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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
05-31-2018, 08:44 PM
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The KP rather quickly was reduced from its initial introductory price of $1,200 to about $1,100 where it remained for a while. Then it dropped to just under $1,000 and more recently to just under $900. With the K-70 at just under $600, I don't think it will decrease much additionally very soon. When the K-3 II replacement arrives, my guess it will be at an initial price of around $1,300. It will probably take another a year or so for its price to come down to around $1,100 and the KP's price to then settle in at around $800, and the K-70 at about $500.
So my thinking would be to build your savings for it gradually in the meantime. As you know, with digital everything eventually decreases in value as newer models appear, and at the point where they are seen as falling behind compared with the newest models, they become a discontinued model and the price of new left-over stock drops to the basement bargain level- and that is when you can grab an outstanding deal on a new camera... when it becomes a discontinued model. Just as now is the case with the K-3 II. I have used this tactic when acquiring numerous bodies, including the K20D, K-5, K-5 IIs, and K-S2. Sometimes the newer model doesn't even surpass the previous one by much, and in some respects not at all!
I did not use this method when acquiring my 2 KP bodies, but did get deals at under $900. I figured in the case of the KP, at that price level, and the build level of the product coupled with its features, image quality, unique flexibility, and all that in a uniquely compact design, it would not be worth it to me to wait yet another year or more of enjoyable use to save an additional $100, should it drop to below $800. It's getting close to a year since getting my first KP, and I have no regrets.
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