I saw some discussion about trying to buy two lenses through a large and well known international vendor with a location in Glasgow. Unavailable are the new 50mm AF-S f1.4G, and the 105mm f2.8 AF-S VR. Both appear to be back-ordered for as many as 30 and 20 units, respectively.
While I can't answer that question directly, several things come to mind, especially related to the newish 50mm:
- typically there is a small supply when new lenses come out
- this drives up prices because of high demand
- production for new products of any kind typically 'ramps up' as more time and resources are devoted to meeting demand
- with the sagging world economy, it's hard to oversupply in advance of sales
- some vendors and some markets get priority based on size and past performance
- there can be 'unseen' factors slowing production: labor, materials, technology, finance, supply chain forward and back, etc.
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