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Going to hazard a guess here. But here goes.
If a camera doesn't sell a lot or has a few in stock, he has to hold his prices high, due to the exchange rate that he got, his price will not drop until he has to bite the bullet only to get rid of stock.
Or until the dollar goes in his favour.
If he moves/sells a lot of gear and has low stock, his prices will somewhat be more susceptible to the exchange rate pricing.
Which could be great for sales at the right time, if our dollar goes up.
It all depends on the seller, if he wants to loose part of the profit for a sale.
I would hazard a guess that there might be a 2-3 month price lag, due to shipments taking 2-3 months to arrive here (ship freight not air freight)
But with the dollar falling a few cents, I wouldn't expect huge savings, unless there is a glut of cameras and or the dollar goes up above 91-92 cents.
But if there is no sales for a while, these guys will have to bite the bullet to entice sales.
If I had the money while I was in the US, I would have bought a digital camera over there.
I think the prices here are way over my head.
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