Many are moderately lowered now but some are raised. Still, the original old prices are gone and those were the days!
See the latest price summary on the B&H prices at the Pentax Forums:-
http://www.pentaxforums.com/news/pentax-lens-price-drop.html
"Few will refute that Pentax's new policy raised the prices of some lenses beyond their value, especially considering that most of them were crop-sensor lenses."
Btw, it can also be seen that Ricoh is trying to set the prices of those few Full Frame Pentax lenses higher and higher. So, what does this imply?
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US Pentax Lens Price Update under Unilateral Pricing Policy
2012-06-12T12:46:00+08:00
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Rob · 665 weeks ago
I think the best conclusion is that the backlash from the massive increase in prices was heard. Justification at the time was to support B&M stores yet unless I missed something, Pentax is not in any more B&M stores than it was 3 months ago. It is concerning that the leadership of the company was so out of touch as to make the original decision. It is heartening that they may have seen the error of their was and reversed it.
tamw · 665 weeks ago
Did they actually sell any at $849 ? It kind of pisses me off to see this kind of change. Whoever made these kind of decisions should be sacked.
RJ_SD · 665 weeks ago
Ying · 665 weeks ago
Why, why do you do this Pentax? By making this mistake, you pissed off a lot of your existing customers while at the same times not gaining any new ones? I've only heard of the fools what shoot at their own foot, but In Pentax I actually saw such a fool.
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