Right, stage one of the new equipment is complete. It was the cheapest bit.
Calumet won this one at £201.50.
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Right, stage one of the new equipment is complete. It was the cheapest bit.
Calumet won this one at £201.50.
Just when I though it was safe to think about new kit purchase, 2 things happen.
1) Someone says I might be disappointed with 1DS Mark II N.
2) 300mm f/4 Lens seems less good next to the 300 f/2.8 lens.
So as indecision strikes so do the ideas. Now I still very much would like the 1D, but also I’d like the lens.
Now that works out at £2100 for the 1D and £2873 for the lens. A nice total of £4973. Now pricing up B&H in New York the same items come to $7369.90 which using the ebay currency converter comes to £3778.12. Now this is before any duty is applied. So assuming duty for the lens is 6% (DLSR’s are 0%) and adding VAT @17.5% this comes out to £4203.91. A saving on the UK price of £769.09. Factoring shipping costs, it could be around £650 saving.
Apparently all L series lenses come with a one year international warranty. Not overly sure about the body though. Still I’m going to email Kerso on ebay to see what he can do (outside of ebay and Paypal). I know he sells the lens on Ebay for £2650 so assuming he’ll give a 4% discount for avoiding them it might be another £100 off. Still he might tell me to sod off!
/edit. That was fooking quick, he’ll do it for £2500! Bargain. It might go up with $, could go down. Still very decent price and he seems to be a very decent seller.
/edit 2: Forgot about the 8.375% New York State tax. That puts a shitter on the NY trip 🙁
Right, as avid readers will know I’m looking to spend money again. Right then a simple price match for the following:
Canon Eos 1DS Mark II N – Canon EF 300 f/4 IS USM – Canon EF 1.4x Extender
Retailer | Body | Lens | Extender | Total |
AJ Purdy | 2189.00 | 979.00 | 229.00 | 3397.00 |
Warehouse Express | 2100.00 | 979.00 | 229.00 | 3308.00 |
Jessops | 2299.99 | 1299.98 | 284.99 | 3883.97 |
Tecno | 2188.95 | 997.38 | 225.41 | 3411.74 |
Mifsuds | 2149.00 | 1079.00 | 219.00 | 3447.00 |
Pixmania | 2572.00 | 958.00 | 219.00 | 3794.00 |
Cameras2u | 2188.80 | 888.00 | n/a | 3076.00* |
Walters | 2199.99 | 979.99 | 229.99 | 3409.97 |
Calumet | 2279.99 | 899.99 | 201.50 | 3381.48 |
Winners:
Body – Warehouse Express: £2100
Lens – Cameras2u: £888.00
Extender – Calumet: £201.50
Total: £3189.50
Ebay!
Body: 1849.99
Lens: 669.99
Ext: 147.99
Total: 2667.97**
*item not in stock
** excludes postage at around £25 per item
Though the reality is I’ll probably wait until Focus 2007 to see what happens. A new body is rumoured (as always).
Quite happy with this one.
Just wonder what the collective bods at AP and NTSC think. The image itself is made up 4 separate digital pictures. All cropped chopped etc with Photoshop CS3.
/edit: Update, didn’t win the AP comp. Got highly commended though, which I’m very happy with 🙂