Canon Direct Store - 5D Mark III refurbished - $2799.20 + FS
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Camera has issues with loss of light and ending up with under exposed pictures. Canon is fixing them by sealing the casing with a tape to prevent light leakage. Probably a lot people have returned...
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$200 cheaper but its REFURBISHED!
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Um, more likely this will be the only real quality control it's gone through. If my experience with Canon lenses is any indication, there is no quality control on "new" items. They are no better than...
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So soon, its been 9 months, right?, Any MIII that was bad from the start that got out in the public, probably got returned, fixed and now deemed refurbished.
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I dunno, but it took forever for the mk2 to appear..
And they lowered the discount!
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HA HA RIGHT?! It's absurd to have to buy 3 copies of a lens at a time in order to get one that performs well.
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really? i guess this is a new problem, that nobody knows about yet.
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Maybe in another year. The 5dII wasn't part of the loyalty program for quite some time, and they would pull it whenever stock was moving too quickly. Seeing as the 5dIII is still a sought after...
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Not surprising since Nikon just started selling Refurb's of the D800. And that Canon continues to keep a price premium here to Nikon, $2799 vs $2499 on the refurbished models.
Though I do like...
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Nice....
Although it is weird that they already have refurbished bodies for sale so soon :P
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Oh yea I forgot about the lowered discount.
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If anything, refurbished will be more reliable, it's gone through quality control twice! ;)
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Look ... they just dropped another penny ! WOW .. what a deal !!! LOL
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The one you linked is a different problem:
"In extremely dark environments, if the LCD panel illuminates, the displayed exposure value may change. However, based on the results of extensive testing...
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Somebody (at Canon at least) knows about it: http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer?pageKeyCode=prdAdvDetail&docId=0901e02480538fc7&WT.mc_id=C126149
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Sorry about the confusion. That is the product advisory related to the problem. Here's a source for the original claim (that canon was using tape to fix the problem, and that the problem exists),...
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Where's the beef?
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tax kills it
or you can always wait for deals like these...
https://slickdeals.net/permadeal/79302/ebay.com-canon-eos-5d-mark-iii-22.3-mp-full-frame-digital-slr-camera-body-only
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Any idea when this is going to be on the Loyalty Program?
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Where's the deal here....??
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Canon added refurbished 5D Mark IIIs to their web-store:
http://shop.usa.canon.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10051_10051_309850_-1
This is $200 cheaper than Amazon currently sells it...
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So best case scenario is 2800-20%+6% for tax which makes it 2374.40. I'm not so sure that I'm jumping up and down for it at that price. But it is good to know that it is now available... just for a...
