A huge price drop on 5D Mark II w/24-105 @Amazon (Only $2750)
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Meh said:april said:
Yes but on the other hand... you live in Australia!
You beat me to it... the trade of is april lives in beautiful australia... Visited there a while ago and waiting til the day I could visit again... (minus the 14-16 hour flight out there that is)
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I'm a new member here but I've been lurking on this site for the past year. I was waiting on the release of the 5d Mark III but due to the last two big "anouncements" that did not include a new 5D Mark III, I pulled the trigger this past Tuesday to take advantage of Amazon's reduced price. Needless to say I felt pretty lucky since Amazon raised its price an hour or two later.
This event opened the floodgates of a lot of pent-up waiting and now I have Canon fever. I also purchased the 8 - 15 fisheye, the 100mm macro IS, the mp-e 65, the mt-24ex flash along with a lot of other sundries.
By tomorrow it all arrives! The night before I was contemplating buying through Henry's in Canada which would have been a great deal also (even with Paypal's 2.9% cut--I live in the U.S.).
I've learned a lot on this site.
A big thank-you to neuroamatomist for his insightful posts!
This event opened the floodgates of a lot of pent-up waiting and now I have Canon fever. I also purchased the 8 - 15 fisheye, the 100mm macro IS, the mp-e 65, the mt-24ex flash along with a lot of other sundries.
By tomorrow it all arrives! The night before I was contemplating buying through Henry's in Canada which would have been a great deal also (even with Paypal's 2.9% cut--I live in the U.S.).
I've learned a lot on this site.
A big thank-you to neuroamatomist for his insightful posts!
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markphoto said:
Congratulations mark!
You must be excited and not to mention the big relief from waiting. I've used my friend's 5d mark ii. It's such an awesome camera. Happy shooting 8)
Like many i too have been on the fence for quite sometime now and i am not sure how long i can hold it off :
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I won't, I'm happy waiting using my 7D until the 5D3 gets announced (and then i'll probably get a used 5D2, it's a great camera and always will be regardless of what gets released in future).Cyclops said:
With that list of lenses, the fisheye and 2 macros, they're going to hold up value a lot, even if you lose a bit on the body when new models come out it won't matter so much.
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dr croubie said:
That's what I was determined to do until I realize if I dont get it now, something always will go wrong and my money for this camera all of a sudden wont be there when I need it, haha... I've got 2 kids... I know all too well how these sudden emergencies work haha.
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Speaking of price drops.
eGlobal has the 5D body only on sale atm $1940AUD
http://www.eglobaldigitalcameras.com.au/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-body-digital-slr-camera.html
If you include shipping @$130ish thats cheaper than anyone that has the camera listed in Australia.
eg TEDs current price $2799AUD + Shipping
http://www.teds.com.au/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-body-only
If your looking to buy a 5D2 then it looks like now is the time.
Personally I'm waiting to see how this 1D-C rumour pans out.
eGlobal has the 5D body only on sale atm $1940AUD
http://www.eglobaldigitalcameras.com.au/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-body-digital-slr-camera.html
If you include shipping @$130ish thats cheaper than anyone that has the camera listed in Australia.
eg TEDs current price $2799AUD + Shipping
http://www.teds.com.au/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-body-only
If your looking to buy a 5D2 then it looks like now is the time.
Personally I'm waiting to see how this 1D-C rumour pans out.
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The price has dropped a lot in Japan recently as well.
It was released at around 280'000 yen RRP, within a few moths you could pick it up for 230'000 yen if you knew where to shop. Now they god for around 185'000 yen with "outlet" 5DMKII bodies going for about 165'000 yen. I asked what is meant by "outlet" and I was told that canon Japan had made a large batch of boxes for the 5DmkII body and 24-105f4L lens kit, but the boxes were made too small and seeing as how the product was already made they were selling the bodies only in smaller boxes at a cheaper rate.
Made no sense to me, why sell a camera 300 dollars cheaper due to a box mix up, presumably a box can be made for a few dollars. Perhaps canon is trying to get rid of 5DmkII stock to make way for something new.
Regardless of what will come out, I am taking advantage of the cheap prices and picking up another 5DmkII body soon.
It was released at around 280'000 yen RRP, within a few moths you could pick it up for 230'000 yen if you knew where to shop. Now they god for around 185'000 yen with "outlet" 5DMKII bodies going for about 165'000 yen. I asked what is meant by "outlet" and I was told that canon Japan had made a large batch of boxes for the 5DmkII body and 24-105f4L lens kit, but the boxes were made too small and seeing as how the product was already made they were selling the bodies only in smaller boxes at a cheaper rate.
Made no sense to me, why sell a camera 300 dollars cheaper due to a box mix up, presumably a box can be made for a few dollars. Perhaps canon is trying to get rid of 5DmkII stock to make way for something new.
Regardless of what will come out, I am taking advantage of the cheap prices and picking up another 5DmkII body soon.
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With the floods and Tsunami, it's been a very different year. Predictions have been all over the place. Before the 1dx, has Canon ever announced a Camera with over 6 month delay in shipments?
If they annouce a 5d3 now, and cannot deliver till mid summer, they put a dent in current 5d2 sales... realistically, the plant that got hit hard by the tsunami was their high end product maker...
Guys... relax, I don't think anyone is getting a 5d3 in their hands for the next 8-9 months. I hope I am wrong.
If they annouce a 5d3 now, and cannot deliver till mid summer, they put a dent in current 5d2 sales... realistically, the plant that got hit hard by the tsunami was their high end product maker...
Guys... relax, I don't think anyone is getting a 5d3 in their hands for the next 8-9 months. I hope I am wrong.
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Tsunami, floods, radioactivity, snow, earthquakes and aftershocks... If it goes on like that we should start buying Russian cameras soon again? Canon should consider relOcating their business into a nice and semi broken east-European tiger like Slovenia or Estonia - stable grounds - production on time - happy customers ...
This crazy world doesn't excuse anything anymore even disasters.
This crazy world doesn't excuse anything anymore even disasters.
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neuroanatomist said:
Or, it is a sign that Canon doesn't have a replacement ready and wants to scoop up market share and head off the competition by cutting prices.
Bottom line: it's a sign for sure. Either it's a sign that a 5D III is coming soon. Or it is a sign that a 5D III is not coming soon. Take your pick.
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te4o said:
I've got more East German and Ukranian glass than I do Japanese already. Sooner or later I'll pull the plug and just get myself a Kiev 88CM to go with them...
I'll also agree, if canon's getting rid of their 5D2s quickly, maybe they could be getting ready to drop a mk3-bomb the day after a D800 is announced. But is this Canon making the price-drops, or the shops? If there's this many shops dropping the prices, there's no way that there could be so many who have knowledge of a 5D3 and yet we've heard nothing, don't forget that humans work at these camera shops.
Or, it could just have something to do with everybody having less money than they used to, and trying to encourage spending for that big consumer-fest at the end of next month...
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