5D mkII price drop

I've been watching prices drop slowly for a week and a bit now. Every day the cheapest price for a handful of bodies and lenses drop a little, sometimes a lot. The only one that's gotten more expensive recently was the (gulp!) 50mm f/1.8! Not by much though.

Bot the 1DmkIII and 1DSmkIII dropped £500+ in the last week.
 
Rumours are that the 1Ds4 is being announced in Feb. Probably the reason the prices are dropping. The 1Ds4 might also have some of the 7D features that the 1D4 didn't get. I'm thinking dedicated video button and/or digital level?

Good to see prices drop a bit, even though I won't/can't upgrade for quite a few years still.
 
My brother ordered his 5D mkII from B&H about a month ago. But he got a mate who was in the USA on business to bring it back so he didnt pay duties/vat. B&H are on the ball and they give discounts if u get a few guys together to buy a few cameras. How much was the price drop?
 
koffiejunkie said:
The 1DS is, at £3865, still a fair bit higher than the kind of money I can justify.

I'm hoping Canon does the right thing and build a 7D like camera with FF. PMA is around the corner :)
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I'm not that interested in a 1Ds unless they can boost the frame rate or let me switch between faster cropped and slower ff like the nikon does.
koffiejunkie said:
What did you get?
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I went with a canon this time - the 580.
 
bwana said:
I'm not that interested in a 1Ds unless they can boost the frame rate or let me switch between faster cropped and slower ff like the nikon does.
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I wasn't aware the Nikon crops at high speed. I thought they only cropped when you stick a DX lens on a FX body? Are you referring to the D3?

bwana said:
I went with a canon this time - the 580.
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And how do you like it compared to the Sigma?
 
koffiejunkie said:
Bot the 1DmkIII and 1DSmkIII dropped £500+ in the last week.
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Looks like the honeymoon is over - I guess Jessops ran out of stock. It would be interesting to see if they restock at the same price.

Then again, the EF 200mm f2.0 L IS USM dropped with more than £600 today. Too bad it's still out of my reach - it's a lens that I would actually like to own.
 
koffiejunkie said:
And how do you like it compared to the Sigma?
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Haven't got it yet - its winging its way across the atlantic with my mother as we speak (provided Heathrow is sill open) so I wont know until next week or so.

An informal survey of the other photographers shooting the Korea Republic National Team's arrival in PE revealed the 1DMk3 + Speedlite 580 is the popular choice . . . by far.

Off to the team practice now. :)
 
bwana said:
Haven't got it yet - its winging its way across the atlantic with my mother as we speak (provided Heathrow is sill open) so I wont know until next week or so.
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One of my colleagues just landed from Edinburgh a few hours ago. It's stopped snowing in the mean time, so it should be OK.

bwana said:
An informal survey of the other photographers shooting the Korea Republic National Team's arrival in PE revealed the 1DMk3 + Speedlite 580 is the popular choice . . . by far.
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So the D3+SB900 hasn't caught on yet?
 
koffiejunkie said:
One of my colleagues just landed from Edinburgh a few hours ago. It's stopped snowing in the mean time, so it should be OK.



So the D3+SB900 hasn't caught on yet?
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Thanks. It looks like the lhr is still open for landings.

I didn't see a single D3. Only one nikon all day and I think it was a d300 but could easily be wrong. Some of the canon lenses were just wow. Serious lens envy from my end. Good thing I'm looking to upgrade my sigma 150-500
 
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