prices too. Then my clients will raise their prices too. Then everybody else raise their prices too. Then Sony employees will need a raise to afford basic living. Then Sony will raise their prices again! The merry go round goes round and round… You just got to know when to get on an off at the right time.