C300: Final Retail price for the C300 MKII (Best guess???)

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The C300 MKII is marked as $15,999 I kind of remember the MKI just before release or not really long after release the price when down (Can't recall when).
So on these grounds what do you think would be the Final retail price of c300 MKII.

I'm really happy with the FS7 but I would seriously consider the C300MKII as a third body for some specifics job's if price come down a bit
 
I too was thinking about this.. The original price of the c300 listed at $20k(launch November 2011) for the body, and eventually hit retail market at $16k(march 2012). Was hoping the mk II comes in around 13-14k range(makes purchasing batteries/media less painful) but maybe someone with more insight/experience with Canon can chime in.
 
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MSRP for the C300 MK II is $20,000. "Street price" is $15,999. The price will not be lower until Canon decides to make it so. I personally feel, and many people I've talked with agree (including dealers), that Canon should make MSRP $16K and street price well under $13K. They should make this adjustment before the camera is released. I know I don't want to buy it on release and have the lower price come along 6 months later or sooner when Canon realizes it's not selling like they predicted. In today's marketplace $16K is a bit much. In the days leading to NAB I was thinking that I'd purchase it sight unseen for $10K and would go as high as $12.5K. Twice the price of a C100 MKII seems like a good compromise.
 
Just to clarify, the announced LIST price in November '11 launch was $20,000...when we (Filmtools) delivered at the end of January '12, the sell price was $15,999 (with about 6 months of back orders) and that carried through the rest of the year and into 2013 before a instant rebate ($2000) kicked in mid-year.

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Jim Martin said:
Just to clarify, the announced LIST price in November '11 launch was $20,000...when we (Filmtools) delivered at the end of January '12, the sell price was $15,999 (with about 6 months of back orders) and that carried through the rest of the year and into 2013 before a instant rebate ($2000) kicked in mid-year.

Jim Martin
EVSonline.com
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Thanks Jim. So they took about a year and a half before they brought the price down. Thats about what I remember as well. Thats interesting.
 
Jim Martin said:
Just to clarify, the announced LIST price in November '11 launch was $20,000...when we (Filmtools) delivered at the end of January '12, the sell price was $15,999 (with about 6 months of back orders) and that carried through the rest of the year and into 2013 before a instant rebate ($2000) kicked in mid-year.

Jim Martin
EVSonline.com
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Out of curiosity, from a dealer/retailer's perspective do you see this announced price of $16k being the final sell price, or the announced list price?
 
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My guess is the C300II will follow essentially the same pricing as the MK1. I bet it will be $16k on release and maybe they'll drop the price slightly in a year.

I know lots of people are saying $16k is too high, but $16k was too high for the original C300 too but it sold really well and went out on many many many jobs... If anything there is probably a humongous set of users willing to pay $16k even more willingly than with the original C300 since now C300 is a known name in TV/doc world and there was a ton of work out there for those cameras so now it almost seems like a sure thing despite any imbalance of specs/price vs other manufacturers. I personally have a lot of trouble buying a camera that can be easily replaced by a camera half the price, but that doesn't change the fact that C300II will be a super popular camera no matter what.
 
As someone who thought it'd be in the $10,000 range prior to the announcement - albeit, with a different set of features - I would expect the $16,000 to be the effective street price for a while to come. If a purchaser can make a package deal with a retailer, then it'd be an ode to shrewd bargaining.
 
nyvz said:
My guess is the C300II will follow essentially the same pricing as the MK1. I bet it will be $16k on release and maybe they'll drop the price slightly in a year.

I know lots of people are saying $16k is too high, but $16k was too high for the original C300 too but it sold really well and went out on many many many jobs... If anything there is probably a humongous set of users willing to pay $16k...
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IMHO - Canon will certainly try to follow the same pricing as MK1. However, the landscape has changed. Technology has changed. Options available have changed. I think the drop in price will take place much - much sooner that one year. Unless Canon really surprises us with the image MK2 can produce. Can happen, but unlikely. I was one of the first to buy C300 MK1 as soon as it was released. But based on what I know now, I'll never pay that much money for MK2 based on what I've seen so far. My price tag is $12k and its contingent on what rabbits Canon pull out of its hat. So far there are none. My price will not go higher. Contingent means it can only go down. But of course it's me.
 
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I think the C300 MKII will be a very high demand camera until the end of 2016. Why would Canon lower the price before demand drops off? If everybody agreed that $16k was too high, and nobody was buying them, I could see them dropping the price down to $12k very quickly but we all know that's not going to happen. It will be an in-demand item as soon as it is available. Canon and a lot of retailers will make bank on the C300 MKII.
 
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I think the C300 MKII will be a very high demand camera until the end of 2016. Why would Canon lower the price before demand drops off? If everybody agreed that $16k was too high, and nobody was buying them, I could see them dropping the price down to $12k very quickly but we all know that's not going to happen. It will be an in-demand item as soon as it is available. Canon and a lot of retailers will make bank on the C300 MKII.
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+1 This.
 
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