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When can I hope for the next rebate program? Nothing before Xmas? right after?
At least in the European rebate programs Canon in just discounting older and standard lenses and some tele zooms - I wouldn't hope for an official discount on this one for one or even two years to come I'm afraid to say. More likely they'll do a kit with the 5d3 sooner or later, I remember it's been seen in Australia.Kit Lens? For which camera? I don't think this will ever be a kit lens.
As Marsu42 posted, this is already a kit lens in some markets (Australia/NZ and maybe others).
There is no confirmed as of(Nov 8th, 2012) that 24-70 II is selling as kit lens with 5D III at discounted price.
When can I hope for the next rebate program? Nothing before Xmas? right after?
At least in the European rebate programs Canon in just discounting older and standard lenses and some tele zooms - I wouldn't hope for an official discount on this one for one or even two years to come I'm afraid to say. More likely they'll do a kit with the 5d3 sooner or later, I remember it's been seen in Australia.
Kit Lens? For which camera? I don't think this will ever be a kit lens.
Sadly, you aren't going to get a revolution in high ISO noise performance in a crop sensor for a very long time... if ever. With current sensor technology there is a limit to how well a crop sensor can handle noise... and with consumers for this category demanding features in video, hdr, etc... there is even less hope for sensor improvement.
But keep dreaming... it never hurts to dream.
There has already been a revolution in crop sensor high ISO noise. It's called the D800. The pixel pitch of it's sensor is VERY close to that of the 7D.
4.88µm v 4.3µm - that's only 13.5% difference. For comparison the 5D Mark III has a pixel pitch of 6.5µm - 50% bigger.
You can't tell me that the D800 doesn't have low high ISO noise. It's very competitive with the 5DIII.
However, the D800 does not do 8 or 10FPS. A crop camera is the best/only way of optimizing the following combination of attributes (1) lower price, (2) higher frame rate and (3) smaller pixels (i.e., lots of "pixels per feather"). I currently own a 5D3 and 7D both of which were purchased in the last 6 months. (They replaced a 5D and 40D.) The 7D is used almost exclusively outdoors in comparatively good light with longer lenses to photograph things that move rapidly and unexpectedly. The 5D3 is used for everything else.
Sadly, you aren't going to get a revolution in high ISO noise performance in a crop sensor for a very long time... if ever. With current sensor technology there is a limit to how well a crop sensor can handle noise... and with consumers for this category demanding features in video, hdr, etc... there is even less hope for sensor improvement.
But keep dreaming... it never hurts to dream.
(As posted on another thread) The 5D3 w/24-70mm in a kit is also shipping (in Australia at least).
Is this something only done in Australia? That would be great if it came to the US
For those that didn't think that such a kit existed... (It might not in the US, but it sure does in Australia)
naaayce.. how much they going for?
I wonder when the 5DIII kits w/ new 24-70mm start to ship... (Not available in all markets). I can't wait!
Maybe never? There was never a kit with the Mark I that I know of. Not from Canon anyways.
Is that an official Canon kit or is that just a kit that one particular camera store is doing?
http://www.leedervillecameras.com.au/CatalogueRetrieve.aspx?ProductID=3396216&A=SearchResult&SearchID=5027327&ObjectID=3396216&ObjectType=27
here you go
1 buck under
*EFG* That is what I based my "just under" comment on. I guess in the USA, it should be available for a bit less.
It looks like the "kit discount" is of the order of $300 or so, depending where you buy. Not enough to motivate you to get the kit if you weren't already planning to buy both the body and the lens.