Shopping for a Nikon DSLR? Better buy it soon

[jtbell]

The current flooding in Thailand has shut down Nikon's factory that makes most of their consumer-level DSLR bodies and lenses. The water has been at least 2 meters deep for the past few weeks, and apparently shows no signs of receding yet. See the before-and-after pictures in the following article:

http://www.digitalcamblog.com/201110986-nikon-factory-in-thailand-closed-damaged-due-to-flood-before-after-photos/

Supplies of these cameras will surely become very tight when the current stock has been sold. I was thinking of buying a D7000 during the holiday season, but now I'm considering doing it this week, even though I'm not going to have much time to play with it for a while.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

@jtbell I assume after 6 years the stock supplies have returned to normal? :)

 

[jtbell]

Haha, I suppose so... I did buy that camera without any problems and am still using it, although my iPhone has since taken over a lot of the basic photography.