Used 30D - prices and packages??

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

09/28/2006 04:12:10 PM · #1

I am holding in my hot little hands a gently used Canon EOS 30D, six months old. Its owner is a guy I know fairly well, and I have very good confidence that he take excellent care of his gear. He's selling the 30D to finance his 5D (sound familiar?). He is offering me the body, battery grip, two batteries, and a 2 gig card for $1250. He also has a 50mm 1.8 that he's willing to toss in for a little more coin.

B&H is currently listing $1190 for the price, body only, new. I know I'll need to talk him down a little or else I'd just buy it new. I'm confident in the condition of the body and he's letting me borrow it until Monday so I can shoot with it over the weekend.

Opinions? Fair price for the body/grip/2g card package?? Toss in the 50 1.8?? All feedback welcomed.

Elvis_L

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

09/28/2006 04:14:33 PM · #2

seems fair to me. I wnet from the 10d to the 30d as well and it is a very nice jump. If you know it is in good condition and doesn't have a crazy number of clicks on it then I say go for it.

violinist123

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

09/28/2006 04:20:20 PM · #3

He's asking 150 less than I paid at Wolf for body+1 extra battery. You get grip and card also. Not too shabby.

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

09/28/2006 05:29:51 PM · #4

Thanks guys, good feedback. I'm always happy to pay a slightly higher price to a trusted friend who I know has taken good care of the equip.

BTW, I've always wondered, how can you find the number of shutter clicks??

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

09/28/2006 05:33:25 PM · #5

Sounds like a very fair deal John! I don't know whether youcan get at the number of actuations on the 30D. I know that someone wrote a program to do so on some older Canon 1-series cams, but I don't believe it works on newer cams or non-1-series.

darnok

Nikon D850

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 16-35 f/4 ED VR

09/28/2006 05:40:55 PM · #6

Originally posted by strangeghost:

If he has never reset the numbering, the file name of the newest shot should tell you.

MattO

Nikon D4

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

09/28/2006 05:58:37 PM · #7

Originally posted by Raziel:

Originally posted by strangeghost:
Thanks guys, good feedback. I'm always happy to pay a slightly higher price to a trusted friend who I know has taken good care of the equip.

BTW, I've always wondered, how can you find the number of shutter clicks??

If he has never reset the numbering, the file name of the newest shot should tell you.

This is correct, I have never done a reset on mine since I got it in April, and I'm close to 5k clicks now. I like the fact that it keeps counting for me, I dont have to worry about conflicting file numbering since I dont rename. And as far as the price it seems fair considering you get the grip batteries and CF cards.

MattO

Tamron 70-180mm F/2.8 Di III VXD

09/28/2006 06:29:47 PM · #8

Originally posted by MattO:

The pic I just shot is IMG_1025.JPG, and in camera it shows 100-1025. Would the "100" change to 101 if he had reset the numbering??

MadMan2k

Sony Alpha a6400

09/28/2006 06:54:22 PM · #9

It might change to 201 - mine is on 12k and says 225.

ragamuffingirl

Sony Alpha NEX-5N

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

09/28/2006 06:55:33 PM · #10

$1100 for the body new? Why's the price comeing down so fast?

09/28/2006 07:30:32 PM · #11

Originally posted by ragamuffingirl:

$1100 for the body new? Why's the price comeing down so fast?

1. Competition with the XTi, which has many superior functions, though a plastic body.
2. Dumping stock in anticipation of the next bump in the line (40D?).

Leica 35mm f/1.4 Summilux M Aspherical MF - Black

09/29/2006 12:50:51 PM · #12

Sold!

Closed the deal this AM. Got him to toss in the 50mm 1.8 to make the package very sweet for $1,250. Woo-hoo!

scarbrd

Leica M10

09/29/2006 01:05:01 PM · #13

Originally posted by strangeghost:

Sold!

Closed the deal this AM. Got him to toss in the 50mm 1.8 to make the package very sweet for $1,250. Woo-hoo!

Welcome to 8MP! You can change your default camera now!

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

09/29/2006 02:22:33 PM · #14

WTG John! :-)

The difference in responsiveness is gonna blow you away... you've alread played with it so you know it responds a lot faster, but wait until you really shoot with it for a while, and then try shooting with the 10D again.