When will Japan start shipping camera's...

I assume the unavailability of high end Canon and Nikon camera's is due to the tragedy in Japan? How are things coming over there?

Will we see any new camera's in the near future... or even see the prices come back down on high end stuff?

Looking at some of the bigger websites, prices have already started to drop and B&H has stock of most cameras that they havnt had for months. There are still shortages, but from what I can tell things are starting to look up.

I'm sure they're shipping now, the increased inventory is coming from somewhere.

Well, I'm in Japan and some of the online stores and *some* camera shops already have it at *close* to their native 198,000 yen price ($2400). They have them in stock. A few weeks ago they went for as high as 230,000 yen (ouch!).

I can only assume availability will be soon.

I've been waiting on this for sometime now, I hope they get back on their feet soon.

Canon availability here in the UK seems currently very poor - even Amazon won't have 7D's for between 1 to 4 months. I walked into a local store here, and their Nikon section was full of the full range of cameras (up to the D700) and glass, and the Canon section basically had an XS and 500D, one or two lenses, and the rest of the display was pathetically empty...

Glad to know it will be available soon.....

talbot_sunbeam wrote in post #12756430
Canon availability here in the UK seems currently very poor - even Amazon won't have 7D's for between 1 to 4 months. I walked into a local store here, and their Nikon section was full of the full range of cameras (up to the D700) and glass, and the Canon section basically had an XS and 500D, one or two lenses, and the rest of the display was pathetically empty...

I guess you just have to hang on a little while for them to restock. Things will pick up pretty soon.

thanks for info guys

You are always welcomed.

This is good news now all we need is for the dollar to strengthen so our buying power is better!

how much is a 7d in america ona typical walk in the store electrical/photo shop and will teh warranty be valued here in england?

both the 1d mkiv and d3s are $6200 bucks new on ebay (body only)... they can't be making too many of them yet!

there is currently an energy shortage in japan, with intensive rebuilding efforts and nuclear plants off line, consumers have been encouraged to avoid using air conditioners and other high draw items for example. it will last for some time, but it seems that industrial manufacturers have been reasonably successful at selectively filling demand for the most popular goods lately, in some cases using alternative production facilities. Many products are selling at premium prices or simply out of stock - companies will continue to focus on these. The disaster in Japan has given us finance geeks/economists as well as manufacturers, a rare view into the economics, elasticity of price and demand, for consumer goods.