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SoMoney said:Also found the 350D (Body Only) $819.95 at 47st Photo but Ive never ordered from them before..
First this is a repost from an earlier thread on AmazonLink
Also there are much better deals on the 300D than 47st foto. That price is only $80 off of list price. One Call has it for $650 body only and Circuit City has the kit for $709 AR. Costco is offering the kit for $769 and free shipping.
I already preordered the Rebel XT. Best deal is to combine the purchase with the Amazon CC and a9.com. I plan on selling the kit lens as I already own the 17-40L. Here is the breakdown:
Rebel Xt $999.99 Duracell MN2400B2 AAA, (2-Pack) $1.29 total $1001.28 Amazon Credit Card -30.00 a9 discount -15.25 grand total $956.03 Future Amazon gift certificates -$125.00 (extra $25 comes from spending over $834 on Amazon CC) net $834.03 sell kit lens ~ -$80 total cost $754.03
I sold my 300d on eBay for that exact amount! Now I just need to wait a month or so for my XT to arrive.
Well BestBuy appears to be the first retailer to have the 350D which is pretty much the same as when the 300D came out. Unfortunately they only carry the silver body.
No deals to be had from BestBuy on this aside from their 10% off coupons they send out from time to time. One of the BestBuy's in my area carry it so I'll be taking it through the paces later today. I'm really interested to see how it feels with my 17-40 lens attached since it is so much lighter.
Your bestbuy already has it? I didn't think it was shipping for another couple weeks. I've been debating if I should pre-order it from Amazon or not. I did that w/ the Fuji S5000 a few years back and just a couple months later the price had dropped quite a bit. I think the Amazon deal is pretty decent though and there is enough hype on this camera to keep the price up for a while. What do you think?
nkaiser said:Your bestbuy already has it? I didn't think it was shipping for another couple weeks. I've been debating if I should pre-order it from Amazon or not. I did that w/ the Fuji S5000 a few years back and just a couple months later the price had dropped quite a bit. I think the Amazon deal is pretty decent though and there is enough hype on this camera to keep the price up for a while. What do you think?
Only one of the BestBuy's in my area had it. The person I spoke to didn't have it out yet, but would take it out if asked. The other Best Buy's didn't have a clue that a new one was coming out (not surprised).
I think the Amazon deal is really good. The best deals when the 300D came out were from Dell, but I missed that one by a few days and ended up getting mine from Best Buy with the 10% coupon. Lately those coupons seem to exclude Digital SLR's, but I did get one that did not a little bit ago. I was debating getting the 20D with it, but decided to hold off.
Just got back from BestBuy and playing with the XT. Wow is it small. I also don't like the way the menus work as much as on the 300D. The main screen now displays the options for chaning ISO, WB, etc. I can't believe how light it felt. I took some 1600 ISO images and they appeared noise free. I'll look at them later on my computer in more detail. I was able to shoot 15 pictures in succession in Large JPG before it's buffer was full. Only 4 RAW pictures with Large JPG though.
As for the size, my pinky had to curl under the bottom of the camera. Also, my index finger didn't naturally rest on the trigger. I would have played with their 20D, but it was broken. Anyone know of any great deals on the 20D? I may sell my 28-135 IS to make the jump.
Update1:
Just checked for the best price on a 20D. Anyone know of a better deal than this from amzaon?
20D body only $1399.94 a9 discount -21.94 first time Amazon CC -30.00 order total $1348.00 future Amazon GC -125.00 total after GC $1223.00
Update2: I cancelled the XT order and placed an order for the 20D with Amazon. After talking to CSR I found that the $30 promotion is reapplied on the next order with the CC. Now its time to eBay my 28-135 IS lens. If anyone is interested in it PM me. It will come with the lens hood which is sold separately.
aric said:Just got back from BestBuy and playing with the XT. Wow is it small. I also don't like the way the menus work as much as on the 300D. The main screen now displays the options for chaning ISO, WB, etc. I can't believe how light it felt. I took some 1600 ISO images and they appeared noise free. I'll look at them later on my computer in more detail. I was able to shoot 15 pictures in succession in Large JPG before it's buffer was full. Only 4 RAW pictures with Large JPG though.
As for the size, my pinky had to curl under the bottom of the camera. Also, my index finger didn't naturally rest on the trigger. I would have played with their 20D, but it was broken. Anyone know of any great deals on the 20D? I may sell my 28-135 IS to make the jump.
Update1:
Just checked for the best price on a 20D. Anyone know of a better deal than this from amzaon?
20D body only $1399.94 a9 discount -21.94 first time Amazon CC -30.00 order total $1348.00 future Amazon GC -125.00 total after GC $1223.00
Update2: I cancelled the XT order and placed an order for the 20D with Amazon. After talking to CSR I found that the $30 promotion is reapplied on the next order with the CC. Now its time to eBay my 28-135 IS lens. If anyone is interested in it PM me. It will come with the lens hood which is sold separately.
How would you compare the XT to the Drebel as far as PQ? I am considering either the 20D or the XT to replace my Drebel.
EDIT: Never mind, I thought you already bought the XT.
There are a bunch of samples being posted to dpreview. Definitely there is an improvement in quality at the higher ISO's. No 3200 ISO until maybe a future hack will enable it for the XT. I personally did not like the smaller feel of the body where the 20D is definitely more solid and a lot heavier.
Anyone know how long it takes to get the A9 discount? I've been searching A9 for about 3 days now. As soon as that sucker shows up, I'm gonna pre-order the XT.
B&H Photo just got in the Canon Rebel XT ( 350D ) for $999 They do price match so if you can find a quote anyplace else you might get a deal.
No worries on the Amazon shipping quote... Amazon always quotes worst case shipping time. I've always received my shipments days to weeks before the estimated time of shipent passed.
Still waiting for the a9 discount to show up. Noted that the ship date is now Nov 11!!! Must be a mistake.
Has anyone tried using gift cards to purchase this? There's a thread on 20% off gift cards. But don't think you can get $1000 worth, just $500. If one can use gift cards at 20% off and get the $100 gift cert... price would be $700 for the kit!
That's gotta be a typo. I'm thinking even though mine says late April, I'll see it late March or Early April. Seeing that other guys have them, like BB, B&H, etc, I figure Amazon can order a boat load
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