Canon EOS 5D Mark IV to Start Shipping Tomorrow

[rpritch]

Has anyone who ordered direct through Canon received notification of shipment. I preordered the day it was announced, but have heard nothing. Their website says that the body-only is in stock, so I would assume that my order would be shipped today. On the other hand, I would have expected to receive word from Canon.

 

[aZhu]

Has anyone who ordered direct through Canon received notification of shipment. I preordered the day it was announced, but have heard nothing. Their website says that the body-only is in stock, so I would assume that my order would be shipped today. On the other hand, I would have expected to receive word from Canon.

I see it as out of stock at the moment

 

[rolandas]

Meanwhile all of you desperate waiting your free shipping of Canon 5d Mark IV today or at least tomorrow, I could buy today 30 pieces!!! of this camera in Germany. No people waiting and sitting on the street since 25th August, no queues, no "Apple" hype. Somehow I did not get warm with this camera. It supposed to be great, no doubts. I'll wait until Christmas or the first firmware upgrade, or the price drops, whichever occurs first . For all others - happy testing of your brand new Canon 5d Mk4!!

 

[w.lu]

Just got my shipping notification from B&H ordered on 9:11PST!

Meanwhile all of you desperate waiting your free shipping of Canon 5d Mark IV today or at least tomorrow, I could buy today 30 pieces!!! of this camera in Germany. No people waiting and sitting on the street since 25th August, no queues, no "Apple" hype. Somehow I did not get warm with this camera. It supposed to be great, no doubts. I'll wait until Christmas or the first firmware upgrade, or the price drops, whichever occurs first . For all others - happy testing of your brand new Canon 5d Mk4!!

There aren't people in the States waiting and lining up on the street for this camera... just a lot of people order it from another state or an online retailer to avoid tax. I could go to my local Best Buy or camera store to buy one but pay a few hundred dollars more that I would like to avoid.

 

[szinski]

Me too. Mine was ordered from B&H at 6:54am eastern time, just got my tracking number.

 

[rpritch]

Not long ago, perhaps just one hour ago, it showed as in stock...We shall see....

 

[makroman]

BH Pulled through!

Scheduled Arrival Date: 09/09/16

I shall await in Valhalla!!!

 

[LoneRider]

Arggg, I am giving up on Amazon, and will buy local. So yeah, going to wind up costing me some cash, but, there is good will with going with the local guy.

I wonder if Amazon's shipment got caught up in the Hanjin bankruptcy https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/sep/02/hanjin-shipping-bankruptcy-causes-turmoil-in-global-sea-freight

Ug. I'm amazed that this store still had a few unspoken for.

 

[rolandas]

There aren't people in the States waiting and lining up on the street for this camera... just a lot of people order it from another state or an online retailer to avoid tax. I could go to my local Best Buy or camera store to buy one but pay a few hundred dollars more that I would like to avoid.

If I order online to pick up later in N.Y., what should I do to avoid sales tax?

 

[CharlesMichael]

Just got my tracking number as well from a 9:06pm PDT order. Thanks

Is that 9pm PDT on the 24th? From B&H??

I ordered a little before noon PDT on the 25th and haven't gotten any updates so far

 

[szinski]

If I order online to pick up later in N.Y., what should I do to avoid sales tax?

I think you're out of luck. From B&H's website:

Local Sales Tax

If the order is shipped within New York State , the law requires that local sales tax be added to the order total including the amount of the shipping charge.

We do not collect tax for orders shipped out of New York State. Purchases in our store are subject to an 8.875% local sales tax. This tax is not a VAT, and cannot be recovered by non-USA visitors when returning home.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/find/HelpCenter/SalesTax.jsp

 

[WeekendWarrior]

Just for reference - I placed my order Body Only from B&H on 8/29 and It looks like It just shipped out

 

[CharlesMichael]

Just for reference - I placed my order Body Only from B&H on 8/29 and It looks like It just shipped out

wow 8/29?? so much for orders being processed "in the order they are received" .......

 

[aZhu]

Just for reference - I placed my order Body Only from B&H on 8/29 and It looks like It just shipped out

wow 8/29?? so much for orders being processed "in the order they are received" .......

Maybe they had a big batch and/or there weren't as many preorders.

 

[szinski]

wow 8/29?? so much for orders being processed "in the order they are received" .......

Maybe all orders from 8/25 - 8/29 are being filled.

 

[PurMar]

I ordered 2 days ago from Adorama... there's probably zero chance of mine shipping out today huh?

I ordered one the night of the announcement. Called today and guy told me it is shipping today, here tomorrow. The status is still backordered though.

 

[CharlesMichael]

wow 8/29?? so much for orders being processed "in the order they are received" .......

Maybe all orders from 8/25 - 8/29 are being filled.

i would hope so, but having placed my order on the 25th, I haven't seen any updates to my order so far.

 

[rpritch]

I just got off the phone with Canon. I hadn't received an email from them because FedEx had not yet provided a tracking number. However, my order has been "released" and is scheduled to arrive tomorrow! ;D

 

[rick1]

I preordered mine from amazon on the 24th literally 30 minutes after preorders went live. Amazon is completely pathetic. If my preorder hasn't been filled then no one's has.

I am never preordering anything from amazon again

 

[KeithBreazeal]

My account status says "on order". Ordered on the 31st.
It is what it is.
Looking forward to everybody's first impressions and photos.
Enjoy!