1D C Pricing

[indiawilds]

How many of you will buy the 1D C with its present level of specs if it is offered at 10K USD?

[Greyfus Wolf]

I'll buy it at 8K

[dustylense]

9k my max

[Simon Shasha]

$8K my max...will probably end up with FS700.

[yoclay]

Yes, price it at FS700 levels and I might be in.
$15k is madness.

Oh, one other thing. Like every other European and PAL user on this planet:
We will not buy this camera until they add proper 25p support!

[squig]

I don't have a simple answer. I buy cameras based on projected need and available funds. I bought the MKII to get me through film school and to learn cinematography. I shot short films with it and some commercial projects. I bought the MKIII to replace the MKII as it is better in all aspects for shorts and commercials and is worthy of shooting a short teaser for the feature I have in development. For my current needs the 1D C is overkill and exceeds my budget. However when I get funding for the feature 2 of these bad boys are on my radar and with funding in place I wouldn't have a problem paying 15k for each of them even though I think they're overpriced. The 1D C is a specialist tool for feature film acquisition and in that context it is worth it but for most tasks the 5D MKIII is very capable.

[ChadN]

Yeah, $8k is about the most i can afford. For that price, i'd even take the C300. I probably don't need 4k, and the images coming from the C300 are really nice. I'd probably enjoy it more than the FS700 at the same price. Keep the 1D C priced higher, drop the C300 and i'd be happy!

[Jay Birch]

Yes, I think I would (I'm seriously considering it anyway, if it drops at $12k street price).

Ticks all the boxes for my work (mainly nature/landscape.... stills and motion).

Small, lightweight, high DR, good codec, low light, large sensor, 4K option, 1080/60p... and, of course, an amazing still camera.

My only gripes... 1080p is 4:2:0 and, most importantly, no 4K/25P (if they don't change that, they don't get my money.. simple). I'd love a RAW option and more overcrank modes... So will sit back for a while until the FS700 4K details are out (I don't need to shoot anything major until October).

But, overall, I think the 1D-C is a really great product that people are misjudging because it is in a DSLR box. If this was in a stripped down C300 body, people would hail it as the 2nd coming.

[squig]

No 25p is a pretty stupid omission especially given that just about every camera including Canons other offerings do 25p and more than half of the world watches 25p content.

[Jay Birch]

Hopefully, they will get the message when they don't sell one unit in PAL land.