Was the Panasonic S9 camera really in short supply because of high demand? The camera is currently sitting in stock at Adorama and B&H Photo – (all colors available!) almost a week before the official shipping date. Companies should work harder to convince us that their products are good and selling well. Announcing short supply because […]
Panasonic Japan issued a statement apologizing for the inappropriate use of stock photos on the LUMIX product website. Oh, and guess what? The Panasonic S9 camera will be in short supply becuase of high demand (wink wink):
Fujifilm was the first to implement this with the X1000VI if I am not mistaken, and now Ricoh is doing it as well with the new GR III HDF and GR IIIx HDF cameras: “Sales will start from April 12th (Friday). RICOH GR III HDF/ RICOH GR IIIx HDF will be sold only at the […]
OM System Japan issued an apology regarding the short supply of PEN E-P7 and OM-D E-M10 Mark IV cameras:
A few months ago a Ricoh GR designer teased a new GR announcement. We have not seen any new GR-related developments since. There was no news even at the CP+ show in Japan last month. Ricoh Japan now announced a new temporary suspension of GR camera orders because of supply shortages (again). Here are the impacted models: […]
Many (all?) companies got into the habit of announcing product shortages “becuase of high demand”. For the most part, I consider this to be a marketing strategy, but in the case of the new Fujifilm X100VI camera, I believe the hype is real after getting some feedback from retailers – the X100VI demand is very […]
Fujifilm has suspended sales of their X-T5 and X-S20 cameras in Japan citing strong demand that exceeded the company’s initial production plans:
Fujifilm Japan issued a statement/apology about potential Fujifilm X-T5 camera shortages (in the US the camera is in stock at Adorama, Amazon, and B&H):
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