Fuji P2 now available?
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manglerBMX
Veteran
i called tape resources and they haven't heard anything of a release date, but they are expecting them.
Are we to understand that the Fujis will be the same price as the Panasonics?
So it seems like the MSRP for the Fuji and the Panasonic are the same- can I assume that means these won't be any cheaper than Panasonic brand cards?
When I was first considering buying my HVX, one of the big reasons I liked the idea of an IT workflow was that record capacities would be tied to moore's law, and I assumed (wrongly so far) that 3rd party p2 cards would drive prices down. This is at least encouraging that another company has chosen to start selling P2 cards. And yes, the capacity has been rising, though not quite at the speed of moore's law.
I'll continue to twiddle my thumbs and hope.
-Tom
When I was first considering buying my HVX, one of the big reasons I liked the idea of an IT workflow was that record capacities would be tied to moore's law, and I assumed (wrongly so far) that 3rd party p2 cards would drive prices down. This is at least encouraging that another company has chosen to start selling P2 cards. And yes, the capacity has been rising, though not quite at the speed of moore's law.
I'll continue to twiddle my thumbs and hope.
-Tom
Luis Caffesse
Admin
$1650 for a 32GB card??
B&H has Panasonic 32GB Cards for $1550 right now.
The Panasonic 16GB cards are also $50 cheaper.
What would the incentive be to go with the Fuji made cards?
Even if the street price comes in below I doubt it would drop enough to make any significant difference.
Seems they've somewhat missed the boat on this one.
Then again I doubt Panasonic would license the tech to them just to allow Fuji to undercut them in the marketplace, so I guess we shouldn't be too surprised.
B&H has Panasonic 32GB Cards for $1550 right now.
The Panasonic 16GB cards are also $50 cheaper.
What would the incentive be to go with the Fuji made cards?
Even if the street price comes in below I doubt it would drop enough to make any significant difference.
Seems they've somewhat missed the boat on this one.
Then again I doubt Panasonic would license the tech to them just to allow Fuji to undercut them in the marketplace, so I guess we shouldn't be too surprised.
Barry_Green
Moderator
That's MSRP.
Yes, but $1650 MSRP. Both Fuji and Panasonic are offering at identical MSRP's.
$900 MSRP, $849 street.
One can only assume that they will street at or below the Panasonic prices.
Depends on how they sell, I'm sure. If there are shortages like last year, they'll sell at the same price. If they can't sell, then we'll probably see that reflected in lower prices.
Luis Caffesse
Admin
Moore's law should have P2 card capacities doubling roughly every two years.
When introduced in 2004 a 4GB P2 card was priced at roughly $1700
Four years later you can get a 16GB P2 card for $1550
Seems to be following that trend pretty well to me.
Barry_Green
Moderator
64GB will be out this year, but we don't know the price yet.
Any bets on this? I'm figuring $2250-2500.
Jason Ramsey
Admin
Luis... I think you meant a 32gb card for 1550 
Later,
Jason
Later,
Jason
Jason Ramsey
Admin
who knows, but if memory serves, it seems like we see a price shift with every other p2 card size increase.
16's didn't change when the 32's came out... so we might see one or both of those decrease with 64's, or we might see 16's go away (but I hope not).
Later,
Jason
Luis Caffesse
Admin
Luis... I think you meant a 32gb card for 1550
Later,
Jason
Oops.
Yeah, you're right.
Funny enough, even with my mistake the numbers seemed to reflect Moore's law - so in actuality P2 card capacities/prices are increasing/dropping faster than should have been anticipated.
Jason Ramsey
Admin
Yeah. I agree. We just had a long lull between 8's and 16's, but the pace has picked up considerably since then.
Later,
Jason
Later,
Jason
Speaking of pricing, any idea why it takes so long to get a price on the HPX170?
When BH set it at $5995, I read a bunch of posts indicating that that price was the MAP price.
But is it? Because i've not seen anything announced for Panasonic.
When BH set it at $5995, I read a bunch of posts indicating that that price was the MAP price.
But is it? Because i've not seen anything announced for Panasonic.
Luis Caffesse
Admin
I assume we'll hear an official price at the same time we hear an official release date.
Word on the street thus far is that we shouldn't hold our breath for September... but we'll see.*
*Keep in mind you should never take any statement seriously that includes both the terms "assume" and "word on the street"
Word on the street thus far is that we shouldn't hold our breath for September... but we'll see.*
*Keep in mind you should never take any statement seriously that includes both the terms "assume" and "word on the street"
Luis:
Which street are you hearing this on?
Which street are you hearing this on?
Luis Caffesse
Admin
Luis:
Which street are you hearing this on?
You know... the street.
Seriously, just talking to dealers.
But again, no one knows anything right now other than the people at Panasonic.
Anything other than an official announcement from Panasonic reps should always be taken with a huge grain of salt.