BH Photo - Summer Catalog 2008

[PhotoJourno]

Look for page 173 I think.

On the top of the page it shows its 1Ds3, 1D3, and the Elan lineup.
Read the description, do you notice something amiss?...
Perhaps the graphic designers should spend some camera time, or maybe I should call BH and claim my 1D Mark III 21 mpixel version.

(This only makes sense if you just got a copy of the 2008 summer Pro Catalog). I shall scan it later and post it for those who have not seen it. :)

[VDMTom]

How do you get one!

[Grentz]

OOO, hopefully my catelog of desire will be here soon!

I usually get one in the mail just automatically ever since ordering with them, but you can order them here:
https://secure.bhphotovideo.com/find/FreeCatalog.jsp

Its baaaad though as my wallet starts to get excited and the UPS man starts coming daily! :p

[Grentz]

UPDATE: Must be different than the online PDF version right now, cause it is correct in the online version (1D MkIII = 10.1mp, 1Ds MkIII = 21.1mp)

[glowie]

The catalogue has the 5D MKII.

I keeeeeeed! I don't like looking at mine coz i'll just end up with an empty wallet.

[05Xrunner]

yea i noticed the got the 1d3 and 1ds3 description backwards in my catalog to..

[PhotoJourno]

The catalogue has the 5D MKII.

I keeeeeeed! I don't like looking at mine coz i'll just end up with an empty wallet.

I know how you feel. I got stuck browsing to the underwater casings, and they're worth a brand new camera. For that much money I might make my own enclosure, and keep that money in the bank. Then if my invention does not work, I just buy a new unit !!

[blonde]

i hate B&H. it's hard enough to fight temptation when they send me that catalog but now they went ahead and sent me 3!!! (for me, my wife and my sister). now i have to walk around the house and try my best to avoid seeing that darned book!!!!

[PhotoJourno]

yea i noticed the got the 1d3 and 1ds3 description backwards in my catalog to..

I was looking, and the two things that surprised me:

- 30D still shows, along with 40D and 5D (No Mark II, I am sure there will be hordes of people stumbling on this thread because of that one comment - Hey BH PHoto, remember who increased demand for your catalogs !! ).

- That little mix up as explained by Xrunner. It is somewhat funny, the blurb with specs for the 1DS3, was placed on the 1D3, and the 1D3 specs show under the very expensive 1DS3.

Anyhow, I just hoped someone else would get a kick out of that.

[yankees3791]

yea also if you look at it, the xsi is shown with the same back as the xt (the two screens)..

[PhotoJourno]

yea also if you look at it, the xsi is shown with the same back as the xt (the two screens)..

Ooopsie-daisy... :rolleyes:

[Tsmith]

I have found numerous description misprints in the past B&H catalogs so its indeed nothing new.

[VDMTom]

Hahah, i just requested one!

[gjl711]

I sort of wish the B&H would forgo the catalogs and lower the prices. They are fun to peruse but they use to be amongst the lowest priced vendors around with great service but others have beating them consistently.

[alt4852]

The catalogue has the 5D MKII.

after taking a moment to come to my senses about the truth of the matter, i died a little inside. thanks a lot. :lol:

[shanni]

yea also if you look at it, the xsi is shown with the same back as the xt (the two screens)..

I noticed that too...oops!

[ps249]

How do you get one!
I had to spend over $1,000 a year to get one...

[SolidxSnake]

I had to spend over $1,000 a year to get one...


I hardly spent $100 from them once and got one :D

[DVS_WiNdz]

I had to spend over $1,000 a year to get one...

Buy anything from them and you'll get one.. you'll be on their mailing list.

[Boucher]

Are these said catalogs only sent to USA customers?

I have easily spent well over 2 thousand dollars there..

(ok not much but I'm 16 ok...)

and I haven't recieved one yet..

boucher.

[Shanna]

I threw mine out. I am broke and don't need to look at it. ;)

[Tim Sheridan]

i hate B&H. it's hard enough to fight temptation when they send me that catalog but now they went ahead and sent me 3!!! (for me, my wife and my sister). now i have to walk around the house and try my best to avoid seeing that darned book!!!!
I know what you mean, I got two. I told my wife I would circle all the things I want in her copy! :lol:

[mrs_heathen]

I know what you mean, I got two. I told my wife I would circle all the things I want in her copy! :lol:

I would do that too for my husband, but I would run out of ink in my red sharpie marker reserved for that purpose! 8)

[Lani Kai]

Looks like they completely swapped everything from the second line of the description down on the 1D and 1Ds.
Apparently they knew about the Canon lens price increases far in advance because the prices in the catalog reflect the newer prices, and I'd imagine it was submitted for printing quite some time ago.

[henryp]

I sort of wish the B&H would forgo the catalogs and lower the prices. They are fun to peruse but they use to be amongst the lowest priced vendors around with great service but others have beating them consistently.

If we dropped the catalogues and sales fell off, we couldn't lower our prices. I too have seen lower prices online and I too know there's a difference between a real genuine "kosher" price and the too-good-to-be-true nonsense that tempts the unwary. Smart shoppers check Resellerratings.com (http://www.resellerratings.com/) before spending hard earned money.

[PhotoJourno]

If we dropped the catalogues and sales fell off, we couldn't lower our prices. I too have seen lower prices online and I too know there's a difference between a real genuine "kosher" price and the too-good-to-be-true nonsense that tempts the unwary. Smart shoppers check Resellerratings.com (http://www.resellerratings.com/) before spending hard earned money.

Posner, Tis true. A catalog that is going to roam around my desk for the next three to five months, is very likely to be used as almost certainty for prices. I'd rather go online and have a nice surprise during the shopping experience, rather than fall of my chair when my total price is higher than my mental calculations.

And I am making fun of the Catalog -well, pointing out typos and such- because is what we do in the newsroom with everything else, from competing publications, to the yellow pages. It kind of gets engrained in the psyche after a while.

But it works. Can't say how many times I have spent thousands of dollars from the Bathroom back to my desk. :Shame!:

[PhotoJourno]

(PS: I liked the Lens for a Compliment BH Program, the 50mm 1.4 is working great thanks, and shipping was quite fast. Can't wait to kiss up some more!...) :lol:

[Quad]

Are these said catalogs only sent to USA customers?

I have easily spent well over 2 thousand dollars there..

(ok not much but I'm 16 ok...)

and I haven't recieved one yet..

boucher.

I get them in Canada.

[PhotoJourno]

PM henryP your address, he'll hook you up.
(not only will you get the catalog, you'll also discover the curse of having one).

If Hamlet was alive today, and he was a remotely decent photographer, he'd probably be saying "To read the Catalog, or to Save?.."

JK Rowlings was going to write a book entitled "Harry Potter and the Market globalization after BH Photo has sent Catalogs to Hogwarts Staff Members", but she never finished said piece, rumour has it that she has purchased a camera, and has been devoted to photography ever since.

True stuff.

[henryp]

PM henryP your address, he'll hook you up.


I'm happy to help, but it's a LOT wiser to e-mail me than to PM me within the forum.

[YosemiteJunkie]

Hahah, i just requested one!
Be careful. My nightly go to bed and read ritual has changed reading material lately. Now I spend two hours going thru the B&H Catalog, hoping the catalog fairies have changed the prices since last night. :confused:

[TJH132]

I threw mine out. I am broke and don't need to look at it. ;)


You mean recycled? It's as big as phone book!

TJH