Price difference between 100A and 100B...

[nouou]

DVX100A with

- Hoya Neutral Filter ($50 Value)


- Cokin ND Filter ($75 Value)


- Monster AC Cable ($35 Value)


- UV Filter Case ($15 Value)


- Lens Cleaning Kit (Cloth and brush, $30 Value)


- Panasonic DV Cinema Case ($150 Value)


- 2 Large Battery Packs ($200 Value)

and only 8 hours of use, for $1745.00 + free shipping, sold by someone who had over 1000 transactions with 100% positive feedback. is that a good deal for a 100a?

edit: i made this post asking a completely different question, then edited asking this now, hence the OT thread title.

 

[Mike Parker]

The accessories are either not needed, overvalued or both. The lens cleaning kit might be worth $5 at the most, the filter case (unless it's made from platinum) about the same and the batteries can be bought for around $50 each from an aftermarket supplier. The Hoya filter might be worth $20 used (and I'm being generous) and anyone who pays $75 for a Cokin ND filter needs to seek professional help.

The main differences between the 100a and 100b are the 100b has less noisy chips in low light and will show a 16:9 unsqueezed image in the viewfinder, where the 100a will show a squeezed image unless you have one of the nifty (and expensive) Century widescreen eyepieces. I have a 100a and the Century eyepiece and it's very cool.

The one advantage the 100a has over the 100b is the 100a will shoot time-lapse, where the 100b will not. If you need time-lapse, get a 100a. If you don't, and want to shoot 16:9 either in squeeze mode or with the LA7200 anamorphic adapter, get the 100b.

I believe B&H is selling the 100b cameras for around $2,250, so I'd probably go for the new 100b with a 1 year warranty than a used, clean 100a without a warranty.

 

[jambredz]

or look here in the markettplace...100b's are selling all over...with all kinda accesories that u actually use from people who take care of their stuff. $30 for a lens cleaning kit...thats crazy... for a cloth and brush?! i'm in Jamaica and a lens cleaning kit( cloth, brush,blower, tissues and cleaning solution) is like $500-600 which works out to US $6-7. And our economy sucks much worse than US