Just wonddered if any one had any experience with buying from e-bay direct from HongKong?

Thinking of sellers like this.
5D MkIII body for a little over £2000.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Canon-EOS-5D-Mark-III-Mark-3-DSLR-Body-gifts-IN-STOCK-WUT6-/261032047406?pt=UK_CamerasPhoto_DigitalCameras_DigitalCameras_JN&hash=item3cc6b8f32e#ht_4179wt_1388.

OK no need to mention the lack of warranty etc, i understand all of that, I was just wondered if anyone had trid one of these sellers. Real Canon or knock off's?

;-)
You obviously have not met me then..but thanks ;-)




This is a temporary measure..but for now, want to get a lesser lens to afford the body. But still at $1300 US Dollar, it is an old lens..not necessarily that cheap ;-)

Regarding IS..I know what you mean, I have had some great shots with my F1n and a 400mm..hand held with the strap braced around my neck and with a turn or so around my hand, locig the camera in., So I am sure I can easily live without it..but with makes life so much easier.

Think I will get that 35-350...and re sale value be damned, I'll probably keep it anyway. :)

think you did the conversion the wrong way around..it would be about £1660 pounds..so less than the body..but still a bit much this year.
The plan is to get the body..plus a reasonable or even cheapo lens to 'learn' the camera..that will give me time to save for a god lens

But even a cheap Canon lens, is still going to be a step up from what I currently have..so still a winner, if somewhat mismatched to start with

Already got myself a nice big hefty Benbo "all terrain" tripod, plus its little brother..plus a selection of Velbon, 'standard' style tripods..so that is a saving already...
:)

that 28 -300 sounds great.shame about the price

Ah. yes..I see have re read that post. that is OK..I can handle 0.63 !!

I was just off out to do a quick family portrait while all the clan were together. so read too quickly

I understand what you are saying, but in my Introduce your self post I waffled on and basically I do not want to go crop sensor, personal reasons as much as anything.


I would get a body that I want to start with, OK have to compromise on the lens at first,
But had not realised the minimum focus distance was 6.3 m..that is out then

I have been thinking about a DSLR for a while..2 years..and was about to buy a MkII, till i started comparing other makes D700 etc, .then i could not bring myself to part with money for a MkII..despite the fact it would have done me and would have been a major upgrade to my current camera. So have been waiting a long time for the MkIII

thanks for pointing that out to me

I have seen a 35-350 L series canon USM lens for sale for around £800.

Now, I am trying to save costs to pay for an EOS 5D MkIII, and this lens is exactly the range in a zoom that I am looking for, for a lot less than buying a new modern Image stabilisation lens.
But what do you all think? thoughts welcome

Neil

Thanks for the welcomes every one.

To not sure when I will get my MkIII yet..probably months to wait .always the same with new releases.

Well my girlfriend has just had her yearly works bonus, and I have been saving up some cash..Looks like we maybe able to get an instant 12% discount from her work too,
Am planning on a holiday later this year, may choose destination on where is good for cheap duty free..any suggestions?

Edit..sorry for getting carried away on my first post. Name is Neil, aged 43, ex farmer, now flying for living, live in Jersey, Channel Islands, UK

Hi All

Just found the forum while browsing the web for info on understanding histograms...and Oh God do i wish I had not started. Looks like lots more reading to get my head around.

A few basics.
My first camera at age 13 was a Fujica ST605n
Had the use of two school darkrooms and eventually mine own at home
Moved on to a Canon F1n in 1992, and repacked the NiCad pack about two years ago, although it does not get used now.

Gave up on SLR's .too big too much to carry etc, so about 5 years ago after a succession of pocket point and click digitals, went to a Panasonic DMC FZ50

Great camera, but soon started to show its limitation in various ways. Lots of missed or poorly focused shots in Oman and Africa, due to auto focus speed and FPS rate etc.

So the search began..what to get..Well for no better reason than the fact that I know roughlty what to expect from a 55mm lens..a 200, a 600 etc etc..I had to go Full frame. To stop getting to bogged down in comparing specs, I limited myself to Canon..because I already had one. Ok so lenses were different, but the less choice I had the better.

Always said i would only go DLSR when I could get the digital equivalent of the F1-n.so to me that was the EOS 1D..but seriously out of my price range.. So the 5D it was...but wait said my well meaning friend ..have you looked at Nikon he said..."No" I said because I did not want to start comparing specs.

But yes I did start comparing..and compared the 5D MkII to the D700...ah well could not go for the 5D Mk II now, especially seeing how "poor" ;) it was in the focusing and FPS rate department...as if I really would have noticed the difference. It really would have done me perfectly..but now I had it in my mind it was inferior, I could not buy it.
So here I am 2 years down the line, and the wait for the Canon 5D MkIII is finally over...but the price hike :-(
so please, no one tell me to compare it to the Nikon D800..I don't want to look ;-)

Now just have to figure out how to pay for it.

Neil