C300: New Canon Promotions Including $4,000 Instant Savings on C300mkII

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Between July 1st and September 30th 2016 Canon is offering several new instant savings including a $4,000 instant rebate on the C300 mkII bringing the price to $11,999. They are also increasing the $1,000 instant savings on the C100 mkII to $1,500 making it $3,999. The Canon 17-120mm Cine-Servo lens is also increasing it’s instant savings to $5,000 and the C300 mkII Zacuto ENG package has a $9,000 instant savings to take advantage of. These are available starting July 1st so give us a call or visit our website to save on these products.

Finance the C300mkII for $344/month
Finance the C100mkII for $115/month

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Finance the Canon C300mkII for $344/month, $0 down
Finance the Sony Fs7 for $245/month, $0 down
http://provideoandtape.com/financing.php
 
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So, as anticipated, it took a year for the prices to drop (+ PhotoKina, which might bring all sorts of product announcements)
 
Well that's painful. I was hoping the price drop would be further off. Oh well.

Hopefully I can get $4000 credited back for the C300 Mark II Zacuto kit I bought about 28 days ago on B&H.
 
Finally, that puts the C300 MKII down where it should be, or at least closer. $3,999.00 for the C100 MKII is a solid deal too!
 
Eric Coughlin said:
Well that's painful. I was hoping the price drop would be further off. Oh well.

Hopefully I can get $4000 credited back for the C300 Mark II Zacuto kit I bought about 28 days ago on B&H.
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Eric-
You should talk to B & H....hopefully they can do something.......
 
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That's a pretty significant drop, considering the 300/II has only been on the street for what, maybe 10 months?

Eric Coughlin said:
Well that's painful. I was hoping the price drop would be further off. Oh well.

Hopefully I can get $4000 credited back for the C300 Mark II Zacuto kit I bought about 28 days ago on B&H.
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Jim is right, call them. The worst they can say is NO. They may work with you since you're probably still within the return/refund period and you could probably return it if you really wanted to be a #@$%, to get all of your money back, then buy it again at the new price. Which would be a hassle for both parties. Some places even guarantee the price for X days, so it's no hassle if there are price drops. If it were only a few hundred bucks, no biggie, but $4K is a tougher pill to swallow. Good luck
 
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eric@provideo said:
Between July 1st and September 30th 2016 Canon is offering several new instant savings including a $4,000 instant rebate on the C300 mkII bringing the price to $11,999. They are also increasing the $1,000 instant savings on the C100 mkII to $1,500 making it $3,999. The Canon 17-120mm Cine-Servo lens is also increasing it’s instant savings to $5,000 and the C300 mkII Zacuto ENG package has a $9,000 instant savings to take advantage of. These are available starting July 1st so give us a call or visit our website to save on these products.
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Damn. That puts it just a little over $26K. If they had had that rebate in December, I probably would have pulled the trigger.
 
I called B&H and they said they would refund the $4000, so I'm happy about that.

I'm still rather unhappy about the price drop in general, though. I got my first C300 Mark II when it first came out in November, so just eight months ago. I'd expect the camera to maintain its price for at least a year or two before dropping to give owners the time to profit off of their investment. I was expecting another nine months at the price of $16k.

I'm guessing Canon found they overpriced the camera a bit and were losing a lot of sales to the FS7, so decided to drop the price earlier than initially planned.
 
The C300 mkII is now the same price as the C500 + Odyssey 7Q Kit, making the C500 essentially pointless now. What's the advantage over the C300 mkII? 4K 60p raw/prores to an external recorder?
 
drummondb said:
The C300 mkII is now the same price as the C500 + Odyssey 7Q Kit, making the C500 essentially pointless now. What's the advantage over the C300 mkII? 4K 60p raw/prores to an external recorder?
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What do you mean...its a C500...not a C300....its like....200 better.
 
Eric Coughlin said:
And the FS700 is 200 better than the C500. I don't know why anyone would want a measly FS7; such a downgrade. Don't even get me started on the Red One.
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You can catch Eric every Friday and Saturday night at Sal's in Atlantic City....2 show both nights!....and be sure to tip your waiter & waitresses!
 
Eric Coughlin said:
And the FS700 is 200 better than the C500. I don't know why anyone would want a measly FS7; such a downgrade. Don't even get me started on the Red One.
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Well ****, then the VX1000 is obviously better than all of them! I'm gonna get one off ebay for $50 right now!
 
If you're really looking to up your game, for $3600 you can get the absolute best camera there is, the Infinity HD.

It even has a dedicated button for WB while a lot of Sony cameras expect you to go into the menu to fine tune WB.

https://www.zoro.com/infinity-micro...WmKz3fVaF0mZjwu7_G17nRoC2NPw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

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Actually, you don't want that. You want the Infinity 1, which is 5 MP.

https://www.zoro.com/infinity-microscope-digital-camera-5-mp-au-500-cmos/i/G8212434/

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Sorry, I meant Infinity 2. Infinity 1 is for amateurs.

https://www.zoro.com/infinity-microscope-digital-camera-5-mp-au-500-ccd/i/G8053884/

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I can't wait for the Infinity 3 to come out.
 
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So does the C100 MKII price drop indicate a pending C100 MKIII, or that it's getting smashed by the FS5?
Or just an indication of age and I'm reading too much into it :-P
(but please let it be a MKIII!)
 
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