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With the announcement of the Sony A7 the Full Frame price war has been heated up. Today with $1,399 the cheapest camera is the [shoplink 23637 ebay]Canon 6D on eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink] (UPDATE: It’s now sold out and sells for $1499 at Amazon).
I am sure that in 2014 we will see further price drops and maybe some new low budget FF that will sell close to $1,200-$1,300. And I think Sony is prepared for this. I have been told many new FF cameras will come, and some of them are “low budget” cameras.
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No wonder there were rumors that Canon might cancel the 7D mark II, seeing there is no need for high-end APSC now that FF are hitting that price point.
6D is not a replacement to 7D as the latter is a MUCH faster and rugged camera which journalists and sport shooters love.
a 6D cannot replace a 7D!!!
7D its a Sport/action camera, faster, with powerfull AF, 1/8000 shutter speed, 8fps, CF cards, and a buffer that can keep a burst of 24 raws and better built quality!
I am pretty sure, that the successor to the 7D will also have SD cards. If Speed would really matter in the extreme, they would add XQD Card Support. But CF is pretty much dead. Maybe CFast might also be an Option, but not CF.
Canon is sticking to their price war strategy. Interesting.
This is a strategy of ebay retailers and Amazon. It has nothing to do with Canon, their retail price on Canon USA site is still $1899.
This would be interesting if I was looking to buy a DSLR. But price vs the 6D, D600 played no part in my decision to buy an a7.
Yep, you are right.
I think canon had some kit combo deals recently, and these retailers are splitting up those lenses and bodies.
Canon has a price war strategy? First time I hear that one.
Just compare the price of a 5D markIII and a D800…
All I’m going to say is that us consumer is going to win in the end. 😀
Low budget FF? Ugh that sounds like something ugly
Did you provide the wrong link, I got Price:US $1,999.00
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NOW it’s Price:US $1,723.81…. what the hell is going on?
Non bayer sensors are not too far off..therefore the price of bayer sensor cameras will continue to drop
in which world are you living?
Please explain..why do you disagree with my statement?
at Amazon it’s List Price: $1,799.00
This is BS 🙂
I am confused so I am not buying it… end of story (Shrek)
Even though its a full frame camera & all, but the thought of only a 20MP Full Frame sensor sounds so two thousand & lame. Lol…
What’s lame is judging the quality of a sensor by its number of photosites.
Just wondering, what do you think about the 1DX/D4 sensors, pretty crappy right?
lost my interest, too heavy, too bulky, sounds so 2000 and lame 🙂
I’ll pass, but tempting. Bring on the new organic no bayer 54 MP monster. Blank check is ready in hands.
Just maybe manufacturers may be getting the hint that the world economies cannot support the current trends in price increases that we have been seeing, especially in the area of glass. I foresee their pricing policies as the beginning to the end in consumer based interchangeable lens camera systems and a move to better and cheaper smart phone cameras instead. A market neither most of these camera companies are not in.
The pro’s who have to use slr pro based gear will continue to use it but the consumer grade gear imo is sitting at a crossroads based primarily on the price increases to get into the game. Selling a FF body for $1400 is like what polaroid did with their cameras years ago letting them retail for a bit over cost and making their money in the film packs you had to buy to use them. Now a $10 film pack is far easier to swallow for a consumer than a $3000 70-200 f2.8 lens and will turn them away quickly even if they gave the bodies away. The worlds economy just cannot support the current camera manufacturers pricing trends much longer. IMO they are pricing themselves out of business………
In the consumer/enthusiast level market especially ……
My question is, what does this tell us about the used market? I don’t see consumers dumping all of their lenses and cameras on ebay for cell phone cameras. That would just drive the price further down. The biggest problem is combating a very vibrant used market online. How can any of these companies compete with used glass at often a fraction of the cost of new? Oh, I know- innovate. But we aren’t seeing the increases in optical quality that justify the current increased costs. Sony’s 70-200 and 70-400 aren’t any different optically really. You need to give people something they can’t live without. Those aren’t it.
Some, well, maybe a lot, actually, of pretty dumb people don’t trust used goods, talking on a global scale. They don’t even trust third-party manufacturers’ lens offerings.
It’s the same how the majority of people in the US don’t trust the quality of projection lenses modified for photography even though all the central components are made in Germany. It’s how I got some Super/Ultra Cinelux /Premiere cheap on eBay and made myself some money selling them in China, and I also got a Cinelux Premiere 85/1.7 modified for myself.
A lot people think that the sensor is the only part of the camera, but it’s just one part of many and not the whole picture. The 6D is a very reliable body.
The price fall seen on the 6D can be attributed to authorized Canon dealer, Amazon.com. They sell at a loss as long as the share prices stay up. They put others out of business along the way and create a monopoly.
I paid €1500 for the 10D back in the day.