Photography, random posts and very little about kebabs.
Having one of those mmmmmmm moments, rather than a nice shiny camera I could pay off more of my Barclaycard. That indeed is the sensible option, however when I have a pile of cash sensible seems to go out of the window.
Sure there’s bundles of Apple product to buy also, but at the moment I’m not overwhelmed with glossy screens. So I should give them a miss.
What’s a reasonably chubby bloke to do?
Yep, things are moving towards the 5D MkII. The accountant came through with the dividend so I’ve got around £1,200 use. Hopefully a £750 sale (£700 after fees) for the old 5D and another £75-100 for the battery grip will push it up to £2,000.
Now I just need the 5D Mk II to fall in price during Focus 2010. I wasn’t sure about the discount I got when I bought my first 5D back in 2006, however using the Wayback Machine I managed to check the Warehouse Express website from around the day. Was surprised to see that selling price was £1899, I managed to get it for £1749 so saving £150, which is a nice discount but not what I’m looking for now.
However at that time Canon offered a £100 cashback (I thought it was £150?) so the price was in my opinion artificially high (as with most Canon Promotions). So I reckon the discount was more like £250. £250 off the current RRP of £1,700 would be most welcome. We’ll see, I’m not going to rush in this time (like I did with the 1D MkIII).
I’m also hoping the WFT-E4 II is offered at a discount, oh and some batteries.
….well, it should come back. Eventually after waiting a few months I’ve finally gotten round to sending the thing off for repair. Naturally being the cheapskate I decided to send it to Canon for a fixed price repair (£102) versus Fixation (£200+vat). Hopefully the lady on the other end of the phone quoted me the right price, we’ll see.
Hopefully this will mark a reversal in my current equipment related Fail. Sending it off failing should mean it’ll returned fixed. 5 – 10 days apparently (from Tuesday 9th Feb – currently it’s in the hands of Royal Mail Special delivery).
So stayed tuned for the outcome, it should be one of these:
1) It’s Fixed and Returned
2) They’ve not got the parts in
3) They messed up on the priced
4) Royal Mail have lost/broken it more
Anyway, I’d like it back I feel I’m missing something since it’s been knackered.
/update:
Royal Mail have Delivered it.
Canon are happy with the £102 I sent them
Unable to track the progress of the repair though as their website isn’t accepting my details.
/edit 2: It’s fixed and on it’s way back 🙂
/edit 3: It has been returned and it looks to be fine. They’ve calibrated it, replaced the Lens assembly and the Dust Seal (not too sure what is left of the original!). Seems like new 🙂 It’s like having an old friend back. As much as I like the 17-40 it’s not the 24-105.
Camera updates…….
I know it’s gonna cost money, but I think I might update both this year.
I’m getting drawn towards the 7D at the moment, seems it has everything I could want. Well almost everything as it’s not Full Frame. But that’s where the 2nd update comes in. Update that to the 5d MkII. Simples?
Right the old 5D sells for around £800 on Ebay, so once they’ve shafted you with Paypal fees etc it’s more like £750. So that’s around £1500 (for both), plus around £100 for each BG-E4 so lets make it £1,700.
A new 5d MkII is £1700 and the 7D is around £1250, so that leaves me £1,250 short. Maybe this year bonus (if it happens) may cover this.
We’ll see, a lot depends on if I like the 7D, the 5D’s sell and if a bonus arrives.
/edit Contacted Mifsuds to see what they trade in at.
It’s late, but thanks to iso3200 and playing with White Balance I bring you……….
Not as bad as others are getting though. Probably still enough to knacker Brum’s transport infrastructure.