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by crw816 on Sun Aug 31, 2014 7:48 am
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Cool!

http://www.canonpricewatch.com/blog/201 ... gust-31st/

Some of these savings are huge... or at least more in line with the actual value that the lens presents.  :lol:
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by Mike in O on Sun Aug 31, 2014 8:32 am
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Nice to see one company reflect the changing dollar vs. yen reality.
 

by Primus on Tue Sep 02, 2014 9:48 am
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What, no price drop on the 200-400 f4? That's the one I am aiming for.
 

by E.J. Peiker on Tue Sep 02, 2014 7:37 pm
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Here is the official Canon USA link and the drops:
http://usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/stan ... ens_prices
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by Markus Jais on Wed Sep 03, 2014 3:24 am
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Primus wrote:What, no price drop on the 200-400 f4? That's the one I am aiming for.

Probably because it is still quite new and selling very well.

I hope for you they drop the price. The lens is amazing!

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by Neilyb on Wed Sep 03, 2014 4:19 am
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I hope for me they do not drop the price :)
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by rnclark on Wed Sep 03, 2014 7:48 am
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The prices need to drop a lot more, at least in the US. Legalized price fixing has squashed competition.
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by DChan on Wed Sep 03, 2014 8:39 am
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rnclark wrote:Legalized price fixing has squashed competition.
Like, Nikon ?? :wink:
 

by DChan on Wed Sep 03, 2014 8:39 am
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Markus Jais wrote:
Primus wrote:What, no price drop on the 200-400 f4? That's the one I am aiming for.

Probably because it is still quite new and selling very well.

I hope for you they drop the price. The lens is amazing!

Markus
Sounds like the demand is there. No need to drop the price then :)
 

by rnclark on Wed Sep 03, 2014 9:11 am
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DChan wrote:
rnclark wrote:Legalized price fixing has squashed competition.
Like, Nikon ?? :wink:

They are all doing it.  It is not the retailer, it is the manufacturer.  The manufacturer will stop shipping stock to a retailer that goes below their set price.  So the retailers are forced to sell at or above the manufacturers set price.  For example a Canadian retailer was selling the Canon 500 f/4 version II for around $7500 with USA warrabty; Canon's MSRP is over $11,000.  Canon told them to stop (according to reports on the web).  All legal.

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by Primus on Wed Sep 03, 2014 10:02 am
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Neilyb wrote:I hope for me they do not drop the price :)
I hear you. I am selling my pristine 600 MkII and now have to lower my asking price. Bummer. 

There are no used copies of either the 200-400 or the 600 anywhere. Guess I will have to buy it new after I find a buyer for my 600.

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by rene on Wed Sep 03, 2014 2:00 pm
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The price for a UK sourced 200-400 Canon has come down to approximately £8700!
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by OntPhoto on Wed Sep 03, 2014 7:49 pm
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Maybe a bit of Bizarro world going on here but just checked a Canadian retailer known for having the lowest prices on camera gear in Canada and the Canon 500 f4 II is now selling for $10,449.00 Cdn!!  A huge price increase from when I bought it a year ago at $8,600.. 

This lens had been selling for around $8,600 Cdn for the longest time. Maybe too many US customers were buying the lens from Canada and US retailers were complaining :-)   At least I see the US price for the same lens has finally dropped.  Maybe other Canadian retailers tired of price-matching this one retailer complained to Canon.


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by Primus on Thu Sep 04, 2014 9:31 am
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rene wrote:The price for a UK sourced 200-400 Canon has come down to approximately £8700!
Rene


What was it earlier? 

Maybe there is hope for us here in the US after all.

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by rene on Thu Sep 04, 2014 9:54 am
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The price was the same as the 600/4 V2.... £10.500 approximately
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