speters wrote:
Well everytime I checked in the last couple of years, it was just a tad under 5 grand, Adorama as well as B&H, as well as other sites!
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Last time I looked - using Google - Adorama listed it as $7995.
Can't remember, now - how long ago that was, but, I'm pretty sure it was fairly recent, S …
That listing, above - I just now, obtained, however …
And the two mentions I gave you, prior - were both from recent B&H catalogues.
Here's a bit of insight for you, though, S …
Fuji introduced their GFX 50S at the same exact price as the Nikon D5 - exactly $6500 Body Only.
When they added the rangefinder-style version - the GFX 50R, with the same exact sensor, at four grand - Pentax - who has long-regarded themselves as having the lowest-priced Medium Format Digital Camera - I suspect - found the need to reduce their entry, accordingly - in order to be more competitive.