Sony finally notices that people like small cameras, releases RX1R III

[MrSMW]

7 hours ago, ntblowz said:

Man all the recently released camera price have gone through the roof, I guess this will be the new norm

Buy used and let some other mug take the hit!

I do sometimes buy new myself, but I’d estimate that 75-80% of all my purchases (cameras and lenses) in the last 5 years have been used.

This new release does seem VERY overpriced that and possibly a bit speculative of them as the old model is trading quite high?

[Davide DB]

Its lens hood is just 198 USD

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/907015-REG/Sony_LHP_1_Lens_Hood.html

 

[eatstoomuchjam]

47 minutes ago, Davide DB said:

Its lens hood is just 198 USD

 

I was going to say that's a crazy markup for about $0.10 in plastic, but then I saw that beautiful cloth bag that is included and it all made sense.  🤣

[Davide DB]

Just now, eatstoomuchjam said:

I was going to say that's a crazy markup for about $0.10 in plastic, but then I saw that beautiful cloth bag that is included and it all made sense.  🤣

And most importantly it has a "MADE IN JAPAN" marking on its side 😉

An artisan next to Hattori Hanzo's shop makes it by hand.

[MrSMW]

3 hours ago, Davide DB said:

And most importantly it has a "MADE IN JAPAN" marking on its side 😉

An artisan next to Hattori Hanzo's shop makes it by hand.

Right, is it the hood or the bag that is made in Japan, because if it’s not both, I’m not interested as I prefer cloth and plastic from Japan and find similar items from countries such as China, Vietnam, Thailand etc, to be far inferior with their shitty cloth and plastics.

I’d pay no more than $195-197.

 

[Andrew Reid]

22 hours ago, ntblowz said:

Man all the recently released camera price have gone through the roof, I guess this will be the new norm

After all the social media shilling of the last 10 years maybe Sony want to see if they now have the brand power to pull off Leica level mark-up (without the German bits) and enter the luxury goods business.