Canon 5D Mark II Price Drops March 4, 2012

[Canon Rumors]

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<strong>Pay less!

</strong>The <a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/canon5dmkii" class="pretty-link-keyword">5D Mark II</a> will see price drops starting on March 4, 2012.</p>
<p>Waiting to get confirmation of what the drop will be, but it may get back down to the Christmas pricing of $1999.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">c</span>r</strong></p>
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[kidnaper]

So this would pretty much confirm the 3k+ price to me...

 

[pravkp]

No thanks Canon.
i'm not giving into this and i've waited enough for a 5d2 successor. however, its likely that many of us might have to wait quite sometime to get our hands on 5d3/5dx.. :'(

 

[crasher7]

When there is a price drop, does the refurbished model reflect the same percentage drop on the Canon online store?

 

[EOBeav]

Still not sorry I got mine at <$2kUS over the holidays.

 

[plam_1980]

So this would pretty much confirm the 3k+ price to me...

That's what I was going to say... No way $3500 is the price of a kit of new 5D3 plus new lens, as some people speculate/dream...

 

[pedro]

So this would pretty much confirm the 3k+ price to me...

That's what I was going to say... No way $3500 is the price of a kit of new 5D3 plus new lens, as some people speculate/dream...

based on the OP's info: yepp. spot on. so, I will purchase the cam sometime next year then, hoping for a decent price drop. I am not an early adopter anyway. Hope the new 5D will get 1024k ISO at H2. Meanwhile my 30D will gently click.

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

With the D700 price drops to $2169 or thereabouts, that maintains Canons lower price.

 

[Loswr]

Great news for those looking for a bargain on the 5DII. Terrible news for those hoping to sell a currently-owned 5DII after getting (or to fund the purchase of) a 5DIII/X or 1D X.

 

[xROELOFx]

Terrible news for those hoping to sell a currently-owned 5DII after getting (or to fund the purchase of) a 5DIII/X or 1D X.

my thought exactly

 

[LetTheRightLensIn]

Great news for those looking for a bargain on the 5DII. Terrible news for those hoping to sell a currently-owned 5DII after getting (or to fund the purchase of) a 5DIII/X or 1D X.

Starting to think I should have sold my 5D2 already and just used the 7D until the 5D3 hits shelves (but it hasn't been clear enough when it will arrive, what if it the hit shelves is next Nov or what if they mess it up so badly I'd rather just stick with my 5D2 or even think about D800?).

On the plus side if it really is $3500 body only then hopefully that means it is a good 7fps and has very near 1DX AF (if not then I can see the 5D3 sales not going anywhere unless there are enough video people alone to gobble them up, and there may be).

But yeah $3500 body only will be a lot tougher to fund if they instantly drop price for new copies of 5D2. You would think they would realize this and not dump the price on it right away but I guess they want to clear them out before it is too late.

 

[Caps18]

The 5Dm2 might sell more than the 5Dx(m3) at that price... Most people are looking for an affordable full frame camera, and the 5Dm2 won't be any less sharp or less wide-angle next month than it is now. It might not be 'the newest' and latest thing, but it still will work very well.

Now, I know the whole high megapixel argument pro/con, but if the 5Dx(m3) isn't 28+, the average buyer won't see the difference between the 5Dm2 and the new camera.

 

[keithfullermusic]

The 5Dm2 might sell more than the 5Dx(m3) at that price... Most people are looking for an affordable full frame camera, and the 5Dm2 won't be any less sharp or less wide-angle next month than it is now. It might not be 'the newest' and latest thing, but it still will work very well.

Now, I know the whole high megapixel argument pro/con, but if the 5Dx(m3) isn't 28+, the average buyer won't see the difference between the 5Dm2 and the new camera.

thats a good point, but my guess is that the average buyer isn't in the market for a $2,000+ FF camera. After it comes out, and if Canon addressed all the shortcomings of the ii, I think people will notice.

 

[delfoz]

120 fps @1080 will do the trick

 

[Chuck Alaimo]

It's kin of a necessary market correction to lower the price. If the mkii price was kept at near $2500, then the used price would be artificially high. People with 2 year old mkii's, and thousdans of shutter clicks would take their real value 1400-1700 bodies and sell them for 1800-2100 - which, some may balk at cause they want that extra cash so they can afford the mkiii - nevertheless it would still be an artificially high used price.

Also, I don't really think this validates any of the rumored prices (IE $3500 body only/$3500 with kit lens). This news really tells us that some of the previous rumors may not be true - IE that canon intends on continuing the mkii line. They liquidated during the holidays, then kicked up the price to try to make margin goals, now, they need to clear space - so boom, the price drops. OR, ya never know, maybe they will continue the mkii line for a year, with a $1999 tag many crop users will take a good hard look at the mkii. and if the specs and IQ are spectacular for the mkiii, then those who go for a reduced price mkii may very well pony up for a mkiii next year..

Either way, yes the mkii is a fine camera, but it is an old camera and there is really no justifiable reason to keep the price so high in the face of the new model.

 

[Axilrod]

I suspect the 5DII will be $1999.99 and the 5DIII will probably have an MSRP of $3499.99 with a street price of $2999-$3299. Then maybe $3999 with the 24-105.

But definitely not $3500 for lens and body, they aren't going to include a lens that is less than $1k by itself...so assuming $3500 WAS for the body/lens that would put the price of the 5DIII at +/- $2500, which just isn't happening.

 

[capertillar]

i personally never bought into the whole 3500 body+kit pricing... and as such, i see this as a plus, since i wonder if canon will really drop the 5dmk2 price to 2000 and then release a 5dmk3 at 3500... 1500 more for a new body is a bit over the top (feels like)... a 1000 increase could be reasonable if the body actually does feature that much new technology, not to mention 3000 puts it in direct competition with nikons d800... so hopefully the price will come down to 3000 for the body

wonder if we'll even see a kit for the 5dmk3 when it comes out... maybe a bit later after all the rush pre-orderers are done

pure speculation, who cares, we'll know hopefully by friday

 

[tt]

From B&H
5DMkII +24-105 = $3200 / £2300
5D Mark II alone = $2400 / £1700
24-105mm alone = $1100 / £950

$800/£600 more to get as part of the bundle or $1100/£950 separately (store price) - a discount of $300/£350 by buying as a bundle. Doesn't that fit the back only/lens bundle rumored figures quite well?

In the UK they could easily £200, as that's how much they raised the prices after the price drop around Christmas.

 

[jbwise01]

The most important part of this message for me is that canon is still very concerned about pricing. They do not want to lose FF consumers to Nikon, or anyone else. This price drop timing could be for a few reasons:
[list type=decimal]
[*]the 5d3 will in fact debut at $3500, canon thinks new FF consumers would be more willing to buy the value priced 5d2 rather then spend the extra 1k on a d800, current 5d2 users would be less likely to switch considering their investments in lenses, and those looking for a bump in performance would be likely to spend the extra $500 over switching to Nikon , canon would lose a minimal number of current and potential customers this way, but the drawback would be lower 5d3 sales than 5d2's
[*]canon is starting to clear some inventory to make way for the 5d3, canon will likely price the 5d3 lower than the d800 to not only get new FF buyers but also sell a high number of 5d3's in the process. Using this method, canon is likely to sell more 5d3 cameras than described above, they would not only be targeting new FF buyers but upgraders as well.
[*]canon is looking to aggressively take on Nikon in the FF camera market. By lowering the 5d2 and introducing a 5d3 at an aggressive price point ($2999) canon will look to move a large number of customers over to the canon system. The 24-70 mm L II signals a shift towards higher priced lenses to make up for lower margins in camera sales. Canon will follow a proven method demonstrated by Nikon , that consumers will pay premium prices for manufacturer lens and canon will attempt to balance profit by higher margins on lenses than cameras
[/list]

I think scenario 3 is most likely , hoping for a sub $3k 5d3

 

[capertillar]

generalizing, it certainly makes more sense for them to offer cheaper bodies but making it all back and more in lens sales... first, get ppl to buy the body, as that's step 1. once theyve bought the body, and need other stuff to buy, they'll start looking at the lenses, many will even look at the obscenely priced ones like the 24-70 II.

nobody's satisfied buying a dslr and then being limited to a single lens... thats just no fun at all!