Buy Now And Beat The Japanese Tax Man...Soundly...

Want the good news or the bad news?

Well, you get 'em both. Mind you, if you are nippy about it, you can avoid the bad...

The Japanese financial year changes in April. Why is anyone's guess - they haven't finished using the old one yet and there is still plenty of wear in it. perhaps it is like their motor cars - they change them regularly to avoid pollution. Perhaps they ship out the old financial years in sea containers to third world countries...

Where were we? Oh, yes - the bad news. They are hiking the prices on Nikon and Canon lenses. How high we don't know but if you want a bargain on some new glass for these cameras you would be well advised to hammer the piggy bank and come in here in the next two weeks.

Good news? We're pretty good for lenses right now.