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Spring 2010 Rebates
We've received word that Canon Canada is about to start some spring rebates.
(Rebate amounts in red.)
- EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM $50.00
- EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM $50.00
- EF 50mm f/1.2L $150.00
- EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM $200.00
- EF 85mm f/1.8 USM $50.00
- EF 135mm f/2.0L USM $50.00
- EF 200mm f/2L IS USM $500.00
- EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM $300.00
- EF 300mm f/4.0L IS USM $100.00
- EF 14mm f/2.8L II USM $100.00
- EF 35mm f/1.4L USM $100.00
- EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM $150.00
- EF 17-40mm f/4L USM $70.00
- EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM $70.00
- EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM $100.00
- EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM $150.00
- EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM $50.00
- EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM $100.00
- EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM $100.00
- EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM $150.00
- EF 28-300 f/3.5-5.6L IS USM $200.00
- EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM $100.00
- EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM $150.00
- EF 70-200mm f/4L USM $50.00
- EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM $50.00
- EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM $100.00
- Speedlite 430EX II $30.00
- Speedlite 580EX II $60.00
These will be instant dealer rebates, you won't have to mail anything in. You'll probably have to wait a few days for prices to lower on dealer web sites.
I'm still waiting on some official documentation about this.
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Eh?
Great !!!
Oh wait I live in Europe, haven’t seen a rebate here since … well I can’t remember.
Thanks canon
Yes, we Europeans get our usual shafting. On top of the incredible audacity to convert currencies simply by replacing the currency sign (i.e. 1$ = 1€) resulting in generally higher prices compared to most of the rest of the world, we do not even a rebate to look forward to.
Thanks Canon!
I got a really good deal about 2 years ago when the CAD was worth about .78 cents the the USD.
Between that and the rebate, I got a 17-40mm brand new with shipping for $585 USD from Aden Camera. I was pretty nervous though since I had never bought outside the US.
The only thing sweeter than that was the one year someone leaked a BHPhoto promo code online at the same time as a instant rebate. My goodness, I saved $950 that year between two lenses and a 580EX II.
Is it possible to have a friend from the States or Canada purchase what you want? They send you the package and you send them the funds. You could save tons of $$.
It’s weird, isn’t it? Considering that the products are manufactured in the Old World landmass (Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East), it should cost less, because there is less of a transport cost.
Is it time to buy a 300mm F2.8 or is it time to wait for the new 300mm F2.8 ?
Here’s the thing, even with these rebates were still getting ripped right off.
Going across the border for a 24-70 2.4 L series will cost you 1249.99 (plus NY tax 7.5%) in Ontario the lens from vistek.ca is $1,549.00 (plus 13.5% tax) so take off 150.00 and were still looking at 1400 plus tax and with the dollar the same price why bother shopping canadian at all?
I wish we had some similar US rebates on Lenses. I’ve been waiting for something before I buy a new Canon Lens. The existing Lens rebate does not cover the models I want.
And if Canon announces a USA rebate you’ll save even more by buying in the US.
Me too. I’m hoping for the EF-S 15-85. What about you?
i am really starting to get angry with canon.. first of all, the lens i want is 200 euros more.. thats what? a bad 300 dollars? and then they go and up it with 150 dollar rebate.. 450 dollars is somewhat 300 euros that i will overpay.. seriously? a wanted to go with a 5d and a 24-70.. but am seriously thinking of buying a nother firm.. sadly enough.. i am a man of principles.. (and one who sucks in english, sorry for speling) and am not overpaying 1000 dolars for the kit!
I’m not sure Canon is to blame. After living in the US for a number of years, I found it hard to return to Denmark where retailers seem to take pride in kicking you in the balls. Whereas a small mom-and-pop-shop in the US may have a proft margin of just 30-35%, a large Eurpoean retailer will gladly mark up their goods by 50-100%. The worst part: we europeans seem to think that’s alright (kick me my grons again – please!)
ENOUGH ALREADY! REVOLT!
Canon would get a much better response from these rebates if they just announced their new lenses. People are waiting. If you let people know what to expect soon, they will make their purchase if a replacement lens isn’t around the corner.
Wait.
I say go on eBay and get the original non-IS model. I foolishly sold mine when release of the iS version was imminent. To me, the removable tripod collar on the IS lens is a bug and not a feature.
Ever carry a lens over your shoulder on a monopod with no camera on it at the time? If the tripod collar lock knob is not tight enough and the lens works around to just the right point in the collar rotation, your 4000-dollar lens can go crashing to the concrete. Ever seen a Getty Images shooter cry? I have. Similar thing happened to me, but luckily it was with a 70-200 on grass and not a super telephoto on pavement.
I do NOT understand that advantage of removable tripod collars on some lenses, particularly the 200mm 2.0 and 300mm 2.8, and most especially on the 70-200mm 2.8. The tripod collar mount is a perfect palm rest for the lens that allows fingertip control of zooming and manual focus. Why take it off? Ever?
The IS version of the 300 2.8 is only a tiny incremental improvement on the superb optics of the original. And I don’t find IS that useful on a lens the spends most of it’s time on a monopod anyway. But that’s just me.
The downside to the first version is that it draws battery power even on manual focusing, but I think manual focusing feels smoother on the non-IS lens (at least compared to the IS 300mm 2.8 I rent from time to time).
yeah that theory doesn’t work.
rebates help thin out inventory. especially helpful before introducing new products. common practice.
Now i know these seem to be somewhat annual and often lens announcements don’t come.
Thanks to the efficiency of container shipping, transport cost are absolutely negligible fore anything but the most low cost products. And with the recent economic downturn and the associated excess shipping capacity, shipping costs have in some sectors dropped to about 10% of what they were two years ago. Add in that a large number of container ships are still under construction, transport prices are not going to go up any time soon.
price over item cost is not profit margin. from the percentage you identify you then take salaries, health care costs, unemployment insurance, overhead, taxes marketing. net profit is typically 4-8% in retail. less if a real comodity item like most electronic.
and don’t forget local cost of living drives salaries and other costs up over north american pricing: vicious circle
Is this a CR1, CR2 or CR3 rumour?
In Germany the last rebate was 2008. I bought my Eos 40D in April. Now i sold it a few weeks ago and hoped for another rebate to buy the 7D. But there is none. I’m waiting. But if Canon doesn’t give a rebate i wouldn’t buy. So please Canon!
My 300mm 2.8 IS is the sharpest lens I`ve ever used. Staggering quality. So unless you know when the new model will be released and can wait (PLUS have the extra money it`ll cost) then get the current one. I`ve no idea how much better the new lens can be as the current 2.8 is possibly one of the finest lenses money can buy – try and find a bad review if you can.
I hope this comes to the US. I would like to get a 70-200/4
I don’t know if it’s just that this lens gets more than it’s share of R&D dollars, or if 300mm 2.8 is some kind of optical “sweet spot,” but ever since the 1980’s, the 300mm 2.8 has been the most mindblowingly sharp lens in the lineup for both Canon AND Nikon. The only lens I know of that might have been even slightly sharper would be the Nikon 105mm f/2.5.
What’s hard to believe is that both companies keep making the 300mm 2.8 just slightly better with each passing version.
300mm 2.8 was the original “exotic” telephoto, so maybe it got “front loaded” with optical innovation over 2 decades ago and has just kept getting better since.
not sure where you got this from.. but i literally jus got off the phone with the owner of the best retailer in Toronto, and he assured me for the 2nd time that he’s personally spoken with Canon – we won’t be Canon rebates in Canada for the foreseeable future..
I’m thinking they’ll be raising US prices soon, with the economy the way it is and the interests rates so low, rather than offering rebates. But I have no inside info.
Why no 15-85mm IS rebates :(!
The Camera Store has it for $1478, and if true, -$150 + 5% tax in Ontario.
Of course coming across the border, you should declare your purchase, adding 13% onto your NY number.
If these are anything like the Canon USA 50D rebates, they will be a ruse to RAISE rather than lower prices. With “$100 rebate” the 50D is $50-70 HIGHER in price at most vendors than it was PRE-rebate.
My local store has the list printed. It begins April 15th though May 31.
Not too sure which one is wrong, but my fav store is only giving $50 off the 16-35L instead of the posted 150$ on this site.
Is there any reference on the canon website that I could bring to get the full $150 off?
Looks like a lot of retails are just keeping the rebate for themselves. Prices yesterday and today are the same for two models I was looking at: 17-55 2.8 and 85mm 1.8
Looks like some of the retailers adjusted their prices. But I only see a $50 rebate on the 17-55, not the $100 mentioned in this post.
Same at my store… I guess the announced rebate was wrong for this lens