5D Mark II price

[gandhi]

I see 5D mark II for 1999, I want to get that ,but not in any hurry, do you guys think the price will come down further in the next one or two months, else I would like to get it now.

[HDNitehawk]

Do you like day trading the stock market? It takes similar guess work.

Considering it has dropped over $500 from its original price, I think it is close to the bottom. If Canon was just clearing the supply chain of 5D's with this event, at some point the price will probably pop back up.

In past years, Canon ran sales before the holidays. The price always seemed to go back up after the first of the year. Any guess you make is speculation, thinking it will get even cheaper might be a hallucination.

[gandhi]

What about Mark III? Do you see it coming on to shelves in the next 6 months?

[neuroanatomist]

I can absolutely guarantee that we'll see a 5DIII hit the shelves before we see a 5DIV. :p

I doubt we'll see it before late 2012.

[gandhi]

I bought 24-105 three months back for $1100 , but B & H is selling the kit 5D with 24-105 for 2800, which means the camera is 1700. I would have got the 5D for 1700 if I would have waiting just 2 months. Shame on me

[neuroanatomist]

I bought 24-105 three months back for $1100 , but B & H is selling the kit 5D with 24-105 for 2800, which means the camera is 1700. I would have got the 5D for 1700 if I would have waiting just 2 months. Shame on me

Or it means the lens is $800, which is generally how it's viewed. That's why you can pick up 'white box' versions (brand new, separated from a kit) of the 24-105mm for $900 or less. The best time to buy a 24-105mm (or any kit lens) is as part of the kit. Personally, I bought a used 24-105mm for $800, then when I bought a 5DII, I bought the kit, kept the new 24-105mm (which cost me an $800 premium over the body, just like now), and slod the used one for the exact same $800 that I paid.

[gandhi]

Or it means the lens is $800, which is generally how it's viewed. That's why you can pick up 'white box' versions (brand new, separated from a kit) of the 24-105mm for $900 or less. The best time to buy a 24-105mm (or any kit lens) is as part of the kit. Personally, I bought a used 24-105mm for $800, then when I bought a 5DII, I bought the kit, kept the new 24-105mm (which cost me an $800 premium over the body, just like now), and slod the used one for the exact same $800 that I paid.
I would have accepted your theory if there is any deal on the 24-105 lens, but if you see, the price of the lens is rock solid and hardly any change and the cost of the 5d II is going down day by day.

[neuroanatomist]

Right. A few weeks ago, the body was $2500 and the kit was $3300 - meaning the lens added $800. Today, the body is $2000 and the kit is $2800, so the lens still adds $800.

Perhaps it's semantics, but to me, that indicates that when you buy the lens with the body, you're getting a discount of $300 on the lens. It's the same with other 'kit' lenses (18-55mm, 18-135mm, 28-135mm, etc.).

[andnowimbroke]

I would have bought the 5d2 Refurb for $1700 a couple weeks ago if I wanted one. That to me is as low a price as you could get. I don't think a new one will hit $1700 until the 5d3 is out for a while, which prolly means you won't want the older version but the newer one anyway.

[HDNitehawk]

What about Mark III? Do you see it coming on to shelves in the next 6 months?

Yes, if one does really exist now it will be on the shelves in 6 months.

However, the shelf it may be on will be at Canon's research and development lab.

[Rocco]

I would have bought the 5d2 Refurb for $1700 a couple weeks ago if I wanted one. That to me is as low a price as you could get. I don't think a new one will hit $1700 until the 5d3 is out for a while, which prolly means you won't want the older version but the newer one anyway.

That's assuming the price of the MKIII (speculative and unannounced) is closely priced to the MKII.

I wonder, what was the retail of the MKI when it was released?

[gandhi]

Right. A few weeks ago, the body was $2500 and the kit was $3300 - meaning the lens added $800. Today, the body is $2000 and the kit is $2800, so the lens still adds $800.

Perhaps it's semantics, but to me, that indicates that when you buy the lens with the body, you're getting a discount of $300 on the lens. It's the same with other 'kit' lenses (18-55mm, 18-135mm, 28-135mm, etc.).

Talk about how the prices of the individual pieces went down,not the kit.

[neuroanatomist]

Obviously, great deals on the body are available. $2K is a very nice price compared to a few months ago. The 24-105 was running at $1050 until the tsunami, when like many lenses the price shot up, to $1150 or so, and now it's getting back close to pre-tsunami prices. Looks like the cheapest it's been in the past few years is just under $1K, which certainly makes buying it in a kit the cheapest option for getting a new lens.

Fundamentally, it doesn't matter how you portion out the discount. The bottom line is that if you buy body and lens together, you'll pay $300 less than if you buy them separately.

The other factor is use. I bought the kit 14 months ago, the going price was $3300 but Amazon had it for $3200 and I jumped. So, now it's $400 less than I paid, and I have no regrets whatsoever that I bought when I did.

[Jon Ruyle]

I can absolutely guarantee that we'll see a 5DIII hit the shelves before we see a 5DIV. :p


Are you sure? After all, there was a time I thought we'd see a 1DIX before a 1DX. :)

[gandhi]

ATLAST GOT THE 5D MARK II............ Thanks guys for pushing me (:() .. Dont know if I did the right thing, spent almost more than 6K buying cameras and Lenses in just 40 DAYS.............

[Hawk7883]

ATLAST GOT THE 5D MARK II............ Thanks guys for pushing me (:() .. Dont know if I did the right thing, spent almost more than 6K buying cameras and Lenses in just 40 DAYS.............
Your happy you bought the 5d, but your not sure you did the right thing?
Why would you go out and spend more than 6k in 40 days on cameras and lenses, with the 5d, I'm assuming being the most expensive camera, last.
I'd be interested to know what other equipment you bought.

[gandhi]

Your happy you bought the 5d, but your not sure you did the right thing?
Why would you go out and spend more than 6k in 40 days on cameras and lenses, with the 5d, I'm assuming being the most expensive camera, last.
I'd be interested to know what other equipment you bought.

I got 135mm f 2.0, 100mm f 2.8, 24 mm f 1.4, 2 X 430 EX II, a kit with umbrellas and stands, apart from all these I got 5D Mark II.
I got all of them in just 40 days, now planning to get another 580 EX II(already have one)

[Hawk7883]

Thanks for the info.