300mm2.8 MKll and 400mmMKll pre-order prices in Britain !!!

I received a January British camera magazine and it lists the pre-order prices for the new 2.8 MKll Canon 300 and 400mm lenses. Initially I would expect them to be high, but not this high.


The 300mm 2.8MKll is available for pre-order at 7400 pounds, in Australian dollars(for me) that is $11246. The Australian dollar has reached parity with the US dollar, so US prices and Aussie prices are getting closer.


But that is more than twice the price of the current 300mm 2.8. WOW.


The 400mm 2.8MKll is available for pre-oreder for 10000 British pounds. Or $15200. Not twice the price but getting close.


Is this standard pre-order pricing practice, orhas this retailer gone nuts? Or has Canon?


The 300mm and 1.4 combo, was looking appealing, I love the pictures posted on this site from the 300's. But not at these prices.


Back to reality, still hoping for a 100-400 upgrade or a 500 5.6 or a 400mm upgrade.


Keep saving.


Steve

Heya Steve,


when the new 70-300L was announced. The expected price was 1500USD(from the press-release). While the Euro and Pound are both much more worth than the USD. The pre-order prices were also 1500Pounds and 1500+Euros. These are with taxes though and I believe the American prices are so low since they are without taxes applied? I never understood that, but generally speaking prices in USD convert to prices in Euros 1:1. Unfortunately.


Also the new cnverters go for 500Euros here... which would be 668USD... I don

time to grab the old versions, before they

+1 on what Sinh said.


I have wanted a 400 2.8 for some time, and it looks like a good used/refurbed piece might be in my future, cause I sure wont spend 10K plus for the new one. I wish I knew what Canon is thinking on this price. Lower the price and get 2 times more units...


The best glass from Canon has always been their super-telephotos, and they are pricing the common man out. And even the not so common!

I am very interested to see how the prices of both version will go since the price of the new version has been set so high. will the new version worth the money? we will have the answer pretty soon. but one thing for sure IMHO, the prices of Canon gears will keep going up if the dollar keeps getting weaker.

To give you an idea of the price comparison for the old versions.


The 300mm 2.8 is3589 pounds, new MKll version is offered at a pre-order price is 7399 pounds.


At B&H old $4340 no new versionprice yet. So that gives you an idea of US dollar to british pound.


http://warehouseexpress.com/is the English website it says they are due March.


Hopefully these are only the pre-order prices and meant onlyfor people who have their own kingdoms floating on oil.

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Originally Posted by Steve U

At B&H old $4340 no new versionprice yet.

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Adorama has the new 300mm f/2.8L IS II available for pre-order, at a price of $7000 (and lists the MkI for the same $4340). FWIW, they were also the first to have the new 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS zoom available for pre-order, and their price was $1500, but closer to release it actually went up to $1600, so the early orderers got a price break.

$7000 is ridiculous. I haven

The Canon USA press release indicates retail pricing of $7K for the new 300/2.8 and $11K for the new 400/2.8. Yikes!


www.the-digital-picture.com/.../Canon-2010-Summer-Lens-Announcement.aspx

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Originally Posted by neuroanatomist

The Canon USA press release indicates retail pricing of $7K for the new 300/2.8 and $11K for the new 400/2.8

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I thought they didn't announce the pricing in the Aug announcment. I wonder if they went back and updated this.


The pricing is ridiculous.

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Originally Posted by HDNitehawk

The pricing is ridiculous.

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$7000 for a 300mm is too high, only make some sense if the IQ and AF performance of 300mmII+TCsIII combo is surprisingly good. but it doesn't seem like that, we will see pretty soon. but keep in mind even it is very good, it is only for 1D users.


400mm is a little bit different. I guess some people will pay that much for the new version just because it's 28% lighter so they can finally handhold the lens. same as the 600mm and maybe the 500mm.


if they raise the price of older version 10% and reduce the new one 10%, that would make a lot more sense to me.

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Originally Posted by HDNitehawk

I thought they didn't announce the pricing in the Aug announcment. I wonder if they went back and updated this.

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Nope, it was there originally in the Canon USA press release. But the UK version of the press release doesn't list pricing, and that's the one that's posted most places (e.g. DPReview, etc.).

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Originally Posted by HDNitehawk

The pricing is ridiculous.

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No argument on that point...

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Originally Posted by neuroanatomist

Nope, it was there originally in the Canon USA press release. But the UK version of the press release doesn't list pricing, and that's the one that's posted most places (e.g. DPReview, etc.).

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Maybe I read it and was just in denial, it just couldn't be a real number....


I mean really...for $7000 does a Canon rep come out and checkthe AFmicroadjustment for you as well?


I guess I should save my money. I will need it when the $14,000 600mm comes out.

The price should come down once all the agencies and idle rich buy their copies and Canon finishes milking the "price is no object" segment. The initial price of the EF 100/2.8L macro IS was $1050, and now it

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Originally Posted by wickerprints

expect the pricing on the Mark II superteles to go down by about 20-22% to about $5600 and$8600 ... the rest of us mere mortals then get a shot.

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You call that getting a shot? [:P]

Just for some side info, here are the Dutch (Netherlands) prices...


The new 300mm: 6500 EUROS


The new 400mm: 10000 EUROS





And let me add one thing. Renting the "old" 300mm would cost you 30 Euro a day. And renting the "old" 400mm would cost you 50 Euro a day. (Second days are 50%)


I think that you can rent quite a bit before you reach the 20% off marker of the new lenses... hint hint hint [;)]