Canon EOS Rebel T4i/650D Service Advisory

[waio]

xxd series went to plastic body's some new lenses went to plastic body's now this issue..

im sure theres ore examples but i cant think of any right now but seriously products are really reducing in quality and increasing in price drasticly lately.

I think the Canon 100mm f2.8L Marco lens is one of the example

 

[Marsu42]

thats 135 euro more or in % its a whopping 15,1 % more expencive! the increase in price only ges up when you go to higher end models!

When doing € or $ comparisons over time, you have to account for inflation and changes in the international economy (Canon is a japanese company). That doesn't make the new products less expensive, but it might reveal the reason for the price increases. Alas, I'm not an economist and am not able to calculate these things.

 

[Rodknee]

The Canon 650d body is £699 ($849) and the 40mm pancake is £229 ($199). The converted rate to dollars for those is vastly different to the (US) price so exchange rate isn't the only issue. The obvious answer is greed - unless a 40mm pancake lens costs vastly more to import than a camera body!

 

[TTMartin]

It's sacrificial zinc, keeps the inside of the camera from corroding in high humidity environments.

 

[tron]

Well Canon is very consistent with the problems in their cameras: Every new camera gets one ;D

 

[tron]

I do not want to worry you but all that is missing now is a bug on the new 1Dx ;D