C100: How much does a used C100 go for these days?
- Thread starter rzxrey
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akivisuals
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Hard to find em used yet. I've seen them on here around $4k though. The 2 year 0% lease-to-own with Canon is a great way to get the camera though. Low payments spread out over 2 years. If you got in on the $500 rebate for buying with a Canon lens it dropped the price of the camera another $500.
Morgan Young
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We have a demo C100 available, if you're still looking for one.
Curnsie
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You have a BMCC and also looking for a C100? Why? Just curious...
scorsesefan
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My friend just sold his for $4000 US.
rzxrey
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Thinking of selling it. I'm not gonna dive right away into it, just wanted to know what prices used C100s float at. Thanks for all the inputs.
rzxrey
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What's a used C100?
You know... those. Yep, don't see them often.
...from my cold dead hands.
Mestizo Devon
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There have been several posted on here....
scorsesefan
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rzxrey, just to let you know my friend sold his because he had a bad experience with Canon service. He had a few Tamron lenses that worked and then for some reason didn't work. After several long phone conversations with technicians nothing got solved. He went down to Canon Pro service NJ twice and they tried the unit with their Canon glass -- they worked so he took the camera back each time and when he got back the Tamrons didn't work. The third time I drove to NJ with him and they refused to acknowledge that the problem could be with the camera and not the lenses. I tried to explain that the Tamrons worked on my BMCC EF (and Tamron lenses are used by many C100 owners out there) but they refused to accept that logic. They also basically said that you should be using Canon genuine glass and if not you're SOL. OK. The technician wouldn't even come out and speak to us, but instead they had a receptionist who ferried the camera back and forth from the front desk to the back area and clearly lacked the adequate technical knowledge to do his job. He kept referring to the aperture as "diopter" or something. After arguing with the guy for an hour we were able to convince him to take the camera in for service (which is my friend's right under warranty). They shipped it back in two days and I doubt did any diagnostics with it because IMHO the technician (probably the same one who first examined the camera) had already made their mind up. My friend sold the camera the next day. Maybe the technician was right. Maybe the problem WAS with the lenses. It doesn't matter. Their dismissive and combative attitude was completely antithetical to that one would expect from a major camera company dealing with a professional camera that costs in excess of $5000. Just my 2 cents...
BTW the C100 is an amazing looking camera with a great IQ, ergonomics and picture.
BTW the C100 is an amazing looking camera with a great IQ, ergonomics and picture.
jameshealey
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I'm sorry but using third party glass is a risk you take. Canon tested the camera with genuine glass and it was working without a problem. Not Canon's fault and they shouldn't have to test it with anything else than Canon glass. A third party lens might work with one camera and not the other. I've had issues like that before with other cameras and it was the third party lens that didn't work quite well.
scorsesefan
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Canon needs to accept that the reality is that not everyone can afford or wants to use Canon glass. In fact many owners use "off brands", even on this forum. Blackmagic initially dismissed complaints about the Tokina 11-16 and other lenses not reaching infinity focus on their BMCC EF mount and after an onslaught of complaints recalled the units and shimmed the mounts. Also, would Canon's logic also extend to a lens like Zeiss compact prime? Well, they're around $5000 -- what if they didn't work on the cinema series cameras?... Beyond any of this is the disinterested and generally dismissive attitude Canon displayed towards my friend... BTW Canon did test one of the Tamron lenses on another C100 and it controlled aperture.
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scorsesefan
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Tamron, Rokinon, Sigma etc. do test their lenses the best they can with Canon cameras. The problem is that Canon doesn't publish their specs, so these companies are basically reverse engineering Canon mounts/lenses. IMHO it would be mutually beneficial for manufacturers to share there specs because the reality is that there are some people out there that can afford a Canon body but not genuine glass and I think companies like Canon would prefer to sell you a body rather than nothing at all... And BTW I'm not naive -- I know that companies spend a lot of money on R & D and don't generally share their technology.
Andrius Simutis
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Canon is not going to give all their specs to Nikon either. They're really under no obligation to do it, and I can't blame them. Unfortunately the result is that sometimes things like this happen with third party products. I hate to say it, but the Canon tech was right if the camera was performing correctly with the canon glass. Canon isn't obligated to make their cameras work with anyone else's gear.
