[Docrwm]

Well, now Fry's has gotten into the low-low-low pricing for the K-5 with their current $799 deal (no coupon). Before that it was BuyDig with $809 and we've seen it bounce around this range for a little while.

The question is - can the K-5 go any lower in price?

As a corollary - what do the buyers at Fry's, BuyDig, etc. know about the K-5 replacement?

https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-price-watch/194668-frys-k-5-799-a.html

[interested_observer]

I watched the k7 pricing, and it went to $100 of the price I was able to pick up my K20 at the end of its product run. So the K20 's low was $650 +/- and the K7 was about $750. About a year ago I was thinking that about $850 to $800 would be the low for the K5. However, last January Samy's camera in LA was selling K5 for $750. Someone posted here about the price, logged into the site and just bought it. So, I am going to guess $750 as the low for the K5.

That said, when you start thinking about the K30's introductory price, its specs are pretty close to the K5 and its price has been trimmed, the $750 low for the K5 might actually be a tad high. It all has to do with the number of cameras Pentax has in inventory and how fast they want to move them. That is in part is why I think that the K5 is going to probably be the best deal around between now and Photokia in mid September. Pentax has to introduce something, the K5's feature set meets just about everyone's needs, and its price is soft due to the end of its product cycle.

So, I just went to google to take a look at how the prices were trending and I came across...

• Pentax K-5 16.3 MP Digital SLR with 18-55mm Lens and 3-Inch LCD [4353] - $500.00 : Camerabusy, The Art of E-commerce

So, if some place has a stock of 99 units and is selling them for $500 with the kit lens - who knows what the low price will be.... [disclamer - I know nothing about this retailer].

[joe.penn]

[disclamer - I know nothing about this retailer]

Hey, look, they have 99 of the K5 Silver Limited's in stock; Ordering...Right...Now...

[psychdoc]

So, I just went to google to take a look at how the prices were trending and I came across... Pentax K-5 16.3 MP Digital SLR with 18-55mm Lens and 3-Inch LCD [4353] - $500.00 : Camerabusy, The Art of E-commerce So, if some place has a stock of 99 units and is selling them for $500 with the kit lens - who knows what the low price will be.... [disclamer - I know nothing about this retailer].

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[pearsaab]

they are bought from Gold Supplier which are sellers from Alibaba and i can tell you from experience i purchased from a gold supplier years ago and it was a knockoff...buyer beware

[eddie1960]

By November if there are any left I can see 699 or even lower once K3 hits and K30 takes it's first drop, and wuite likely a K300 in a kr level body with the same sensor hits at 599 or so

[Docrwm]

I watched the k7 pricing, and it went to $100 of the price I was able to pick up my K20 at the end of its product run. So the K20 's low was $650 +/- and the K7 was about $750. About a year ago I was thinking that about $850 to $800 would be the low for the K5. However, last January Samy's camera in LA was selling K5 for $750. Someone posted here about the price, logged into the site and just bought it. So, I am going to guess $750 as the low for the K5.

That said, when you start thinking about the K30's introductory price, its specs are pretty close to the K5 and its price has been trimmed, the $750 low for the K5 might actually be a tad high. It all has to do with the number of cameras Pentax has in inventory and how fast they want to move them. That is in part is why I think that the K5 is going to probably be the best deal around between now and Photokia in mid September. Pentax has to introduce something, the K5's feature set meets just about everyone's needs, and its price is soft due to the end of its product cycle.

So, I just went to google to take a look at how the prices were trending and I came across...

• Pentax K-5 16.3 MP Digital SLR with 18-55mm Lens and 3-Inch LCD [4353] - $500.00 : Camerabusy, The Art of E-commerce

So, if some place has a stock of 99 units and is selling them for $500 with the kit lens - who knows what the low price will be.... [disclamer - I know nothing about this retailer].

CameraBusy.com is not a site that ought to be trusted IMHO. Too many detours, errors, and other issues for my comfort level. For example, it's registered as a US site some places, others its listed as Canadian, but the WhoIs data has Beijing listed as do some of the links to source materials.......oh, and the site is 46 whole days old.......hmmmm........

Domain name: camerabusy.com
Domain Title: Camerabusy, The Art of E-commerce
Description: Camerabusy : - Television Speakers Lenses Digital SLRs Phones Camcorders Theater Laptops
Domain Age: 0 Years, 46 Days
Website Speed: Average
City: beijing

[interested_observer]

Hey, look, they have 99 of the K5 Silver Limited's in stock; Ordering...Right...Now...

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Point taken - I should have probably looked first. The softness in the price here lately has been pretty surprising....

[eddie1960]

CameraBusy.com is not a site that ought to be trusted IMHO. Too many detours, errors, and other issues for my comfort level. For example, it's registered as a US site some places, others its listed as Canadian, but the WhoIs data has Beijing listed as do some of the links to source materials.......oh, and the site is 46 whole days old.......hmmmm........

Domain name: camerabusy.com
Domain Title: Camerabusy, The Art of E-commerce
Description: Camerabusy : - Television Speakers Lenses Digital SLRs Phones Camcorders Theater Laptops
Domain Age: 0 Years, 46 Days
Website Speed: Average
City: beijing

they've popped up under other names, wouldn't trust them a bit.

[ryan s]

I'm darn pleased, having jumped at $799 authorized.

With the pricing policy Pentax implemented, I doubt I could get a smoking deal like with the K10 at the very end of 2007. $640 shipped from Amazon, plus the $100 rebate would be hard to match, I think.

As a corollary, I was waiting on the supposed price drop of the 5D2 when the Mk3 was finally on sale. It's dropped from $2499, to $2299, to $2049 (if I remember right)...so how low could the K-5 go, unless the K-3 blows it away? It won't be FF, so let's not go there

[zapp]

We all assume that a new Pentax will be introduced at photokina, delivered probably next year. Prices may drop even further as soon as people start selling K5's. At some point the price will stabilize again. It happens all the time a new camera is about to being introduced... shops may clear their stocks at even lower prices.

[sam-joseph]

I'm keen for at least two k5's from that camerabusy mob. When I changed the currency at the top of the page to Australian Dollars, the price changed to $81.11 AUD!!!
That's just too cheap to pass up. Woman, pass the credit card.....

Regards