MicrostockGroup

Here we go... 

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-9318-9730

That's more than 10%; and the camera has not reach the stores yet!

Claude

a lot of people dropped their pre-orders at Henry's

and i was considering it but henry's is working on a way to compensate - but 8gb card isn't going to cut it really - but a second battery might

Well, in september, the canadian dollar was on par with the US dolla and now it's worth around 0.85 USD. If you do the conversion, the 2800$ announced in september should be 3300$ now if you follow that rate so it's understandable they raise the price to 3100$. The market is highly volatile atm and it's hard to predict if the CAD$ will go up or down (especially since I'm not an economist).

Is it just in Canada the price went up?  If it is remaining the same in the US could you order from B&H or Adorama ?

Yeah the kroner has gotten a lot weaker against the dollar, like most currencies. Very nice for microstock. The store I preordered from took payment already though so I am hoping/assuming it is not going to change

The list price from my dealer in Western Canada is $3049.99.  The Canadian $ closed I think around $U.S.84 on Friday, so I don't know how that looks to you.  If I told him about the Adorama deal - I don't know, they might be able to match it.

Canadians - if you purchase this item from the U.S. and live close enough to the depots, you should request to self broker and you will save quite a bit on brokerage fees.  Fedex will call you when it arrives in Canada.  You go to Fedex, pick up a form and go to the customs office and pay the tarrifs, duties, gst, pst.  You can request an estimate before you make yor purchase.  Yes, it's a hassle, but I'm just looking at my last purchase - I was too busy at the time to spend an afternoon brokering - it cost $U.S. 199 and the brokerage fees with duties and taxes were $71 CDN. (plus shipping!).  So a $3000 camera might get pretty pricey.