6D Likely Price Trend

[jcollett]

If we consider the recent election in Japan with the LDP winning who placed Shinzo Abe as Prime Minister who in turn has publicly stated his primary goal of driving inflation domestically by printing unlimited money, we can reasonably conclude that we should see price depreciation of goods from Japan (which includes the 6D). How successful this will be remains a question, but it is because of this news that I bought a used 5D mark II for now and will revisit the 6D pricing in about 6 months. I expect the price to fall also since I did not see the 6D out of stock after release due to too many pre-orders. Anyways, I support the wait and see approach.

 

[verysimplejason]

I hope they both drop to around 1500 or less. It will be easier for me to buy one.

 

[Trovador]

Well if it's anything like the 5D3 it'll be $600 by June.

Well, it looks like the 6D has already dropped by $130 to $1969.
...

Where??, can't find it.

 

[Mantanuska]

Here it is on ebay for 1,886.89 shipped.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Canon-EOS-6D-WG-Version-DSLR-Body-WIFI-GPS-Camera-S3506-/121033719258?pt=Digital_Cameras&hash=item1c2e2bfdda

 

[Trovador]

Shipped from Hong Kong and you have to add US$209 for warranty, seems fishy. Thanks though.

 

[Mantanuska]

That is a warranty that would be in addition to whatever warranty comes with the camera from Canon. I am not sure what it means by WG version, though. I guess it does seem kinda fishy considering no one else on ebay can come close to that price.

 

[timmy_650]

It will drop $1899
http://www.buydig.com/shop/product.aspx?sdtid=5709684&sku=CNEOS6D&ref=cj

or
$2499 with lens
http://www.buydig.com/shop/product.aspx?sdtid=5709684&sku=CNEOS6DKT&ref=cj

I wish i could justify buy it.

 

[darkhound]

Well if it's anything like the 5D3 it'll be $600 by June.

Well, it looks like the 6D has already dropped by $130 to $1969.
...

Where??, can't find it.

http://www.rythercamera.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=47430&gclid=CKr7j4X5p7QCFYKK4AodzygAiQ

 

[darkhound]

New low price, now only $1900 for the 6D. Also get a bag.

Add to your cart for the discount.

http://www.buydig.com/shop/product.aspx?sdtid=5709684&sku=CNEOS6D&ref=cj

 

[Trovador]

Bought it on Amazon for about US$1880, after promotions. Only thing is it's temporarily out of stock, but I can wait. It was 1,999 last night plus a 6% reward as an Amazon credit in about a month. Good deal.

 

[wellfedCanuck]

Hi,

My wife is giving birth in July and I will have a 6D by then to take pics of the kid.

My only question is when to buy. Is it likely that the 6D will drop in price from Dec. 2011 to July 2012? If so, I will wait...
...

So when exactly are you going to buy the camera relative to the baby arrival?
A week before the due date of the baby?
The day it arrives?
A week after?

You do realise that babies can arrive both EARLY and late.

Something else for darkhound to consider- I've had the 6D for about 48 hours and there's a learning curve. He'd better give himself a month or so to learn to use the camera. Not just for the regular photographic traits but also for the quirks of the wifi and remote system which is slightly less than intuitive.

 

[Ryan_W]

It looks to me like the post-christmas drop is already on, and sales were probably not as high as canon (foolishly) hoped. At $1,899 it's starting to approach the price point where I'll buy it just for the hell of it and put it on credit.

I think it will be interesting to see if the 7D Mk II comes in with a 1D-X style AF system and knocks it down even further.

 

[darkhound]

Wow, fast drop. $1630 for the 6D these days.

It should drop even lower to the $1,500 price of the D600, which offers better image quality (except for at high ISO).

I'll buy in a month or so.

 

[iP337]

Wow, fast drop. $1630 for the 6D these days.

It should drop even lower to the $1,500 price of the D600, which offers better image quality (except for at high ISO).

I'll buy in a month or so.

Sounds good man! Where did you see that? I always considered it to be worth $1500 but I'm still hoping to find a used one for around $1000 as a backup body lol, I can wait

 

[Marsu42]

Wow, fast drop. $1630 for the 6D these days.

You seem to be living in a very different part of the world than us good ol' Europeans - in Germany it's still around €1800 and looking at the price trend I don't see any huge drops coming soon, the "premium company" Canon product might stay €200 above the Nikon d600 price.

 

[meli]

its around 1600e in Switzerland, still 300e more than the 600d

 

[zim]

£1500 UK or £1289 DigRev (UK)

$2356 US or $2025 US

same ol' same ol'

 

[iaind]

£1500 UK or £1289 DigRev (UK)

$2356 US or $2025 US

same ol' same ol'

It's only been available for 3 months max.
Supply exceeds demand.
Its going to drop further

 

[zim]

£1500 UK or £1289 DigRev (UK)

$2356 US or $2025 US

same ol' same ol'

It's only been available for 3 months max.
Supply exceeds demand.
Its going to drop further

Only 3 months, blimy I feel like I've been reading about how [*] the 6D is for a couple of years! ;D

Actually I was really meaning the price differences not the actual price


* please insert your adjective of choice here

 

[7enderbender]

Maybe this helps:

https://www.google.com/search?q=price+development+canon+60D&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=1RoUUbnHDsP40gH7t4Ao&biw=1197&bih=505&sei=2xoUUYzrKYvU0gHq9ICwAw#imgrc=LT4-Vgm4jd6WDM%3A%3Bte0PlNyBTQUq_M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fstatic.photoprice.ca%252Fgraph%252F03305u-Canon-EOS-60D-price-graph.png%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.photoprice.ca%252Fproduct%252F03305%252FCanon-EOS-60D-price.html%3B660%3B196


I would think that the general trend of the 6D could be similar to that of the 60D in the past. Same type of feature-stripped model that is reaching into a lower bracket of potential buyers. And I would think that the 6D - similar to the 60D - won't sell that well. Obviously they can't go below a certain point to not cannibalize the APS-C segment too much that is probably bringing in more revenue per unit.