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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Big Pentax Q Price Cut in Hong Kong (and Now in US Too)



Via: DC Fever (in Chinese)

The above newspaper cutting shows that it is now priced at HK$3,998 which is equal to US$512.56 for the prime kit!

Cheap enough? But then what does this mean and hint?

Update (4-13): The Amazon prices have also been reduced latest for the Q, now US consumers can get at at about US$540 brand new for the same kit, via 1001 Noisy Cameras.
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Enche Tjin · 677 weeks ago

wow pretty deep price cut there. It's a good and bad news
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RiceHigh 110p · 677 weeks ago

Why bad?
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Mike · 677 weeks ago

Good for us... bad for Pentax.

I think, there must be a reason for so hudge price cut.
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RiceHigh 110p · 677 weeks ago

Simple, they want to clear the stock of the Q. Frankly, the initial selling price of the Q was unrealistically set too high.
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OGL · 676 weeks ago

I wait for K-3, K-z and Q2 this year. And maybe 645DII.
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RiceHigh 110p · 676 weeks ago

Q2 of this year has already come! ;-)
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Ying · 676 weeks ago

When it drops to $300 I will buy a set as a toy.
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RiceHigh 110p · 676 weeks ago

Me too, possibly. But then the Q2 may come and people will NOT buy the original Q whatever by that time!
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OGL · 676 weeks ago

500 USD is normal price for high-end compact camera.
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Hayami · 676 weeks ago

well Nikon J1 is selling around $4400 in HK now, so there is no way Pentax Q should be over that price. (But J1 in Japan is even cheaper, selling at about 28500yen, which is about $2730
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Ying · 676 weeks ago

Pentax does seem to have suicidal tendencies.
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krasitsky 35p · 676 weeks ago

Just returned from PhotoForum Moscow 2012. Pentax will have 4 new cameras this year. K-5 successor, K-30 - bridge camera, FF camera with Sony sensor and cheaper version of 645D. It was unofficial as a rumor =) But.. I believe in it =)

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