EOS300D. Was the price alright?


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temasek88

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Newbie me went to Funan Centre to get a 300D over the weekend.

For $2050 I got:

EOS300D Kit w/18-55mm stock lens
The promotion zoom lense (yet to collect from Canon)
4X 3rd party 1400mah batteries (Brand Meca Power)
Camera Grip.
1 lense cleaning kit.
1 Konix filter. (never heard of it. Is a filter important?)

I'm wondering if the price is OK? I want to confirm before telling people to visit the shop since I thought the service is quite good.
 

temasek88 said:
Newbie me went to Funan Centre to get a 300D over the weekend.

For $2050 I got:

EOS300D Kit w/18-55mm stock lens
The promotion zoom lense (yet to collect from Canon)
4X 3rd party 1400mah batteries (Brand Meca Power)
Camera Grip.
1 lense cleaning kit.
1 Konix filter. (never heard of it. Is a filter important?)

I'm wondering if the price is OK? I want to confirm before telling people to visit the shop since I thought the service is quite good.

i think u meant "mega power" for the batts? thot it was rated at 1800mAmps? might be mistaken. but, mega power batts are quite good. i got 2 of them. of course, some Csers prefer east gear's. to each his/her own. ;)

the deal looks okie, especially since the shop is selling u the battery grip as part of the package. alone the grip would have set you back by $210-220, depending on who or where you asked. some places i know are selling the kit (body + kit lens) at ard $1750 (give or take a few hundred).

the konix filter is okie. not exactly high quality. but, if u are using it on your kit lens, dats fine. suggest you use a hoya for your zoom lens. or, if you decide to buy better lens, can try buying B+W filters... :devil:

since you're buying from funan, suggest you also cross over to peninsular to buy a decent bag for your new toy. better still, if the shop can throw in a bag at a good price, do buy one? you'll need it to carry your gear ard.

welcome to the DSLR club!
 

temasek88 said:
Newbie me went to Funan Centre to get a 300D over the weekend.

For $2050 I got:

EOS300D Kit w/18-55mm stock lens
The promotion zoom lense (yet to collect from Canon)
4X 3rd party 1400mah batteries (Brand Meca Power)
Camera Grip.
1 lense cleaning kit.
1 Konix filter. (never heard of it. Is a filter important?)

I'm wondering if the price is OK? I want to confirm before telling people to visit the shop since I thought the service is quite good.

Seems quite a good offer!!!
However.. felt that unless you really need some of the items listed in the package... it will be much better to purchase it separatly

For example (price recently obtained by my friends)
EOS300D w/ stock lens + promotional zoom lens: approx SGD1750
Camera Grip (BG-E1): approx SGD250

For the rest of the items (1400mah batteries, cleaning kit, koniz filter).. it goes down to "do you really want it??" You may prefer to use a B+W or Hoya filter instead of the Konix one...also.. for the batteries.. if you are using it for your flash, a better one may be those at the range of 2000+ mah (last longer)

But nevertheless.... welcome to the DSLR world!!!

my $0.02 (^_^)
 

icecold said:
Seems quite a good offer!!!
However.. felt that unless you really need some of the items listed in the package... it will be much better to purchase it separatly

For example (price recently obtained by my friends)
EOS300D w/ stock lens + promotional zoom lens: approx SGD1750
Camera Grip (BG-E1): approx SGD250

For the rest of the items (1400mah batteries, cleaning kit, koniz filter).. it goes down to "do you really want it??" You may prefer to use a B+W or Hoya filter instead of the Konix one...also.. for the batteries.. if you are using it for your flash, a better one may be those at the range of 2000+ mah (last longer)

But nevertheless.... welcome to the DSLR world!!!

my $0.02 (^_^)


i think he's referring to the Lith 3rd party battery? don't think the shop will sell AA batteries in the package since 300D uses Lith right hehe ;)
 

Yes... It's the Li-ion BP511 3rd party battery.

Went down to Canon @ Harbor Front today and they told me they're out of stock for the Zoom lens!!! This is so fustrating.

Imagine going all the way down and asked to wait for an indefinite period for your lens! So I went home empty handed. And I wasn't the only one. A tourist was arguing with the staff, saying that he's flying off in a few hours and that Why didn't Canon make sure they have enough stock before they asked their customers to go all the way down to their office, only to turn them away?

I'm so angry at canon right now. Wasted 1/2 day.
 

actionman said:
i think he's referring to the Lith 3rd party battery? don't think the shop will sell AA batteries in the package since 300D uses Lith right hehe ;)

Oops!!! My mistake... apologies!!!
 

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