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70d price discussion & poll results

Canon's official list price for the 70d will be (body only)... THE RESULTS ARE IN!


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Re: POLL: What will be the 70d's price tag?

I guess it will be 1400$. This is within the reach of the 7100d. It is also quite a bit below the 6D. I think the 7DII will be priced very close to the 6D; so 1400 is a good number for the 70D.

We will see tomorrow.
 
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Re: POLL: What will be the 70d's price tag?

Uh oh, I voted what I thought it would be, not what it should be . . . maybe Canon's tryin' to figure out how much they can squeeze us for ;D

I'm not just one noid, I'm a paranoid . . . it's too bad they don't have cyclical/simultaneous release cycles. I'm definitely going to swap out my crop body this year, but I'm not moving this time until I see what happens with the 7DmkII (specifically price wise).

Oh well, if wishes were fishes, the sea would be full :)
 
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Re: POLL: What will be the 70d's price tag?

alan_k said:
It doesn't have to be less than the D7100 to compete with it- I'm guessing $1400 so it's "within reach" of the D7100 and can be kitted with a couple of lenses for under $1800.

Looks like I was high by 100 or so- at least comparing the t5i body only to the kit, it's 750 vs. 1099, which would put body-only about $1300.
 
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Re: POLL: What will be the 70d's price tag? RESULTS ARE IN!

Dylan777 said:
$100 off...soon will drop to $1500;)

The price in the picture is the kit price with lens, and even that changed to the latest [cr] - obviously Canon lowered the price in the meantime to counter Nikon...

.... but the pre-order price is released and THE RESULTS ARE IN (this is also in the first post):

25% of you were correct
12% guessed too low
63% guessed too high
- don't you Nikon trolls trust our favorite brand to be reasonable :-p ?
 
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Re: POLL: What will be the 70d's price tag? RESULTS ARE IN!

Marsu42 said:
Dylan777 said:
$100 off...soon will drop to $1500;)

The price in the picture is the kit price with lens, and even that changed to the latest [cr] - obviously Canon lowered the price in the meantime to counter Nikon...

.... but the pre-order price is released and THE RESULTS ARE IN (this is also in the first post):

25% of you were correct
12% guessed too low
63% guessed too high
- don't you Nikon trolls trust our favorite brand to be reasonable :-p ?
Hey not Nikon trolls at all here (I do not have anything Nikon - not even a PS)
Unfortunately price increase is ... so Canon nowadays :(
 
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xps said:
@ Marsu42 I "polled" 1400 €.....
Today, my favourite shop in Munich sent me an "special" pre-offer: 1399.- 70D body only.....
:o

This was the same with the 6d, offical list price €2099, the first offers were €2199 ... I guess due to the smaller market in Germany the shops that really get the cameras first (i.e. not some online discounters) try to make some quick €€€ from people who are desperate for the latest stuff. And then of course there's the weaker € vs. $ vs yen.

Good for me: As a Magic Lantern fan, I'd never buy a new body anyway and wait 6month+ for a ml release, that's why I'm also not that pressed to buy a 6d and can wait for the price to drop some more. As far as I can see it, the 70d will be no competition at all to ff regarding iso noise.
 
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Re: POLL: What will be the 70d's price tag?

Marsu42 said:
zim said:
but it won't be a round number, 1399 is a damn good guess.

To not follow every marketing trick I used round numbers, so choose $1400 for $1399 and so on...

Hey Marsu, that wasn’t a criticism of the poll options I was referring to CanNotYet’s post, my guess like most was $1300....... and I'm sticking to it ;D
 
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whothafunk said:
Hannes said:
and as usual us Brits get screwed over, body only $1650, $1825 with 18-55 and $2125 with the 18-135
oh no no, the whole europe gets screwed every single f****** time.

Out of curiosity, how much of that has to do with taxes built into the price (VAT, etc.). In the U.S. the price usually, depending upon state, 7% to 9% added to it (which is why I often buy from B&H because they don't collect Texas sales tax saving me 8.25%).
 
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Old Sarge said:
whothafunk said:
Hannes said:
and as usual us Brits get screwed over, body only $1650, $1825 with 18-55 and $2125 with the 18-135
oh no no, the whole europe gets screwed every single f****** time.

Out of curiosity, how much of that has to do with taxes built into the price (VAT, etc.). In the U.S. the price usually, depending upon state, 7% to 9% added to it (which is why I often buy from B&H because they don't collect Texas sales tax saving me 8.25%).

VAT here is 20% and over Europe it is similar to that, maybe plus or minus 5%. On European prices VAT is always included on the website unless it specifies it.

It is a bit odd though how they price it. Looking at the B&H website the 5DIII costs pretty much the same as over here whereas the 6D is a lot cheaper in the US. The 5DII and 40D I know where a fair bit cheaper in the US. Worst is the 200-400 where the price difference is so big that it would pay for a trip to New York including flights, hotel and dinners for a weekend and it would still come out slightly cheaper
 
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