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| | | | Re: The Official "What camera to buy?" Thread < Reply # 247 on 11/17/2010 2:32 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by WarBird69 So with the Holidays right around the corner... When is the best time to buy? On/after Black Friday? Closer to X-mas? After X-mas? Now? So confused... EDIT: I've made the decision to go with the XTi, now to just find a good deal on what I need (camera, 18/55 lense, bag), and maybe what I want (tripod, prime 55mm lense).
| After Christmas if you are thinking ebay, anytime if you buy from keh, adorama, or bhphotovideo. I tried to buy a film camera around the holiday season off ebay: I've seen it go anywhere from $120 to $180 for the most of the year. The prices doubled from the end of october to december. It took me several weeks to find one for under $200. People value their products higher when they want to sell them to buy new gear/gifts before the holiday but once the new gear is in hand (from chistmas presents for ex.) they are willing to sell them for more reasonable prices. In fact in comparison to a new camera their old camera seems particularly bad so prices may be sold lower than they would normally.
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| | | | Re: The Official "What camera to buy?" Thread < Reply # 257 on 11/23/2010 7:39 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by ZenCanadian If you are going Canon, invest in the 50mm 1.4 well worth the jump up from the 1.8 and the 1.2L is not that much better from what I have seen.
| Other than I can handhold my rebel + 50 f/1.8 at 1/5 of a second ... it's not my cup of tea. sigma's f/1.4 version is even nicer but 50mm is too limited on crop. I asked for a 190XPROB/496RC2 kit from santa claus but still this winter break I'm going to work my arse up and save up for one of the following body upgrades, and one or two or a handful of the following primes ... unless there are better alternatives (I'll probably drop 1500-1600 on camera gear.) $---- is the max amount I'll spend on a particular item (I've hounded ebay before....I'll do it again.)
Canon EOS-7D Digital SLR Camera Body $1300 OR Canon EOS-5D Digital SLR Camera Body $1050 *OR Canon EOS-50D Digital SLR Camera Body $700 Samyang 14mm f/2.8 Lens $385 * MC Zenitar 16mm f/2.8 Lens $300 * EF 24mm f/2.8 Autofocus Lens $299 * EF 28mm f/1.8 USM Autofocus Lens $375 OR EF 28mm Autofocus f/2.8 Lens $199 OR EF 35mm f/2.0 Autofocus Lens $299 EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Autofocus Lens $350
*These are required to fulfill full frame needs. *The 24mm prime is on my "christmas list for me from me" regardless.
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