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Title: Need a new camera?
Post by: DeadBishop on September 30, 2008, 12:25:43 PM
....I listed some equipment HERE (http://www.renaissancefestival.com/forums/index.php?topic=1346.0).

If you have any questions, just ask!
Title: Re: Need a new camera?
Post by: AbleArcher on September 30, 2008, 08:26:40 PM
Buying a 5DmkII or a 50D?

Title: Re: Need a new camera?
Post by: DeadBishop on September 30, 2008, 08:48:35 PM
Quote from: AbleArcher on September 30, 2008, 08:26:40 PM
Buying a 5DmkII or a 50D?



Not sure yet... ::)  Good guess on what I'm looking at though.   ;D  Would love the 5DmkII, but more than likely will be the 50D.
Title: Re: Need a new camera?
Post by: DeadBishop on October 02, 2008, 12:04:56 PM
Quote from: majikboxman on October 02, 2008, 11:25:47 AM

How can you have a new 20D kit ?

Race ya to a 50D. :-) :-p

My bro just picked up a 5D 'not the M2' for 1500. 


I don't have one...I sold it.   :P

Couple more days and I should be able to order my 50D.   ;D
Title: Re: Need a new camera?
Post by: DeadBishop on October 02, 2008, 12:52:06 PM
Well, I may have to issue a refund and relist it now...I'm smelling a scam.
Title: Re: Need a new camera?
Post by: AbleArcher on October 05, 2008, 12:36:35 PM
Where'd you list it? What kind of scam?
Title: Re: Need a new camera?
Post by: DeadBishop on October 05, 2008, 10:19:47 PM
Link in the first post.  Everything was listed on eBay.  Both cameras I sold were bought by people with new accounts with zero feedback.  I'm holding off on shipping for a few days just in case they were purchased with stolen credit cards or something.
Title: Re: Need a new camera?
Post by: AbleArcher on October 06, 2008, 03:26:12 AM
I don't sell camera stuff on ebay any longer. I sell on either FredMiranda.com (costs $25 a year to do so) or, when i shot Canon, I sold it on POTN (photography on the net), a Canon user forum. I always had good luck there.
Title: Re: Need a new camera?
Post by: Friar Rohn the Chronicler on October 08, 2008, 12:53:28 AM
Some of the stuff on eBay is a really good deal. Personally, I would worry about warranty issues (many are not US warranty or listed as "gray market") or factory refurbs on major electronics. Last thing I got off eBay was a Stroboframe Pro-T flash bracket which was listed at our best camera shop in town for $110, I found one off eBay for $60. So since I had to order a few accessories, I broke even. I got my last Speedlite 580ex II with a Gary Fong LightSphere II diffuser for around $450. It listed around $100 more from the local shop. Next on the wish list is a Canon extended battery pack for the flash.

Not going to jump to the 50D yet. I wait until the first year is behind it in case of factory recalls.

Friar Rohn
Title: Re: Need a new camera?
Post by: DeadBishop on October 08, 2008, 11:29:03 PM
Well, so far so good with the sales that have happened....let's just hope they stay that way.  Now if I could only sell the remaining two lenses I have listed, I'm all set.