Canon EOS-1D C sees $4000 price drop in North America

I am completely ignorant about this camera. For those who have it, I assume they had good use of this tool and the investment was well worth it. For those who complain the initial price was too high, I assume you did not have the need for the unique features of this camera. Perhaps you do wish you have this camera but have to settle for what you can afford. If the later is the case, rejoice and take advantage of the price drop, same goes for the collectors. For the investors, what can I say. There will be those who will likely anticipate a newer and better upgrade replacement from Canon.

For me, I am highly satisfied with my Nikon D800 and collection of Nikkors.

It's not just Canon, all these manufacturer's are milking the customers with exuberant prices because they can and that's the trend!

Redefining 4K video: $4K price drop? Canon being ironic maybe?

So, when you stand in line to be an early adopter for your next digital camera, bear in mind that in addition to the possibility of undiscovered issues you're also making a great investment, getting one before the price drops.

Rankles a little bit to know Canon was $4000 too high to start with on the EoS 1D-C, implying they probably inflate everything else they sell as well. Good argument for waiting two revisions, or buying second-hand. Too many revisions with too little substance for too much money?

I'd buy one, but the lens is not quite large enough. Can they make it twice as large (and heavy) as the body? I'll pay extra.

People on this site get so crazy about one spec that they ignore the others and set their benchmarks too low. Who cares if it's better or worse than a GH4 or an A7.
The real question is how does the video look after grading? Does it output 4:4:4? Or raw video. Does it fall apart in cold weather?
How close can it come to the various Arri Alexas, Reds, and the other digital cinema cameras. How does the video look when projected on a 200 foot screen? How does it look when compressed to death by YouTube and watched on an iPhone? That's what's important, not some silly comparison to other prosumer cameras.

Doesn't the Sony A7s walk over this, and for much lower price?

With the tech this camera has - 3 years old, it's pretty antiquated. Sure it has can do modern things, but the price should be more in line with $4000 compared to competing Nikon and Sony offerings.

And people called GH4 "too large"...

http://camerasize.com/compact/#316,525,ha,f

Sony FS7 ... 7.990
Canon 1DC ... 7.990

Hard to decide lol ... Crap Canon.

Makes one think that Canon has been substantially overpricing this camera and gouging the consumer since its introduction.

No surprise after the Samsung NX1 firmware update:

http://www.eoshd.com/2015/01/enormous-samsung-nx1-firmware-update-including-log-gamma/

http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2015/01/07/samsung-answers-photographers-requests-preps-major-firmware-update-for-sams

...that makes the 4k capabilities even more attractive for video enthusiasts and pros...

...even GH4 guys seem to jump ship, to get a NX1...

...interestingly the guy who wrote the news on dpreview, didn't mention the NX1...

...for whatever reason.

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Canon probably took a look at EOSHD:

http://www.eoshd.com/2014/11/samsung-nx1-review-glory-technology/

http://www.eoshd.com/2014/11/samsung-nx1-sigma-35mm-f1-4/

http://www.eoshd.com/2014/12/lets-see-samsung-nx1-really-capable-shooting-4k-sunny-lisbon/

http://www.eoshd.com/2015/01/enormous-samsung-nx1-firmware-update-including-log-gamma/

...and felt, that it is about time to act.

Even with ANOTHER 4K price drop, I still would NOT bite.
The mirror just has to go.

Not selling well at it's current price.

Its price drops like these that put me off investing in any expensive camera. I know of no other manufacturing business where prices drop continuously after a product is launched. Even software companies like Adobe (where development cost is high but the production cost is zero) don’t drop their prices like this.

We got to move these refrigerators…We got to move these color tv's

Money for nothing.

I guess I don't get it. If video is so important to some individuals why not buy a dedicated high end video camera instead of a stills camera that a manufacturer has slapped video capabilities into. If it looks like a dslr it's a dslr.

Could this be because nobody was actually buying it?

Oh wait. Rebrand it "Hasselblad" and the fools will flock to part with their money.

So what?

Meanwhile in Australia no doubt we'll see a price rise of $4000.

How many of the posters here have ever touched this camera? Let me start with myself - never...

The people who gripe about "exploitation" and "greed" and price gouging need to take a few economics courses. Profit is what keeps a company in business. If you don't think it's worth the money, don't buy it. If the market thinks something is overpriced then it won't sell. If new technology comes along and does something cheaper, better, faster then it will rise to the top. Canon obviously sold some at $12000. And they sold some more at $10,000. Now they'll sell more at $8000. At that price I'm considering another Canon 1D after switching to Sony a7's . I'll keep my Sony's, because each camera has it's own niche. I've owned several 1D versions and 5D versions and their IS a difference in performance, durability, reliability even between those two. Those qualities are worth a price. Three years ago to have a 4K camera with a small form factor was cutting edge and "worth" it to some pros. And now it's "worth" $8000 to some people. No one will be FORCED to buy it.

500$ by Xmas 2018, that's in 2018 highly devalued dollars of course

Word was sales were very poor. A strange beast the 1Dc, never quite figured it out as a DSLR or a footage camera at that price

If the GH4 also gets a $4000 price drop I'm getting it first thing in the morning.

The Camera Store TV like Sony FS7 better. Same price at $8000.

Maybe it has something to do with the two ff 50.6mp dslrs Canon will be announcing late next week. This information has been available at canonrumors for a couple of days by now (with cr3 rating), but dpreview is known for being among the last to publish for whatever reason.

As we've seen recently with Apple phones (that cost just a few dollars to make), goods are simply priced at what the manufacturer can get away, not what they are actually worth. All present day companies are driven by an unending quest to maximize profits.

Now it's only twice as expensive as it should be.

Watch they fly off of the shelf at that price.

Still a bad sign, since that is a big premium on a body maybe the most ideal for 4k and implies the next set of new Canon DSLR won't do 4k quite just yet.

It's still way more than A7S+Shogun too.

It probably cost Canon $1k to make, so they have lots of room to deflate the price. Personally, I wouldn't buy it if they sold it for $2k. And it's not because I'm a Nikon shooter, but because the Samsung NX1 is so much better at 4k filming.