Lens Prices - Why so high?

[Frik]

Is it me or have lens prices short up?

Trying to find some RRPs for lens I own for insurance purposes and the prices seem to be substantially higher than I paid originally.

Another victim of the credit crunch?

[GT03ROB]

Frik said:

Is it me or have lens prices short up?

Trying to find some RRPs for lens I own for insurance purposes and the prices seem to be substantially higher than I paid originally.

Another victim of the credit crunch?

Collapse of sterling may have something to do with it. Another victim of Brown & Darling

[onomatopoeia]

Exchange rate with Japan in the last year.

[Frik]

onomatopoeia said:

Exchange rate with Japan in the last year.

+25%ish though?

Blimey.

[andy-xr]

Check this link: http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/currency/convert?from=...

[dapprman]

onomatopoeia said:

Exchange rate with Japan in the last year.

It's the $ that photographic components are priced in.

The yen is currently not too far off what I was getting last May when I as over there (~150 yen to the pound) and at it's worst it was only ~10% lower (about 135), where as we've dropped from ~$2 to the pound to under $1.5.

[Ravell]

Prices for photographic equipement have gone up across the board. Have a look at the prices and price history graphs on this site: http://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk/index.html