5DIII pre-order thread

[WGR]

All. My first post here but wanted to alert you to an authorized Canon dealer that has both 5D Mark III bodies and kits in stock. Bedford Camera and Video in Alabama (I'm on the west coast) has "several" of each on their shelves. I had preordered with Adorama and, like several here had been waiting and waiting for a shipping notification. I finally cancelled my order earlier this morning and placed an order through Bedfords at www.bedfords.com. I received a shipping notification within a hour of placing the order and it's in transit and scheduled for a Thursday delivery. As an aside, I did check with Canon to verify they are an authorized Canon dealer and, as above, they are. Check them out. So far I completely happy!

 

[dealmastermike]

long time forum lurker but 1st post. had a 5dmk2, sold it, pre-ordered from adorama on 3/11 and my order was shipped out yesterday 3/27. body only.

 

[Ew]

Adorama has the kit ready to ship and they are doing a lens buy back for $700.

 

[JasonATL]

Looks like another batch of bodies are shipping out today from B&H. I ordered 3/2 and was not in the first shipment last week, but my order status just changed to "Shipped." It will be a nice weekend!

 

[jalbfb]

Looks like another batch of bodies are shipping out today from B&H. I ordered 3/2 and was not in the first shipment last week, but my order status just changed to "Shipped." It will be a nice weekend!

Still glad I cancelled and picked up a kit from a local camera store. I was a 3/6 order with B&H. Unboxed it on Tuesday (I bought it this past Thursday but was out of town) and got most if not all of it set up to my particular way of shooting. Now to get out for a little after work today and fire away. As I've said before. I hope all of the bigger stores get these out as fast as possible to those who are still on the pre-order wait list.

 

[the.mattod]

Looks like another batch of bodies are shipping out today from B&H. I ordered 3/2 and was not in the first shipment last week, but my order status just changed to "Shipped." It will be a nice weekend!

what was your order number?

 

[h4ldol]

I placed my preorder at J&R on 3/12/12 and got notice that it is shipping via UPS today. I missed the first batch last week but I'm thrilled to get in on the second batch this week considering the late date of my preorder.

I had originally cancelled my B&H preorder from the announcement night in order to get in on the cashback offer with J&R when using my Discover credit card, but it probably turns out that I'll get my 5dIII a bit sooner than if I had kept my preorder at B&H given how many thousands of preorders they had (and I was unlikely to get in on the first shipment since I ordered an hour after they started to accept preorders).

 

[EOSGUY]

FYI - Have you seen this: On the www.getdpi.com forum there is an Adorama camera somebody is willing to sell for $100 off list price. This guy had ordered from two places and when he wanted to cancel the second camera they offered him a price reduction. It hasn't sold yet ASFAIK, likely because that forum is full of medium format folk. He is going to return in to Adorama, if nobody wants it.