Hugely Disappointed In 5D III Price

[biggles_no1]

Re: Mark III Price turning you off? Considering a different model now?

The, body only, pre-order price in the UK is £2,999 and although the price will drop a bit I just can't afford it. The, body only, mkII price is now £1,500 on amazon.co.uk so it looks like I will be going for the mkII and I will still be able to comfortably afford to get the battery grip too.

Still, in a years time I'll think about it again

 

[te4o]

Re: Mark III Price turning you off? Considering a different model now?

The sad sad thing is that for a large majority of enthusiasts who want to jump up to FF and have an array of EF lenses there is NO CHOICE !! I can't buy 4 year technology with all the issues (c'mon guys, you can't call this a 'low-light camera' - this is exaggerated loyalty- go and push). But as you say 3500! Well, I'll have to wait again several months after the market release, who knows how this thing performs in real life.
I am not considering a different model. The 5D3 is the camera I've been waiting for. The price is probably not the issue, our salaries and income are the issue...
I said the 5D3 is about three quarters of the 1DX but at half the price. Someone remarked very wisely that BOTH are overpriced ! I'll wait and see what the Asian retailers have to offer in 3-4 months. I can accept 3500 USD but I can't accept 4200 AUD!! Especially when the AUD:USD=1:1.08 ! Sick retailers!
Anyway, I'll get it some day, but have to swallow the bitter pill and be convinced that there'll be no price change.

 

[Astro]

Re: IM FED UP OF PEOPLE COMPLANING ABOUT THE 5DIII PRICES.

if your username is 00Q.... shut the fuk up and troll another forum.

 

[te4o]

Re: Mark III Price turning you off? Considering a different model now?

That said, I hope that when the D800 and the 5D3 hit the market Canon will lower the price at least to the D800 level.

 

[candyman]

KIT price 5D MKIII


http://www.cameratools.nl/default.asp?pageid=34&webgroupfilter=440&artdetail=CAEOS5DMKIII2470II


EDIT: that is US $7928 (todays rate)

 

[MazV-L]

Au$4,399.00 for body only at Digidirect, compare that too the 1D4: Au$4,999.00

 

[BlueMixWhite]

Re: IM FED UP OF PEOPLE COMPLANING ABOUT THE 5DIII PRICES.

Base on the recent unfortunate events that happen in both Thailand and Japan, Nikon suffered more losses than canon. I was expecting Nikon to boost up its prices, but instead we have canon here pricing every new release way way high.

 

[Bennymiata]

You guys in Europe should realise that your wonderful socialist governments are charging you around 20 -25% in taxes (VAT or GST or whatever they call it over there), so there's a chunk of the difference, + you also have heavy import duties on anything not made in Europe.

Here in Australia, our tax is 10%, which is reasonable, while in the US if you buy something from another state, you pay no sales tax, but if you live in New York and buy from B&H, you have to pay around 8-9% state sales tax on top of the price?

American has the cheapest prices, except for Hong Kong perhaps, but the US buys such huge quantities compared to other countries that the factory gives the US distributors the best deals too.

The distributors in the US pay relatively low wages to their staff too, especially with the minimum wage requirements in Europe or Australia (where the minimum wage is around US$20/hour compared to around US$7.50/hour in the US), so their overheads are less, and hence, they can sell it cheaper to the stores.

There's lots of things to consider when you compare retail prices from one country to another.

 

[vadim_b]

Re: Mark III Price turning you off? Considering a different model now?

Some days before actual 5Dmk3 announcement, i went to store and bought my first FF camera - 5D Mark II, without any doubts. I have to take better pictures now, and for 2300$ it is a perfect camera to me. I don't care if it's almost 4 years old and has AF problems. My 7D has worse and less accurate AF system than on 5Dmk2 (Strange, but it is, actually. 2 years of use and I still can't get it to work properly. 5Dmk2 focus is spot on with my every prime lens).

So, I'm happy with Mark II and going out to take beautiful pictures, right now. Those, who want to wait for 5D3 price drop or something else, maybe 5Dmk4 release, good luck! You will have to wait forever. Life's too short.

 

[thatcherk1]

You guys in Europe should realise that your wonderful socialist governments are charging you around 20 -25% in taxes (VAT or GST or whatever they call it over there), so there's a chunk of the difference, + you also have heavy import duties on anything not made in Europe.

Here in Australia, our tax is 10%, which is reasonable, while in the US if you buy something from another state, you pay no sales tax, but if you live in New York and buy from B&H, you have to pay around 8-9% state sales tax on top of the price?

American has the cheapest prices, except for Hong Kong perhaps, but the US buys such huge quantities compared to other countries that the factory gives the US distributors the best deals too.

The distributors in the US pay relatively low wages to their staff too, especially with the minimum wage requirements in Europe or Australia (where the minimum wage is around US$20/hour compared to around US$7.50/hour in the US), so their overheads are less, and hence, they can sell it cheaper to the stores.

There's lots of things to consider when you compare retail prices from one country to another.

This is why I love America and our capitalistic ways.

On another note, about price of the 5D, The Yen is strong right now. Someone yesterday pointed out that the price in yen of the 5Dii at launch when converted from the $2,699 US price is the same as the current yen conversion of the $3,499 US price. So we can thank our lousy economies for the price going up. I don't think Canon is trying to gouge us all. I think they are sticking to their normal Japanese price for this line of cameras, and have forgotten how weak the rest of the world's currency has become. And time will tell whether they are able to keep the price this high for long, especially with Canon's competition offering their camera for less.

Did the Japanese even have an economic crash like everyone else? I don't get the feeling that Japan had any kind of inflated housing industry like the US did.

 

[thure1982]

Re: IM FED UP OF PEOPLE COMPLANING ABOUT THE 5DIII PRICES.

I'm gonna buy one either way......

I can afford the 5D3 many times over but I'm a cheapskate and I don't pay more for something that I can pay less for.
So you guys in USA think your ridiculously low price is to complain about?

This is just crap!

I called a Swedish reseller that is one of the big once.
We chitchatted for a while about the 5D3 and then I asked about preorder price.

31 000 Swedish kronor

translated

4 654.805 U.S. dollars

 

[JonS]

Re: Mark III Price turning you off? Considering a different model now?

Just (in the UK) had a chat with Wex Photo, a big online dealer here. I asked about the 5D II price drop, and the comment came back: 'Dont know about that, they only put it up last week'

 

[bigblue1ca]

Re: IM FED UP OF PEOPLE COMPLANING ABOUT THE 5DIII PRICES.

Canon thinks people will pay the price for the 5D III otherwise they wouldn't have priced it the way they did. If the 5D III doesn't immediately sell like hotcakes the price will come down sooner than later. But, given the amount of people putting in pre-orders for one or two, I don't think Canon will have a problem with present sale price for a while. Especially keeping in mind, a number of people who were looking at buying the 1DX are now looking at the 5D III instead, and the 5D III at $3500 is cheap compared to the 1D X.

 

[CJRodgers]

Re: IM FED UP OF PEOPLE COMPLANING ABOUT THE 5DIII PRICES.

Canon thinks people will pay the price for the 5D III otherwise they wouldn't have priced it the way they did. If the 5D III doesn't immediately sell like hotcakes the price will come down sooner than later. But, given the amount of people putting in pre-orders for one or two, I don't think Canon will have a problem with present sale price for a while. Especially keeping in mind, a number of people who were looking at buying the 1DX are now looking at the 5D III instead, and the 5D III at $3500 is cheap compared to the 1D X.

Unfortunately i think your right.

 

[Steamy]

Did the Japanese even have an economic crash like everyone else? I don't get the feeling that Japan had any kind of inflated housing industry like the US did.
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Yes they had theirs long before ours and their economy has been stagnant or even in deflation for two decades. Bank interest rates have been at zero for most of that time...

 

[traveller]

£2999 in the UK, but then pre-order prices tend to be high over here compared to the USA. I was trying to get the money together in anticipation of £2399, perhaps I was being a touch optimistic (but that's the pre-order price for the D800)! I guess I'll have wait for a few months to save up a little more, prices will probably come down a tad in the meantime. On the other hand, Canon kit seems to be getting more and more expensive (£2299 for the 24-70 f/2.8 LII?!!! ), perhaps it would be cheaper in the long run to switch to Nikon... I would also be able to use a decent wide angle zoom for my landscape work (come on Canon!).

Perhaps Canon's strategy is to follow up the marketing success of the "X" designation by copying Sigma. Release the 5D MkIII at a much higher than expected price for a year and then re-release it at a much lower price as the "5D MkIII Merrill" .

 

[BlueMixWhite]

Re: IM FED UP OF PEOPLE COMPLANING ABOUT THE 5DIII PRICES.

Canon thinks people will pay the price for the 5D III otherwise they wouldn't have priced it the way they did. If the 5D III doesn't immediately sell like hotcakes the price will come down sooner than later. But, given the amount of people putting in pre-orders for one or two, I don't think Canon will have a problem with present sale price for a while. Especially keeping in mind, a number of people who were looking at buying the 1DX are now looking at the 5D III instead, and the 5D III at $3500 is cheap compared to the 1D X.

Maybe in the state, it still consider reachable assuming for someone with a monthly salary of usd5k. But some other country, it is price double of a person earning 5k.

 

[fred_jb]

Actually import duty is zero on camera bodies in the UK. In the UK purchase tax (VAT) is 20% compared to the 8-9% which US buyers are supposed to pay (even when buying out of state), and that extra UK purchase tax does fund some useful stuff like a universal high quality health service so I'm not complaining about that.

In my experience most prices come to US dollar price x exchange rate (approx 1.5 to 1) then plus 20%. This works out fairly accurately for a lot of photography kit and if applied to the 5D III at $3500 should result in a UK price of £2800.

Unfortunately Canon have seen fit to sting us for an extra £200 on top of a fair exchange rate by setting the price at £3000. While I was prepared to find about £1000 plus the proceeds of selling my 5D II - finding nearly 60% more than that (£1700) is not going to happen.

I am sure this is true for many non-pro users in the UK. I and am sure many others bought the 5DII when the body price went below £2000 and I think this is a price point which it is very difficult to justify going above. The current 5D III is a class above the 5D II in terms of price though I'm not sure that the camera itself is.

Fred

 

[biggles_no1]

Re: Mark III Price turning you off? Considering a different model now?

The really annoying thing about it all . . .

The US price is $3,500 and the UK price is £3,000

but if you do the currency conversion currently $3,500 = £2210

Is the government really taking almost a third of the price in tax?
It's not fair because I could just about justify £2210.

 

[erakepio]

Re: Mark III Price turning you off? Considering a different model now?

not shocked at the price, $3500 was about what I was expecting...however UK retailers are asking for £3000...pretty much £1000 more than the conversion and only £500 short of the US $3500.

bit much for me to be honest. I'll wait and see what happens in the summer.