gautamsrivastav
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Why Nikon Should drop SE Price.
Much has been written in this forum about the recent move by Nikon to discontinue the E2 line. The discontinuance has brought mixed blessings. For those of us with limited budgets and an insatiable desire to improve our view it is a blessing and an opportunity to acquire a glass that is truly exemplary. For us as a community however, it is a dissapointment to know that these shall not be available to others (or us) in the future. We have been unable to fully understand why Nikon made this move. But, there may be a strategy here and I for one am optimistic that there is.
The E2 demise leaves one product on the market that, above all, deserves its coronation - the Icon from Nikon - SE 8x32. As a recent thread by Henry (our benefactor) pointed out, the SE shares a significant number of its components witht the E2. This leads me to believe that Nikon may move the SE pricing down to take up the void resulting from the absence of E2s and establish a position on the middle of the market that would cause irresistable polar repulsion ie people from both the higher price and lower price segment d moving to the SE. Cumulatively these will increase demand, make the product line economically viable and delight us birders.
What should their new price be to have this desired effect ? $400 in my view would be just fine .
Much has been written in this forum about the recent move by Nikon to discontinue the E2 line. The discontinuance has brought mixed blessings. For those of us with limited budgets and an insatiable desire to improve our view it is a blessing and an opportunity to acquire a glass that is truly exemplary. For us as a community however, it is a dissapointment to know that these shall not be available to others (or us) in the future. We have been unable to fully understand why Nikon made this move. But, there may be a strategy here and I for one am optimistic that there is.
The E2 demise leaves one product on the market that, above all, deserves its coronation - the Icon from Nikon - SE 8x32. As a recent thread by Henry (our benefactor) pointed out, the SE shares a significant number of its components witht the E2. This leads me to believe that Nikon may move the SE pricing down to take up the void resulting from the absence of E2s and establish a position on the middle of the market that would cause irresistable polar repulsion ie people from both the higher price and lower price segment d moving to the SE. Cumulatively these will increase demand, make the product line economically viable and delight us birders.
What should their new price be to have this desired effect ? $400 in my view would be just fine .
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