After scrimping and saving and selling my 50D I have finally sent off for the 5D mk2 $2400 with 24 months warranty grey market 2-3 days delivery wahoooo.
It won't make me take better photos but it bloody will make me feel as I am.
After scrimping and saving and selling my 50D I have finally sent off for the 5D mk2 $2400 with 24 months warranty grey market 2-3 days delivery wahoooo.
It won't make me take better photos but it bloody will make me feel as I am.
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Congratulations- Exactly my thoughts when I got mine.
Boy, that's a low price. You'd have to be in Limbo to get under it. Last I asked - for a friend - the BO was still $3400.
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Well done, I don't know whether to invest in a nice peice of L first, or the 5d mark II. oh the decisions!
You'll be in love with the 5DMKII the moment you take it out of the box for its first caress.
im so excited now i have a decision on to get the 24-70 2.8 or the mmm not sure.If i was rich i would buy every l series there was. lol
Well, B4 you do anything else, post some pics taken with it. We've all been waiting so patiently.
Am.
I gotta get it yet , should be here Monday.
You will love it! It is just a fine piece of equipment to work with...so many things to do with it. I'm surprised with the price though, especially grey market.
I bought mine at JB Hi Fi Hornsby for $1,750.00, an 85mm F1:1.8mm for $285.00 and a 580 EXII for $450.00 all with genuine Australian Canon warranty. My daughter is negotiating a price for some equipment there at the moment and the camera is still $1,750,00. I am presuming yours came with a lens at that price?
I actually use my 17mm-40mm L a lot of the time as a standard all rounder...I notice you have one too.
BTW a good starting lens is the 50mm F1:1.4...well priced and good all round lens especially until you can afford an L series. Regards Don
Last edited by Doninoz; 16-06-2011 at 3:00pm.
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Don... I'd have clicked the Thanks button, but as I'm doing it 4 someone else I didn't want to give the wrng impression. I can only say that if I were in the market for a new DSLR this'd be "tentpegging", not to mention tempting. (As it is, I'm in the market for a cash injection.) I can't but reflect on the difference in price over such an seemingly short time.
PS. Thanks for your offer of going up there with me, but I'm sure they know me well enough there.
Am.
Last edited by ameerat42; 16-06-2011 at 7:17pm.
Given worldwide pricing of $AU2400-3000 from reputable places that sell them as cheaply as you will get them, such as Camera Warehouse, DWI and B&H Photo, I'd say that anyone selling a 5D11 for $1750 at JB HiFi will get sacked when discovered. JB would have to be losing money at that price and they're not in business to do that.
$2400 is a very sharp price for a 5D11 at the moment. britinozz has done well. I had a 400D and then a 40D before I got mine and, as great as the 40D was, the 5D is a much better machine in every way that counts. You won't be sad you did it!
Oh my dear lord. When I bought my 5DII in the first weeks of its release I paid $4600 for the body, at Ted's. Best purchase I ever made.
If you can swing it at $1750, you should buy two of them.
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Holy Moly!!!! I'd sell my 7D to get a 5DmkII for $1750!!!!
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Well, I told my mate in the country about this and now he's interested again. We had a yap about the 7D as well, and he asked how the image quality compares with the 5d. I said I didn't know and I'd ask, so I'm asking.
Thanks, Am.
PS: Tryptich's post just above seems to lean precipitously towards the 5D.
PPS: If any other pros or cons come to mind please oblige.
Last edited by ameerat42; 17-06-2011 at 10:38am.
Hi AM...tried to leave a PM for you with contact details but got the following message so couldn't leave one...
"ameerat42 has exceeded their stored personal messages quota and cannot accept further messages until they clear some space."
If you fix it I will try and resend.
Regards Don