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You should be ok
I’m told by a couple of readers that Henry’s is saying there will probably be a price increase on the 5D2. However, current preorders should be safe from the price increase.
I’ll keep inquiring about this.
cr
From a reader
The reader was told there was a Canadian price increase coming on the
5D2.
This would mean all Canadian preorders would end up costing more.
I’ll try to find more info.
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It’s done
DPR has completed their review of the 50D (No, I haven’t finished mine.). I agree with some of their negatives and I’ll even be adding a few (teaser!).
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A comment from Adorama (in the comments of the previous post)
I apologize for any confusion or inconvenience that may have been caused.
At Adorama we were initially informed - by Canon - that delivery was expected 27th October, and based our subsequent information to customers on this.I am unable to comment upon what information was given to other retailers at any point during the past months.
However, as you are all now aware, Canon revised these estimates.
Sincerely
Helen Oster
Adorama Camera Customer Service Ambassador
Good people at Adorama.
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Gotta love floating release dates
This was submitted by one of the readers here that has kept me apprised of Adorama’s 5D2 stock.
“Looks like they were foolish enough to let people know that their ETA was end of October. Passed couple of calls have all been quickly answered that it has now been moved to end of November. Didn’t have my fingers crossed too much”
Bummer
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Err 99
This firmware update (Version 1.0.3) incorporates the following fixes.
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Site Outage
It was my fault, I was cleaning the web server up and deleted the most important folder on it… i.e. this site. I then proceeded to go to bed.
Some days you shouldn’t touch a computer.
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From Henry’s
The following will see price drops effective October 30, 2008.
Still Cameras (Drop $ in brackets)
G10 ($20)
SD890 IS ($20)
SD880 IS ($25)
SD790 IS ($25)
SD770 IS ($16)
SD1100 IS ($25)
A2000 IS ($8)
A590 IS ($8)
A470 IS ($20)
Video Cameras
HV30 ($78)
HG10 ($78)
FS11 ($40)
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Hearing it again
Canon has a prototype of a niche market underwater PowerShot camera.
Specs:
12mp
3.5x Zoom (35mm wide)
3″ LCD
10meter/33foot underwater
Drop Resistant to 6 feet
Sand proof
Li-Ion Battery
Manual Controls
SD Card
This has been rumoured a while, and it’s definately a market Canon could sell cameras.
cr
From Reuters
TOKYO, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Japan’s Canon Inc (7751.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) posted a 26 percent fall in quarterly operating profit and cut its outlook to below market expectations after the global slowdown sent the yen higher and hit demand for copiers and digital cameras.
Operating profit at Canon, the world’s largest digital camera maker ahead of Sony Corp (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and Nikon Corp (7731.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), came in at 129.3 billion yen ($1.38 billion) in July-September, down from 174.2 billion yen a year earlier.
Growing worries about the global economy have depressed sales of office equipment such as copiers to corporate clients, while cooling consumer sentiment has hit digital camera demand.
For calendar 2008, Canon on Monday cut its operating profit forecast by 25 percent to 580 billion yen, down from 756.67 billion yen a year earlier and compared with a consensus of 693.1 billion yen from 19 analysts polled by Reuters Estimates.
Shares in Canon, which competes with Xerox Corp (XRX.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and Ricoh Co Ltd (7752.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) in copiers and printers, have lost 49 percent since the start of the year through Friday, outperforming the Tokyo stock market’s electrical machinery index , which fell 56 percent. (Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by Lincoln Feast)
Good followup posting.
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