C100: secand hands eos c100, wise advise shopping

Out of curiosity, where can one find used C100's for around $3000? Amazon and ebay seem to be in the $3400-$4000 range for MK I, body only, no DPAF.
 
I have been looking at a used c100 and the seller says the hours of use clock has been reset back to 0. Is there a way of finding out the total hours of use prior to the reset?
 
AlexOlson said:
I have been looking at a used c100 and the seller says the hours of use clock has been reset back to 0. Is there a way of finding out the total hours of use prior to the reset?
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Hit the "status" button on the side of the camera and cycle through the pages with the joystick. I believe it shows total hours on one of the pages.
 
Nate Haustein said:
Hit the "status" button on the side of the camera and cycle through the pages with the joystick. I believe it shows total hours on one of the pages.
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Very cool, thanks for the info. mine has 95 hours! Anyone have any idea how many hours you can expect to get out of the C100?
 
If you are a hobbyist, buy used.

If you pay your bills with your camera, buy new. I have bought used cameras, lenses and accessories. Lenses, have never had a problem. Bodies, I have, but only once. If you have a new camera and you are on a paying gig and it breaks, at least you have warranty and sometimes dealer support if you didn't buy it from a box house. It can be worth it to pay 10% more and buy from someone like Abel Cine Tech or EVS who also rents. That way, if your camera takes a dump mid project, they can get a replacement, retal or at least give you a heavily discounted rental to get you through the project/shoot. Making sure your clients are taken care of is number one and with a used camera, it is much more difficult. How many of you ALWAYS have a spare camera on set? I do, I have been stung too many times with problems, inconsistencies and just plain weirdness with gear to ever take a chance. In the past two years, I have had a digital audio recorder record every file perfectly except the main interviewee on a huge project for TriStar, that file was corrupt and just recently, I had an SSD in my Ninja Blade stop recording midway through a big shoot for Fox, lost everything on it, but luckily was also recording internally with the C100 so I had AVCHD to hand the client. Saved my rear. Buy new if you are a pro.
 
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Michael Thames said:
Very cool, thanks for the info. mine has 95 hours! Anyone have any idea how many hours you can expect to get out of the C100?
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I'd guess thousands if not tens of thousands of hours.

There's very little moving inside of a C100, so the hour meter isn't quite as relevant as it used to be with a tape transport mechanism that needed cleaning and repair at regular intervals.
 
I was just looking into selling mine. Is that what they go for these days? $3K? Holy smokes considering I paid $4K just 6 months ago for mine, and that was a good deal at the time I recall (used that is).

Cameras bodies depreciate so quickly. I sold my Scarlet for $9K that I bought 2 years earlier for $18K. Bought a C100 now lost another $1K in 6 months. Ouch!

But anyway I would absolutely buy used and like mentioned above hours don't mean anything in these tapeless/mirrorless cameras these days. Find one that has a bunch of extras bundled in and you can save yourself a whole bunch of money. I may sell mine that has a whole ton of stuff that would get you shooting without buying a single thing extra. PM me for a list :happy:
 
I'd be careful trying to sell a camera right now with NAB in 2 weeks.....I think new and used prices will go down based on new products coming...or rumored to be coming......

Jim Martin
 
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