Canon EOS Rebel T3i 18MP DSLR (Body) + 50mm f/1.4 Lens + 55-250mm Lens + Speedlite 320EX Flash + Adobe PEPE 10 + Pixma Pro 9000 Printer $1022 AR with free shipping

good deal... first two lenses could fetch 450 (or more) on CL... add another 125 from printer sale plus some more $$ from speedlite ??

All in all a sub 350 price for the body (assuming you don't pay tax). I'd have bought but already did that rebate for Jul/Sep period

btw, that 50/1.4 is a keeper (at-least on FF)

Compared to the 2 deals (T3i an T4i) on the front page, this seems terrible to me. Am I missing something?

Quote from Guyman : Compared to the 2 deals (T3i an T4i) on the front page, this seems terrible to me. Am I missing something?

Not really, if you want these specific lenses than it is a decent deal, otherwise, the resale isn't as good as previous deals (body was easily <$250 on the B+H deals), and the combo is kind of awkward

Quote from Guyman : Compared to the 2 deals (T3i an T4i) on the front page, this seems terrible to me. Am I missing something?

it's a bit different. the f1.4 lens is much more expensive and is flexible enough to be used across all cameras. same for the flash, it's a pretty good ones, which is rarely discounted.

Yeah I was going to say, this is way worse than the T4i deal... The 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 is useless to me (We're not going to argue about this please)...


Oh it is a f/1.4 deal. In that case, I mean, that's still a pretty huge investment for a beginner. I doubt a newbie (who'd be after a T3i bundle) would really see the difference between the 50mm f/1.8 vs the f/1.4... if you just want the 50mm lens, that's a lot of hassle to resell everything.

Quote from koyuki : I doubt a newbie would really see the difference between the 50mm f/1.8 vs the f/1.4...

They will if you show them what to look for on top of the higher keeper rate. dont be so quick to write someone off.

Great deal for someone looking for the lenses and also not minding a "back-up" camera.

No one has said anything about the flash... is it not good?

If it's bad, then the front-page T4i deal might be better than this. Better camera, lower price, and from what I've heard, the 40mm STM pancake lens is on par with the 50mm f/1.4. Then just buy another lens (55-250mm, 18-135mm) elsewhere from the money you saved.

Quote from eViLNeWBiE06 : No one has said anything about the flash... is it not good? If it's bad, then the front-page T4i deal might be better than this. Better camera, lower price, and from what I've heard, the 40mm STM pancake lens is on par with the 50mm f/1.4. Then just buy another lens (55-250mm, 18-135mm) elsewhere from the money you saved.

Regarding the flash, the lowest I would use is the 430ex II from Canon. The others don't seem to have enough power or movement flexibility.

I picked up a brand new 430ex II from an authorized dealer for $205 when eBay sent me a 20% off promotion.

I wanted to bite on the T4i frontpage deal, but as a current T3i owner, I'm not sure I would notice any significant difference, anyone out there that knows differently, please let me know!

Quote from boobernackle : Regarding the flash, the lowest I would use is the 430ex II from Canon. The others don't seem to have enough power or movement flexibility. I picked up a brand new 430ex II from an authorized dealer for $205 when eBay sent me a 20% off promotion. I wanted to bite on the T4i frontpage deal, but as a current T3i owner, I'm not sure I would notice any significant difference, anyone out there that knows differently, please let me know!

I have T3i along with a decent complement of lenses, and I bit on the FP deal for the T4i 1) because of the touchscreen interface which is awesome compared to previous touch interfaces, 2) finally the upgrade to Digic 5 which helps with IQ, processing/writing speed if your media is fast enough, and a few other improvements in the base capabilities. Of course I didn't this based on the assuming that I will be able to flip my T3i body an some lens we don't use and come out ahead. The BH deal was pretty good from that perspective, where you have the $400 printer rebate, plus whatever you can get for the printer $10-$125?), PE/PP-hopefully $75, which leaves you with that nice 40mm pancake lens and the body for a bit over $400, which I think is a good deal.

Regarding the bad parts or the T4i review on the poor auto-focus, especially in their new movie mode allowing continuous auto focus, I am hoping / assuming that can be addressed with a firmware update, as these are firmware, not hardware issues, and in one case the speed to focus for still has still improved over the T3i because of the Digic 5 (as has continuous shot capabilities), and since the T3i didn't have continuous auto-focus during filming at all... nothing to lose there . Plus, from a investment point of view, I try to flip my previous gen stuff asap ONCE I SEE THE NEW GEN IS THE SAME OF BETTER (unlike the S100 or the zs10), where if you wait to long, unless you keep it forever, you will lose a lot more if you wait two or three generations to pass before you upgrade. Putting all that together is why I went from T3i to T4i.