...been watching the price for the HV10 and always use B&H as the benchmark ...noticed it's leveled to $1199 as opposed to yesterday's (and previous) price of $1249.

Is this normal for the price to fluctuate for newly released products? I recall the same thing happening with the FX1 prior to my buying 2 of those.

Do you guys think the current $1199 price will stick- or do the new HDV cam announcements cause the manufacturers to fluctuate pricing?

Is this normal for the price to fluctuate for newly released products? I recall the same thing happening with the FX1 prior to my buying 2 of those.It fluctuates more than that if you search. Of course, you should carefully choose your dealer and double check if they authorised.

I recommend B&H or one of our other forum sponsers. $1199 at B&H will probably stick for 3 mths because it is new. And it will not drop too far. This class of cameras is having significant improvements with the old model being dropped. SD has more of a product life cycle that includes a price fall from what we have seen so far (for consumer products.)

BTW, I just sent feedback to [link removed by Admin]. I would not ever trust any of their site's reviews. Example, Century21 is listed as 5 stars by 90+ reviewers. Go to a review site like resellerratings, and they are about 0 stars. There is no mechanism to prevent stores from posting false reviews. Another good reason to stick with our sponsors.

Thanks George -- the whole idea of having reputable, trustworthy dealers as our site sponsors is to avoid this sort of confusion. Much appreciated,