High End cameras on Sale due to Pandemic: Has anybody seen like a real good sale on full-frame cameras due to lack of business? I guess this is the time to buy..please give me some...

cony25

Has anybody seen like a real good sale on full-frame cameras due to lack of business?

I guess this is the time to buy..please give me some insight. I need a full frame for video and pictures.

Silverrails

Me Too, always ready for a GOOD deal.

redorb

Sony a7riii has been reduced from $3200 to $2800 with free items on B&H. Great camera, 42 megapixels, 10 frames per second. Full frame.

MSW

a Fred Pickard Zone VI 4x5?

BebuLamar

cony25 wrote:

Has anybody seen like a real good sale on full-frame cameras due to lack of business?

I guess this is the time to buy..please give me some insight. I need a full frame for video and pictures.

Nope! I haven't seen price drop especially on the high end due to the pandemic. In fact the high end sales is much less affected by the pandemic. If anything there could be increased sales in this market.

Country Boy Loc: Beckley, WV

Normally there is a sale around Memorial Day but so far nothing but keep watching - something may come up within the next week or so.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

cony25 wrote:

Has anybody seen like a real good sale on full-frame cameras due to lack of business?

I guess this is the time to buy..please give me some insight. I need a full frame for video and pictures.

So, you are saying you want to take advantage of a struggling company during a pandemic?

Johnsonbdr

I think the situation here now is that the manufacturers have been shutdown so long and the inventory levels are low. I’ve watched the computer components dwindle to almost nothing in the last two months. Not much sense in having a sale if you can’t deliver.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

In photography you might discover who you are, and with a little luck, you might discover yourself shooting with a full-frame camera.

leftj Loc: Texas

billnikon wrote:

So, you are saying you want to take advantage of a struggling company during a pandemic?

You're joking right?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I wonder if the virus has slowed camera sales very much. In-store sales are definitely off, but most sales are probably online, anyway. I bought only one camera in a store (D90) because it wasn't available online.

WJShaheen Loc: Gold Canyon, AZ

billnikon wrote:

So, you are saying you want to take advantage of a struggling company during a pandemic?

And help their sales?

Country Boy Loc: Beckley, WV

jerryc41 wrote:

I wonder if the virus has slowed camera sales very much. In-store sales are definitely off, but most sales are probably online, anyway. I bought only one camera in a store (D90) because it wasn't available online.

With all the companies shutting down, the market drop off and the concern associated with duration until things get back to normal I would guess that the number of people ready to purchase new gear had gone down big time!

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

cony25 wrote:

Has anybody seen like a real good sale on full-frame cameras due to lack of business?

I guess this is the time to buy..please give me some insight. I need a full frame for video and pictures.

The difference is that this is not an economic base slow down but a forced slow down of a hyper strong economy. Once the shut down is removed things will pick-up back to full steam and if you sold your stuff at a loss you would be screwing yourself having to then re-buy your equipment.
Unless you were ready to upgrade to something newer anyway and are using this as an opportunity to switch over.

leftj Loc: Texas

Architect1776 wrote:

The difference is that this is not an economic base slow down but a forced slow down of a hyper strong economy. Once the shut down is removed things will pick-up back to full steam and if you sold your stuff at a loss you would be screwing yourself having to then re-buy your equipment.
Unless you were ready to upgrade to something newer anyway and are using this as an opportunity to switch over.

You're kidding yourself if you think things are going to quickly pick up to full steam. Over 40,000,000 people are out of work and many companies have closed their doors forever.