Canon to drop 40D from line up?
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Is this true, I have just been into the local Jacobs as they have a very good deal on the 40D Body £505 including cash back.
asked when it might be that they are getting more stock at that price the answer from the store manager was they arent getting anymore stock for the foreseeable future as canon are discontinuing the range?????????????
I understood that the 40D would be running along side the 50D and not being dropped ARGH!
Answers on a postcard please?
Pixel-Snapper said:
Is this true, I have just been into the local Jacobs as they have a very good deal on the 40D Body £505 including cash back.
asked when it might be that they are getting more stock at that price the answer from the store manager was they arent getting anymore stock for the foreseeable future as canon are discontinuing the range?????????????
I understood that the 40D would be running along side the 50D and not being dropped ARGH!
Answers on a postcard please?
Just an overlap period whilst existing stock is reduced. Don't want to stop sales moinths in avance of the ready supply of a new body.asked when it might be that they are getting more stock at that price the answer from the store manager was they arent getting anymore stock for the foreseeable future as canon are discontinuing the range?????????????
I understood that the 40D would be running along side the 50D and not being dropped ARGH!
Answers on a postcard please?
It was the same for the 400D.
Did you really expect anything different?
Warehouse Express are advertising 40D's at £558 (and then £60 cashback from Canon), but the website is listing no stock. It will allow you to place one on back order though, so is probably worth giving them a phone call and see if they have a different story.
Maybe Canon are now ramping down the 40D production level as they ramp up other newer models. Keeping the 40D in production does help hold up the price of the 50D, but it can't have too much lifespan left now.
Maybe Canon are now ramping down the 40D production level as they ramp up other newer models. Keeping the 40D in production does help hold up the price of the 50D, but it can't have too much lifespan left now.
[quote=RobDickinson]Typicaly the xxD line is refreshed every 18months , though it could just be a small refresh. So this should be soon, Probably anounced end of Feb?
The 50D wont replace it theres still way to big a price gap to the 40D I think.[/quote
Er, how is that then?
The 50D is in effect the family replacement for the 40D
The 450D may well be ready for replacement by, say, a 500D which might be announced in February or thereabouts for spring/summer availability.
Or there may be other permutations in the offing. Who knows, except Canon?
The 50D wont replace it theres still way to big a price gap to the 40D I think.[/quote
Er, how is that then?
The 50D is in effect the family replacement for the 40D
The 450D may well be ready for replacement by, say, a 500D which might be announced in February or thereabouts for spring/summer availability.
Or there may be other permutations in the offing. Who knows, except Canon?
RobDickinson said:
Typicaly the xxD line is refreshed every 18months , though it could just be a small refresh. So this should be soon, Probably anounced end of Feb?
The 50D wont replace it theres still way to big a price gap to the 40D I think.
The price gap is only there because they have been reducing the 40D to shift them. The 50D is roughly the price the 40D was when it was launched a few years ago.The 50D wont replace it theres still way to big a price gap to the 40D I think.
LongQ said:
The 50D is in effect the family replacement for the 40D
No it wasnt, canon stated it would be amodel above the 40D and run concurrently.Yes this could change, and I assume canon have the ability to reduce the price of the 50D somewhat & the 40D is realy due for a refresh (something new or the 50D?).
The 40D was(with cashback) down to £500 or so 6 months ago too.
I think it'd be a mistake to remove it and just leave the 50d in there, its in some was an inferior camera.
Simpo Two said:
It seems logical - Nikon dropped the D200 a while after the D300 came out.
Gotta have new products every year you see, keeps the market happy, and keeps people upgrading form their now-obsolete almost-a-year-old junk
the D300 was the replacement for the D200 which is why the D200 was dropped , i dont consider the 50D as the replacement for the 40D , and i have not heard anything about the 40 being discontinued Gotta have new products every year you see, keeps the market happy, and keeps people upgrading form their now-obsolete almost-a-year-old junk
Bigdrift said:
Simpo Two said:
It seems logical - Nikon dropped the D200 a while after the D300 came out.
Gotta have new products every year you see, keeps the market happy, and keeps people upgrading form their now-obsolete almost-a-year-old junk
the D300 was the replacement for the D200 which is why the D200 was dropped , i dont consider the 50D as the replacement for the 40D , and i have not heard anything about the 40 being discontinued Gotta have new products every year you see, keeps the market happy, and keeps people upgrading form their now-obsolete almost-a-year-old junk
Edited by Simpo Two on Monday 5th January 20:20
RobDickinson said:
LongQ said:
The 50D is in effect the family replacement for the 40D
No it wasnt, canon stated it would be amodel above the 40D and run concurrently.4 current levels in the Canon line
xxxxD at the bottom then xxxD, xxD and then you hit the Pro targeted bodies - xD's of one number or another.
Overlaps and replacement cycles are almost certainly temporary. The market will dictate, whatever its influences.
LongQ said:
As has already been observed they sadi the same thing about the 400D when the 450D was announced.
I dont remember them saying that at all.50D press release :
"Canon has built upon the success of the popular EOS 40D model - which will remain in Canon's line - with the EOS 50D Digital SLR camera"
http://www.usa.canon.com/templatedata/pressrelease...
450D press release:
http://www.usa.canon.com/templatedata/pressrelease...
Doesnt mention keeping the 400D at all.
Edited by RobDickinson on Monday 5th January 20:40
Simpo Two said:
Bigdrift said:
Simpo Two said:
It seems logical - Nikon dropped the D200 a while after the D300 came out.
Gotta have new products every year you see, keeps the market happy, and keeps people upgrading form their now-obsolete almost-a-year-old junk
the D300 was the replacement for the D200 which is why the D200 was dropped , i dont consider the 50D as the replacement for the 40D , and i have not heard anything about the 40 being discontinued Gotta have new products every year you see, keeps the market happy, and keeps people upgrading form their now-obsolete almost-a-year-old junk
Edited by Simpo Two on Monday 5th January 20:20
i should have added that i work in the trade, my apologies for not realizing you are not a mind reader 
RobDickinson said:
LongQ said:
As has already been observed they sadi the same thing about the 400D when the 450D was announced.
I dont remember them saying that at all.50D press release :
"Canon has built upon the success of the popular EOS 40D model - which will remain in Canon's line - with the EOS 50D Digital SLR camera"
http://www.usa.canon.com/templatedata/pressrelease...
450D press release:
http://www.usa.canon.com/templatedata/pressrelease...
Doesnt mention keeping the 400D at all.
Edited by RobDickinson on Monday 5th January 20:40
I certainly read or heard of the policy somewhere, though finding the reference might take more time than it is worth to do so. I'll post if I stumble across it in the next few days. Not that any such statement ever means much of course ...
Pixel-Snapper said:
So then with the points mentioned would it be worth while holding out to see if they restock a body only option before rushing out to buy the remaining 17-85 kit bundles they have left just to get the body?
IMO the 17-85 is, whilst not a poor lens, overpriced for its mediocraty, the nwe IS kit lens is in every way as good and cheaper.Gassing Station | Photography & Video | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff