I am interested in getting a Canon 40d and have been price shopping on the internet and have a question regarding the large difference in price on the camera from site to site.
The Canon home page and E-bay list a new Canon 40d (body only) at around 1,000.00 dollars. Various site sites such as Sky Point Digital list the same new body at around 350.00.
My question is this. Is there something I am missing about the two offers that would justify such a large difference in price? Also would you recommend using the 40d or a different camera?
A Google search on Sky Point Digital will make it clear that it isn't part of the variation in price among vendors that actually deliver the stated product.
Sky Point Digital seems to be a scam, but what about some of the weird pricing by respectable vendors? Amazon is currently offering it through a third party new for $1,399.99. That kind of thing happens when a model is discontinued. There are often big markups on new-in-box samples as they become scarce, although there may still be decent prices on used or refurbished samples. The Canon 40D, with its 10 MP CMOS sensor may still be appealing for its low noise levels.
Do some serious research here - an excellent source. But, since the 40D is discontinued I don't guarantee the results here.
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The market and people's interpretations of it.
I noticed some site say "Canon, 21mp, Nikon, 18mp camera." That tells you nothing about it. But it tells suckers which one will fit what we have told them will make them good people. So The store with a few laying around might do their calculations and sell it for $1000, the other store might have more volume sales and they can do $750. And still someone might get rid it like cancer on ebay for $100 because noone will buy anything short of 24mp. Every day that sits on shelf it costs the store $3, might as well dump it off and cut the losses.
If you can find it cheap, go for it. I remember when X-box was going for $1500, now it's in the corner for $80. It is mathematically impossible to sell the same item for the same price through time. The graphs are funny, they go up and up and up... then just curve down to 0 like a wet noodle.
The true price of Canon 40D is around $1000 but now it is an old model and to be discontinued. If you can afford I would recommend Canon 50D, newer model.
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or another good one for same class as 50d that I would recommend is Nikon D90
- Great sensor, amazing colors out of the camera
- Fast - focus, frames per second, and card access
- Auto D-lighting to restore shadowed regions
- Feels great in hand, very comfortable to hold... lighter than a Canon 40d/50d.
- The optical viewfinder is bright and big, with great coverage
- AF tracking points are easy to spot and switch to
- Great 320K dots LCD
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Canon EOS 40D 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera
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you can consider even this one
Nikon D90 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera with 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED AF-S VR DX Nikkor Zoom Lens
3.0-inch 920,000 pixel (VGA x 3 colors) TFT-LCD (same as D3 and D300)
Live View with contrast-detect AF, face detection
Image sensor cleaning (sensor shake)
Illuminated focus points
Movie capture at up to 1280 x 720 (720p) 24 fps with mono sound
IS0 200-3200 range (100-6400 expanded)
4.5 frames per second continuous shooting (buffer: 7 RAW, 25 JPEG fine, 100 JPEG Normal)
Expeed image processing engine
3D tracking AF (11 point)
Short startup time, viewfinder blackout and shutter lag
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Canon EOS 50D 15.1MP Digital SLR Camera
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