will prices shoot up now?

[raid]

Yen hits record-high against US dollar as Nikkei falls ....

 

[Don Parsons]

B&H raised the price of the Panasonic LX-5 $25. Don't know whether it's related or not, but I bet it is.

 

[sevo]

We'll see - there are always two sides to a increase or decrease in exchange rates, and import-dependent economies like Japan and Germany have in the past been pretty immune. They have been predicting the end of the German economy every time the US$ dropped or rose, but it even proved to benefit from it either way...