ahsanford said:
Expect the 5D3 to go poof shortly after the 6D2 announcement. There really is no reason to keep it alive any longer after that.
- A
That's what I'd hope. 6D was made to replace the 5D2 and mitigate the damage caused by the 5D2 on the second hand market, so I'd expect the 6D2 to be the same for the 5D3. The 5D3 has already ceased production, so they'll likely wait for the last remaining stock to be sold off, then get the 6D2 out there at a similar price point to a used 5D3.
Which is great for me. 6D and 5D3 prices will drop and there will be more copies around, so it should be easier to get a clean one. A 5D3 as a 3rd backup body would be a nice catch.
preppyak said:
Rockskipper said:
I'm getting ready to take a trip into the Canadian Rockies and Coast Range and would love to have this by the end of July or thereabouts. Maybe I'll take my chances it's true and plan to go in the autumn instead.
While Canon is usually pretty good with product launches, the chance there is some major bug in the camera are still there, which would make it hard to rely on for a trip on Day 1. Not to mention going into a major trip not knowing how a new camera works...
Original 6D had a 2 month lag between announcement and shipping date. Even if this is faster, end of July is ambitious
Cameras don't have a ~2 month gap between announcement and shipping because of bugs, necessarily. That's just standard production and marketing. You always want to leave as much time as possible between announcement and shipping so you can maximise pre-orders (people guaranteed to be paying the highest possible price) balanced against still getting things out soon enough that people don't forget about it and move on.
Nor is this unique to cameras, or photography. Every company does it for every product, everywhere. Phones, computer parts, game consoles, cars, musical instruments, vacuum cleaners; you name it, every company does it. There is no benefit at all to getting your product on store shelves directly after announcement. It's always better to wait and give the news time to spread and for orders to come in.
Always expect a minimum of 1 month between announcement and shipping of a new camera body; in the vast majority of cases it'll be in the 2-3 month range. Never be surprised if it takes 4-5 months. I would only expect something is actually going wrong in production if either they announce a delay from their original stated shipping date, or if their original shipping date is 6+ months from announcement in the first place.
