Mitch Gross
Veteran
I generally like to talk about feature set rather than price, but there's an interesting window of opportunity that has not been promoted and will quickly close so I thought I'd share.
Effective January 1, Canon has slashed the price of the C500 by about 1/3, to $19,999. They knocked down the price of the C100 as well, I believe to $4999 list. Of course some resellers discount from there.
There's been a promotion on the C500 that has been available for a few months, but I believe only in the US (please correct me if I'm wrong). If you buy a C500 and at the same time buy an approved onboard recorder, there is an instant rebate of $4000 ($3K to the camera, $1K to the recorder for accounting purposes). The list of approved recorders is fairly short, with the KiPro Quad, Codex S and the Odyssey7Q (plus a couple others).
Here's the kicker: the instant rebate promotion ends on January 4th. So anyone interested has just two days to take advantage of this little loophole.
Nothing against the others, but I'm going to insert a little plug here for the Odyssey7Q. The Odyssey is the smallest, lightest and least expensive option, and it's the only one with a built in monitor (a darn good one!). US list on the Odyssey7Q is $2295, with another $1495 for the Canon RAW recording option. Add an Odyssey Canon battery plate and it's still less than the $4K instant rebate, meaning that for the next two days if you buy a Canon C500 then Canon is effectively buying you an Odyssey7Q.
As Ron Burgundy might say, that's kinda a big deal.
Effective January 1, Canon has slashed the price of the C500 by about 1/3, to $19,999. They knocked down the price of the C100 as well, I believe to $4999 list. Of course some resellers discount from there.
There's been a promotion on the C500 that has been available for a few months, but I believe only in the US (please correct me if I'm wrong). If you buy a C500 and at the same time buy an approved onboard recorder, there is an instant rebate of $4000 ($3K to the camera, $1K to the recorder for accounting purposes). The list of approved recorders is fairly short, with the KiPro Quad, Codex S and the Odyssey7Q (plus a couple others).
Here's the kicker: the instant rebate promotion ends on January 4th. So anyone interested has just two days to take advantage of this little loophole.
Nothing against the others, but I'm going to insert a little plug here for the Odyssey7Q. The Odyssey is the smallest, lightest and least expensive option, and it's the only one with a built in monitor (a darn good one!). US list on the Odyssey7Q is $2295, with another $1495 for the Canon RAW recording option. Add an Odyssey Canon battery plate and it's still less than the $4K instant rebate, meaning that for the next two days if you buy a Canon C500 then Canon is effectively buying you an Odyssey7Q.
As Ron Burgundy might say, that's kinda a big deal.
