Canon 500D

[Calitri]

Just when I thought Id made a decision, the EOS 500D is now available for pre order at £800+.

http://www.warehouseexpress.com/product/default.as...

Edited by Calitri on Wednesday 25th March 18:41

Edited by Calitri on Wednesday 25th March 18:43

[mikee boy]

Are you giving up on your film camera then? Thought you'd get bitten by the bug.....

[Calitri]

No just bought a 2x converter today, but being able to play with the photos as soon as you get back is becoming too appealing!

[SamHH]

Well you can get a 50D for less money so it doesn't look that appealing to me.

[havoc]

SamHH said:

Well you can get a 50D for less money so it doesn't look that appealing to me.

What's so special about it?!?

[malc350]

SamHH said:

Well you can get a 50D for less money so it doesn't look that appealing to me.

Exactly. Warehouseexpress are showing the 50D & Canon 18-200 EF-S IS for £1198 and the equivalent 500D kit for £200 more.

Sounds like a major own goal for Canon. Their marketing geniuses are clearly demonstrating they're inept enough to work for our government.

Idiots....

[mikee boy]

US kit version $900, about 600 quid.

here

Edited by mikee boy on Wednesday 25th March 21:09

[tinman0]

malc350 said:

SamHH said:

Well you can get a 50D for less money so it doesn't look that appealing to me.

Exactly. Warehouseexpress are showing the 50D & Canon 18-200 EF-S IS for £1198 and the equivalent 500D kit for £200 more.

Sounds like a major own goal for Canon. Their marketing geniuses are clearly demonstrating they're inept enough to work for our government.

Idiots....

It's an anomaly.

[Tuna]

You'd assume that the 500D will end up at the price of the 450D it's replacing. I imagine that pre-order prices will be high to avoid massacre of the 450D sales.

[bobthemonkey]

20 fps; what the bloody hell were they thinking. It's got to be the most unusual and unusable frame-rate ever.

[Bigdrift]

Tuna said:

You'd assume that the 500D will end up at the price of the 450D it's replacing. I imagine that pre-order prices will be high to avoid massacre of the 450D sales.

who said it was replacing the 450d ?

[Pui]

Bigdrift said:

who said it was replacing the 450d ?

Of course it will, eventually. The 500D will be poised to put clear daylight between it and the 1000D (and possibly it's successor) which was always a little bit to close in specs & price to the 450D. It just might mean that it will sell at a higher price than the, sort of, equivalent 450D did so that they can keep the price points separate. I'd be surprised if it stuck at the £870 Body only price on Warehouse express site though! I'd expect something around £500-550 Body only if the 1000D stays around £300-320 mark

[baz7175]

bobthemonkey said:

20 fps; what the bloody hell were they thinking. It's got to be the most unusual and unusable frame-rate ever.

Where did you find that? All I see it capable of is "Frames per second 3.4"

[mikee boy]

baz7175 said:

bobthemonkey said:

20 fps; what the bloody hell were they thinking. It's got to be the most unusual and unusable frame-rate ever.

Where did you find that? All I see it capable of is "Frames per second 3.4"

3.4 fps for photos
20-30 fps for video (depending on quality)

The biggest improvement is the addition of video, probably just a reaction to Nikon at the same price point.

Edited by mikee boy on Thursday 26th March 08:43

[Calitri]

baz7175 said:

bobthemonkey said:

20 fps; what the bloody hell were they thinking. It's got to be the most unusual and unusable frame-rate ever.

Where did you find that? All I see it capable of is "Frames per second 3.4"

I think the 20fps refers to the video/movie mode??

[Calitri]

Mikee we had better get back to work !!!

[Simpo Two]

mikee boy said:

3.4 fps for photos
20-30 fps for video (depending on quality)

Seems right - PAL is 25fps; NTSC 30 fps.

[Tuna]

bobthemonkey said:

20 fps; what the bloody hell were they thinking. It's got to be the most unusual and unusable frame-rate ever.

That's for 1900x1280 HD video, it gets better the moment you drop to 1280x768 (still HD). Not all that surprising really, if it did top-range HD at full frame rates, what would be the point of buying a 5D? This is meant to be an 'entry level' camera!

[Bigdrift]

Pui said:

Bigdrift said:

who said it was replacing the 450d ?

Of course it will, eventually. The 500D will be poised to put clear daylight between it and the 1000D (and possibly it's successor) which was always a little bit to close in specs & price to the 450D. It just might mean that it will sell at a higher price than the, sort of, equivalent 450D did so that they can keep the price points separate. I'd be surprised if it stuck at the £870 Body only price on Warehouse express site though! I'd expect something around £500-550 Body only if the 1000D stays around £300-320 mark

well lets wait and see shall we

[tinman0]

Pui said:

Bigdrift said:

who said it was replacing the 450d ?

Of course it will, eventually. The 500D will be poised to put clear daylight between it and the 1000D (and possibly it's successor) which was always a little bit to close in specs & price to the 450D. It just might mean that it will sell at a higher price than the, sort of, equivalent 450D did so that they can keep the price points separate. I'd be surprised if it stuck at the £870 Body only price on Warehouse express site though! I'd expect something around £500-550 Body only if the 1000D stays around £300-320 mark

Not sure where the price £869 is coming from as the body only price in the US is $799, giving a much more reasonable £551 before vat. And thats RRP rather than street.

The US one isn't available till May, and I wonder if the same is true here, but a few have escaped into the wild and are keeping that high initial price.