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| Thread ID: 37271 | 2003-09-02 08:49:00 | Digital Camera Prices | Ritzz (731) | Press F1 |
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| 172566 | 2003-09-04 06:18:00 | I picked up a Canon IXY 400 for $995.00. Nice little camera does everything I want. | Ferris (1087) | ||
| 172567 | 2003-09-04 06:23:00 | The new Canon EOS 300D will retail for $2699 inc GST - complete with lens (18-55mm, f/3.5-5.6). It is the most affiordable digital SLR in the world and that pricing cannot but help force a change in market prices for everything beneath (or above) it. You may have noticed the price on the EOS10D has alreday been dropped around town by up to $500! | Biggles (121) | ||
| 172568 | 2003-09-04 06:36:00 | The 300D with one lense is $999US. $2700nz - what?!! The body alone is $899US. Hey this 300D is just $300 less than the body alone $3k 10D. I mind as well get the 10D instead.. I would prefer a diff lense thou... I say, take a quick trip and enjoy it! or get it mailed in ;) :D but that's me. |
nomad (3693) | ||
| 172569 | 2003-09-04 10:57:00 | You'll get any digicam cheaper if you get a parallel import or bring it in from the US - but you won't get local warranty. Canon's "official" NZ price on the 10D is now $3999 - down from $4499. That's body only. The 300D's official NZ RRP will be (on sale October) $2699 - that's not a price difference of $300. You will get variation in street price with local dealers, and as mentioned, there is parallel imports which offer substantial savings but have cavets as well. |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 172570 | 2003-09-04 11:59:00 | Thanks for that, yeah I know . . . One needs to remember the warranty is 1yr and the price hike here is like 80% additional - sometimes that does not warranty to buy here and have the warranty . Registered US goods are good enof that warranty can be provided if you paid (unlike imports) . |
nomad (3693) | ||
| 172571 | 2003-09-05 00:46:00 | > It can't be said that the lens is as good a > match for the sensor as it was with the four > megapixel unit. This is clearly visible in the strong > chromatic aberrations which can occur (this is the > same thing we experienced with the G5). If I recall correctly, chromatic aberrations are colour fringing effects on certain difficult types of images, usually those with strong contrast transitions such as B&W chequer boards, but any high contrast transition such as a high luminance white bar on a mixed dark background wil produce them if lense quality is not so hot. Fine herringbone lines etc might produce similar effects, depending on the sensor pixel count. Lenses are coated with special anti-reflective substances to reduce chromatic aberrations but they are an inevitable consequence of optical technology, reducable only by the application of large numbers of $$$$$$. I'm a bit rusty on my photography theory, but that is how I remember it. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
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