A $1,319 Nikon Zf and a $1,239 Lumix S5 II: five used floors, three with archived checkpoints

Nikon Z carries this week's deepest cuts. MPB's US storefront lists the Nikon Zf from $1,319, against a floor of $1,549 when the same page was archived on October 1 — a $230 fall, 14.8%, in eight days. 12 The Nikon Z6 III has slipped too, to a $1,819 floor from $1,909 on a September 28 archive. 34 Panasonic's L-mount runs second: the Lumix S5 II floor is $1,239, $180 under the $1,419 this radar logged through June. 5

All five floors were read on MPB's US and EU storefronts on October 9, 2026. Where a dated comparison exists, it is an archived copy of the same model page, named with its date and copy count; where the archive holds no recent capture, the comparison is this radar's own logged floor, dated in the section. EU figures convert at the European Central Bank's October 9 reference rate of $1.1206 per euro. 6

MPB grades on a five-step cosmetic scale — Like new, Excellent, Good, Well used, Heavily used — and a grade describes the outside of an item, not its actuation count. 7 That distinction decides two of this week's five calls.

Thirty copies run from $1,319 to $1,689. The published tiers are Excellent at $1,609 and Like new at $1,639 and $1,689, so the floor sits $290 under the cheapest graded copy and carries no published grade at all. 1

On October 1 the same page listed 36 copies from $1,549, with identical Excellent and Like-new prices. 2 The $230 fall is therefore cheaper ungraded stock arriving under the ladder, while the tiers a careful buyer would pick have not moved. Europe lists 26 copies from €1,519, about $1,703, with its own Good at €1,519 and Like new at €1,629. 611

Call: buy the Excellent at $1,609 instead of chasing the $1,319 floor. An ungraded floor is where the wear hides, and $290 buys a named grade under MPB's six-month US warranty. Pair the body with the Nikkor Z 24-70mm f/4 S, from $354. 12

Thirty-three copies run from $1,239 to $1,399, and on this model every tier is published: Good $1,239, Excellent $1,359, Like new $1,399. 5

This radar's last logged floor for the S5 II was $1,419 at Like new on June 19. The new Like-new price is $20 below that, and the Good floor sits $180 below it. Europe lists 10 copies from €1,179, about $1,321, and again prices its Excellent copy (€1,179) under its Like new (€1,239). 613

Call: buy at $1,239. A 24MP full-frame hybrid with in-body stabilisation, an articulating screen and no disclosed fault under $1,300 is the cheapest full-frame entry on this list. The same page lists the Lumix S 50mm f/1.8 from $204 for a first prime. 5

Twenty-one copies run from $1,329 to $1,699, with Good at $1,369, Excellent at $1,599 and Like new at $1,649; the $1,329 floor carries no grade. 8

This radar logged the X-H2's floor at $1,509 on June 2, so the entry price is down $180, which is the deepest cut on any Fuji body here. Europe holds only 2 copies, from €1,399, about $1,568. 614 Fujifilm publishes no shutter count for this body on MPB, so the exact-copy photographs and the grade carry the inspection.

Call: buy the Good at $1,369. Pay the extra $40 over the ungraded floor for a named grade, and ask for the copy's actuation count before ordering, since the page will not show one. For the system, the XF 33mm f/1.4 R LM WR is the modern prime, from $409. 15

Sixty copies run from $1,649 to $2,329. The ladder is Well used $1,649, Good $2,039, Excellent $2,249 and Like new $2,329, and the Excellent copies publish their counts: seven of them sit between 2,000 and 25,000 actuations, the lowest at SKU 4226173 with 2,000. 9

On May 28 the page listed 29 copies from $1,819 to $2,429, so the floor is down $170, the top down $100, and the stock has more than doubled. 10 That shape points to a repricing across the model rather than one tired copy at the bottom. Europe lists 70 copies from €1,639, about $1,837, with its own Good at €1,789 and Excellent at €1,949. 616

Call: buy the Excellent at $2,249. It is the copy with evidence attached — a named grade, a disclosed count, a 45MP sensor — at $80 under the Like-new price and $920 below this model's May ceiling. Pair it with the RF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM, from $694. 17

Seven copies run from $1,819 to $1,949, with Excellent at $1,889 and Like new at $1,949. The $1,819 floor is itself graded Like new — SKU 4142400 — and its listing discloses 90,706 shutter actuations. 3 Because MPB's grade covers cosmetics only, this is the copy where the label and the hour meter disagree.

On September 28 the page listed 5 copies from $1,909, so the floor is down $90 with the whole ladder. 4 Two things sit underneath the price. Nikon's March 2026 service advisory covers a serial range of Z6III, Z5II and ZR bodies built with "parts that do not meet our quality standards," which can leave the camera inoperable; Nikon repairs affected bodies free of charge, and the advisory states that no Z6III built for the European market is affected. 18 Europe also prices the body far lower: 13 copies from €1,329, about $1,489, which is $330 under the US floor. 619

Call: wait. The floor is a high-mileage copy wearing a Like-new label, the model carries a live advisory whose serial range you cannot check until the camera is in hand, and the EU storefront sells the same body $330 cheaper. Buy only a serial-verified US copy at the Excellent grade. For the system, the Nikkor Z 24-120mm f/4 S starts at $629. 20

The Nikon Zf's $1,319 floor is the week's biggest move, and the graded Excellent at $1,609 is the copy to buy. The Lumix S5 II at $1,239 Good is the cheapest full-frame hybrid entry on this list, the X-H2 at $1,369 Good the cheapest 40MP body, and the EOS R5 at $2,249 Excellent the one buy with a clean disclosed count behind it. The Z6 III is a wait.

Whichever copy you go after, ask for its grade, its wear notes, its actuation count, what is in the box and the warranty terms: US copies carry six months and EU copies twelve. Every figure above was read on October 9, 2026.