Canon EF 70-300mm f4.5-5.6 DO IS USM where?

[fox1]

Anyone seen this new Canon Lense on sale yet.? :?:

[Belmondo]

It's probably a little too soon to see it on the street yet. It usually takes a month or two to get them into stores once they're announced, and we just heard about this within the last week or two.

[evilenglishman]

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[Jesper]

It's not yet available, I've read that it will be available in April. The price is supposed to be $ 1,299 / € 1,299 but the street price will probably be lower.

Info from Canon (http://www.cps.canon-europe.com/news/view.jsp?newsId=80023) about the lens and dpreview's news page (http://www.dpreview.com/news/0401/04012902canon70300do.asp) about it.

I'm waiting for it too.... :roll:

[fox1]

Thanks all for the feedback..looks like the price in the USA will be
around $1000? or with the favourable exchange rate, £550?

Almost double what we can expect to pay in the UK... :(

[samdring]

Thanks all for the feedback..looks like the price in the USA will be
around $1000? or with the favourable exchange rate, £550?

Almost double what we can expect to pay in the UK... :(

Dost thou mean almost half?

[CyberDyneSystems]

I can't beleive the prices attached to these nw lenses :(

[Canuck]

Thanks all for the feedback..looks like the price in the USA will be
around $1000? or with the favourable exchange rate, £550?

Almost double what we can expect to pay in the UK... :(

Dost thou mean almost half?

Ok, check out www.xe.com as it is an int'l rate currence converter. This is straight off that site:

Live mid-market rates as of 2004.02.06 21:36:13 GMT.

US Dollars to Pounds
1.00 USD United States Dollars = 0.541220 GBP or 51.41220 pence if you will.

or the opposite way, pounds to dollars,
United Kingdom Pounds
1 GBP = 1.84768 USD

This is good for British, but not so good for us Americans.
That said, you will get about $1.79 to £1 because the banks have to make their cut and I end up paying $1.90 for £1, as the banks have to make something too. I play the $/£ game all the time.

That said:
1,000.00 USD United States Dollars = 541.063 GBP United Kingdom Pounds

1,500.00 USD United States Dollars = 811.543 GBP United Kingdom Pounds.

Understand??? If not I'd be happy to explain further.

Cheers from England,
Canuck

[Conor]

Thats alot of Coin for such a slow lens :shock:

[evilenglishman]

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[AJSJones]

1,000.00 USD United States Dollars = 541.063 GBP United Kingdom Pounds

1,500.00 USD United States Dollars = 811.543 GBP United Kingdom Pounds.

Understand??? If not I'd be happy to explain further.

Cheers from England,
Canuck

Are you living in GB or UK?
:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Tom W]

I realize that the exchange rate should dictate relative prices, but what happens when you compare the actual street cost of present lenses? They don't necessarily reflect the exchange rate.

[Jesper]

or you could just use yahoo's converter:

http://finance.yahoo.com/m3?a=999&s=GBP&t=USD

£999 = $1,845 We pay $500 more for the same product :roll:
Buy it at B&H (http://www.bhphoto.com) in the USA when it's available, even with shipping costs and UK VAT it will be a lot cheaper than $1,845. :)