Will the price drop Mk III -

[Sinh Nhut Nguyen]

The 5D2 was $2700 when Canon released it, I don't know when it went down to $2500, but it did stay at $2500 for a really long time, the price went down to around $2000 during last holiday season and then went back to $2400, the current price is at $2200. So you can see that over 3 years the 5D2 went down $500.

[tmsteiman]

7d2 anyone?

[JamesG]

I've got a feeling the price Canon have released the 5D3 at is completely unsustainable when it's more or less on the market competing with the D800 which is now selling like hotcake and flying off the shelves. I've read some logical arguments as to why this shouldn't really matter, given people buying either camera will tend to be hardened photographers anyway who have already invested in lots of brand dependant gear; but the difference in price between either camera seems excessive.

[shizam1]

Assuming I end up liking mine and think it's worth an upgrade for the other 5DII body we have, I'm thinking that around the Holidays is when vendors offer up some cool savings!

[neuroanatomist]

Ultimately, the market will set the price. If sales slump, prices will likely drop. It may also be that Canon intentionally priced it high, to extract a bit of extra profit from the faithful, before dropping the price to bring in more upgraders.