45.7MP FX-Format BSI CMOS Sensor EXPEED 5 Image Processor 3.2" 2.36m-Dot Tilting Touchscreen LCD 4K UHD Video Recording at 30 fps Multi-CAM 20K 153-Point AF System Native ISO 25600, Extended to ISO 102400 7 fps Shooting for 51 Frames with AE/AF 8K Time-Lapse, Negative Digitizer Mode 180k-Pixel RGB Sensor, Auto Focus Shift SnapBridge Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
... and (if one assumes the quoted US Price excludes any "sales Tax") then it's around £340 ( roughly €370) +VAT more expensive in the UK & Europe than in the US!! Why?? Why isn't the price without VAT roughly the same across the world? In Australia for example, the price quoted by commenters on the main blog post is more than $1600 AUD more than in the US. GST in Australia is only 10%, so why the price hyke?
Currency differences suck. It's 4399 in Canada. Companies tend to us the US dollar as the base for product prices. The US dollar is simply a higher valued currency than the Aussi or Canadian dollar.
If I take a good photo it's not my camera's fault.
Currency differences suck. It's 4399 in Canada. Companies tend to us the US dollar as the base for product prices. The US dollar is simply a higher valued currency than the Aussi or Canadian dollar.
The difference in price though is not just because of currency exchange rates... For example: UK: £3499 - 20% (VAT) = £2916. $3297 USD in GBP = £2574
Assuming the quoted US price is excluding sales tax, and excluding VAT, the camera costs £342 ($437 USD) more to buy in the UK. If the US price includes sales tax, then this difference is even greater!
In Australia the price is being reported as between $5399 and $5799 AUD. Sales Tax (GST) in Australia is a mere 10% making the pre sales tax price between: $4908 and $5271, whereas, $3297 USD = $4172 AUD.. so it's between $736 and $1099 AUD more expensive in Australia!
Canadian Dollar the difference is actually a bit less $3297 = $4125 CAD, but still a good couple of hundred CAD more expensive.
OK, so I realise there are differences in shipping costs, etc. but £340 per camera... I'm not believing that!
Sorry again for the rant, but it really gets on my nerves when companies charge more for the same product purely based on geographic location of the buyer (e.g. Adobe CC .. $9.99 IS NOT £9.99 or €9.99!!!) Probably worse in Adobe's case since they have no extra shipping costs etc.
Nikon would be able to implement U1, U2, Uxx as a pure software thing. Press one (programmable) button + turn a wheel. No extra buttons and no new wheel needed. Once implemented in software, it would be more or less free to add to all pro bodies, even as a firmware update if the camera in question has some unused memory. As a software engineer, I would estimate the amount of work to be 1 day - get the basic selection to work 1 day - define how to store settings, and make it work 2 days - get user feedback (display and menu item(s)) to work 6 days - get the subset of features right - which features belong to a U bank? - figure out and change some internal interfaces, so that the new selection mechanism can actually store and retrieve the desired settings 5 days - figure out how to share the feature among all pro bodies 3 day - update internal specifications and documentation 1 day - specify a test procedure 1 day - update user guide (one language) These estimates are maningless, of course, as I don't know anything about Nikon firmware ... except that they're useually pretty bad at software. If it's really bad, you can easily count weeks instead of days, except for the user guide item.
Pistnbroke: there is a song from the musical version about "The Impossible Dream." It is joke slamming on Nikon. Not impossible to change those memory banks. Don't know why Nikon doesn't do it. I wonder if any of their pro shooters don't want them changed?
The banks on pro cameras are similar to the user modes on the lower end bodies, just without the ability to lock or save those settings. Never had any trouble with it on the pro bodies I used in the past, but I do like the user modes more.
If I take a good photo it's not my camera's fault.
paulr....have 5 Nikon bodies for my business and I hate Canon ..they cannot even get the on off switch in the right place . I just think if the Nikon ambasadors were in the real world they would advise Nikon of the opinion of many that one of the memory banks should be lockable
Having met several Nikon Ambassadors at NPS meeting I have found them very dedicated photographers and prepared to go that extra mile to help other photographers . They can only advice Nikon on their findings, what Nikon do with that information is up to Nikon themselves. To regard them all as "Pratts" , quite frankly is inappropriate, especially coming from a professional photographer on a public forum.
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45.7MP FX-Format BSI CMOS Sensor
EXPEED 5 Image Processor
3.2" 2.36m-Dot Tilting Touchscreen LCD
4K UHD Video Recording at 30 fps
Multi-CAM 20K 153-Point AF System
Native ISO 25600, Extended to ISO 102400
7 fps Shooting for 51 Frames with AE/AF
8K Time-Lapse, Negative Digitizer Mode
180k-Pixel RGB Sensor, Auto Focus Shift
SnapBridge Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
Almost 50M and higher ISO.
Denver Shooter
Why isn't the price without VAT roughly the same across the world?
In Australia for example, the price quoted by commenters on the main blog post is more than $1600 AUD more than in the US. GST in Australia is only 10%, so why the price hyke?
Sorry, rant over...
Cheers,
Baldy
For example:
UK: £3499 - 20% (VAT) = £2916.
$3297 USD in GBP = £2574
Assuming the quoted US price is excluding sales tax, and excluding VAT, the camera costs £342 ($437 USD) more to buy in the UK. If the US price includes sales tax, then this difference is even greater!
In Australia the price is being reported as between $5399 and $5799 AUD.
Sales Tax (GST) in Australia is a mere 10% making the pre sales tax price between: $4908 and $5271, whereas, $3297 USD = $4172 AUD.. so it's between $736 and $1099 AUD more expensive in Australia!
Canadian Dollar the difference is actually a bit less $3297 = $4125 CAD, but still a good couple of hundred CAD more expensive.
OK, so I realise there are differences in shipping costs, etc. but £340 per camera... I'm not believing that!
Sorry again for the rant, but it really gets on my nerves when companies charge more for the same product purely based on geographic location of the buyer (e.g. Adobe CC .. $9.99 IS NOT £9.99 or €9.99!!!)
Probably worse in Adobe's case since they have no extra shipping costs etc.
Cheers,
Baldy
In the meantime keep jousting with that windmill and let us know how it works out for you in the end...
LOLROF
Denver Shooter
Windmills ..WTF ????
No extra buttons and no new wheel needed.
Once implemented in software, it would be more or less free to add to all pro bodies, even as a firmware update if the camera in question has some unused memory.
As a software engineer, I would estimate the amount of work to be
1 day - get the basic selection to work
1 day - define how to store settings, and make it work
2 days - get user feedback (display and menu item(s)) to work
6 days - get the subset of features right - which features belong to a U bank? - figure out and change some internal interfaces, so that the new selection mechanism can actually store and retrieve the desired settings
5 days - figure out how to share the feature among all pro bodies
3 day - update internal specifications and documentation
1 day - specify a test procedure
1 day - update user guide (one language)
These estimates are maningless, of course, as I don't know anything about Nikon firmware ... except that they're useually pretty bad at software. If it's really bad, you can easily count weeks instead of days, except for the user guide item.
Sigma 70-200/2.8, 105/2.8
Nikon 50/1.4G, 18-200, 80-400G
1 10-30, 30-110
A fruitless exercise in futility...
Denver Shooter
Sports ..yes but you missed out the brain transplant phase
Spraynpray ,,,we are getting into that dual D850 thread again ...put the two together ??