Canon 80D refurb on sale now

Tonkotsu Ramen wrote:

Stan in NH wrote:

Rocket13 wrote:

Ugh! Thanks Stan, I had decided to wait until November to see what kind of Christmas savings there would be on the T7i or 77D before upgrading but now this deal pops up! Hard to pass up at that price.

Now to get past spending that kind of money on myself and not the family. Well I guess I could take the entire family on a getaway weekend and try out my new 80d.

Seriously though thanks for the heads up.

Buy it, then take some pictures of the family, Chris. It's a super deal, and the 80D is still a fantastic camera body. I was going to wait for the next upgrade, when it will likely get the Digic 7 upgrade and Bluetooth. Then, I realized, that's still at least 6 months to a year away and will probably cost well over $1,000 for the body alone. Refurbs won't show up for another year or so .... so why not get this package for the price of a 77d body? I'll have mine Monday ... shipping just confirmed.

Not even that.. once it comes out, it'll take 1-2 years for prices to normalize and bundles/rebates/promotions to start.. you're talking about something 3+ years away

I looked at the time interval between each release, and found it's been increasing.  If I remembered  correctly, the previous 3 upgrades in the xxD series were announced approximately 36, 36 and 24 months apart.  In the "distant" past, upgrades were as frequent as every 12 or 18 months.

Given innovation has generally run dry for Canon DLSRs, I find it hard to believe they will release any upgrade in the next 6 months or a year.  It may make more sense to concentrate on release more cameras in the EF-M line.