Canon Experience Stores Coming Soon [CR3]
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This could be fantastic if it is stocked with all their lens, speedlites, bodies, and accessories. Well maybe not so much with the big whites to keep inventory costs down.
I have a feeling it will be Powershots, low-end printers, and Rebels, and maybe a few very basic low end lens. Hope I'm wrong, I would love to see a shop loaded with lots of serious gear. I welcome a store in my town.
I have a feeling it will be Powershots, low-end printers, and Rebels, and maybe a few very basic low end lens. Hope I'm wrong, I would love to see a shop loaded with lots of serious gear. I welcome a store in my town.
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Why is it that when a company does something, everyone (ok, not everyone, but a lot of people) come out and say they are copying Apple?! Why, because the showrooms are going to be white?!
FFS, there was life before Apple you know! Such showrooms have existed for years, that's what shops are. Only difference is now you can go in and play, and then search for the best rate online.
I think it is great that Canon are doing this. As people say, the one in HK is excellent, and considering the amount of Body vs Body threads on these forums, as well as Lens vs Lens threads, what better way to find out for yourself than to go along to their showroom and take all the gear for a test drive. Brilliant.
FFS, there was life before Apple you know! Such showrooms have existed for years, that's what shops are. Only difference is now you can go in and play, and then search for the best rate online.
I think it is great that Canon are doing this. As people say, the one in HK is excellent, and considering the amount of Body vs Body threads on these forums, as well as Lens vs Lens threads, what better way to find out for yourself than to go along to their showroom and take all the gear for a test drive. Brilliant.
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+1well_dunno said:
(yes, we know this is off-topic)
Yes..that would be because I bought an Olympus OM-D Body 9 months ago for $999 and it is sold for only $50 under the list price now. I bought a Canon 5D III Body 6 months ago for $3499 and is can be had for $600-$900 below list now. I find that to be a LITTLE more than annoying.
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Too much oil money floating around Calgary? Another advantage is no PST, only 5% GST- so an 8% advantage over Toronto and the rest of Ontario right there.crasher8 said:
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well_dunno said:
If people are correct and Canon is going to try and make all of their stuff too expensive, they will fail, but look at the Rebel market; the T4i is an absolute winner with so many things that people have been asking for. The HS stuff is also takes fabulous pictures for what they're priced at and what they are.
And those types of cameras are their bread-and-butter. They forget that, and they're toast, plain and simple.
I think (hope) we're getting back to a point where the only thing that separates one good brand from another is how it shows it's customers it values them. The rumor basically told us the design of the store -- which doesn't say much over that there IS an education section, which is promising. That, to me, says they're trying to take the Rebel users and show them how to use their gear . . . it's definitely a start.
Now, that's not us, but it's also not the ultra-high-price market either. It's one thing to long after L lenses (as we all do), it's completely another to go on as people have done since the 5Dmk3 came out.
I want one, badly. But the price is stopping me . . . but I still get 'ooh' and 'ahh' with my 60D or 5D2 with my 85 1.8 or 200 2.8 and that just won't change, no matter how much I want the more expensive camera . . .
Again, let's hope this is a play for the mass market and an attempt to improve their brand, vs. how MS did it in just trying to get as much floor space for selling crap.
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infared said:+1well_dunno said:
Yes..that would be because I bought an Olympus OM-D Body 9 months ago for $999 and it is sold for only $50 under the list price now. I bought a Canon 5D III Body 6 months ago for $3499 and is can be had for $600-$900 below list now. I find that to be a LITTLE more than annoying.
I know, but that brings us back to Apple (sort of). With Apple, you pay (with bugs) to be a beta tester of the latest-and-greatest. With the MK3, we all knew the price was coming down (not necessarily how much or when) . . . but you got all of the little giggles and shivers of the shiny new camera right away, paid in money, but didn't have to pay like the rest of us, sitting up nights reassuring ourselves that what we have is 'good enough' ;D My wife thinks I have the DTs.
I got an iPhone5 as soon as it came out (My 4 was out of contract) and I KNEW they'red be issues (actually hasn't been too bad), but you have to go in knowing what's going to happen.
MSRP always (to me) seems like a manufacturer's wish list . . . especially with cars.
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There's been a "Canon Experience" showroom in Taipei, Taiwan for about two years already.
It has most of the current camera bodies (Rebels, 5d2, 5d3, 6d, 7d) available for testing, though the lens pairings are set and the staff doesn't want to attach any of the other lenses on show in the store. There's a small stage with long white tele Lenses for those of us who are never going to use them in real life. Initially, there were a couple of 1d3 bodies attached to those, but they've been switched for 5d2s.
All the company's compact cameras and most printers are on show as well and the local distributor uses the storefront as a service and RMA counter.
Interestingly, though - the store doesn't actually SELL anything
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It has most of the current camera bodies (Rebels, 5d2, 5d3, 6d, 7d) available for testing, though the lens pairings are set and the staff doesn't want to attach any of the other lenses on show in the store. There's a small stage with long white tele Lenses for those of us who are never going to use them in real life. Initially, there were a couple of 1d3 bodies attached to those, but they've been switched for 5d2s.
All the company's compact cameras and most printers are on show as well and the local distributor uses the storefront as a service and RMA counter.
Interestingly, though - the store doesn't actually SELL anything
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If Canon did adopt Apple's pricing strategy that would mean when a new Mark II or III comes out, the new product with the better technology comes out at the same price as the old porduct. In any event, if Canon is going to put stores in the US, then I hope they put one in the DC area.
In any event, if Canon is going to put stores in the US, then I hope they put one in the DC area.
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rs said:I guess another option is to go fully down the Apple route and use price fixing to ensure everyone sells at RRP
DIdn't they just start doing that this month or something?
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