Best Price - Please!

I'm upgrading cameras and I've decided upon the 30D and the EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS.

Where can I get a the best price? I've listed the best prices that I've found so far which is from Buydig.com.

EOS 30D Body and accessories
$1269
EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens
Eyecup Eb
Neck Strap EW-100 DGR
Video Cable VC-100
USB Interface Cable IFC-400PCU
Battery Pack BP-511A
Battery Charger CG-580
EOS Digital Solution Disk
Software Instruction Manual
USA Warranty

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
$1669 (no tax, includes shipping)

70-200 2.8L IS 1599.95

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …SA&addedTroughT​ype=search

pricegrabber.com

Highly reputable Beach Camera has the (body only) kit(which includes the normal accessories minus the kit lens) for $1,189.00.

http://www.pricegrabbe​r.com …12b79ad3991de26​8a1c5d4f8e

The kit lens is not worth that extra price. You are better off investing in a lens like Sigma's 17-70 or Tamron's 17-50.

Just FYI: I've gone through buydig for a lot of my stuff. They are often very competitive (if not the cheapest of the "known" companies) and I've never had a problem with them.

Beach Camera and Buydig are the same company. Yep agree their prices are very competitive.

grego wrote:
Highly reputable Beach Camera has the (body only) kit(which includes the normal accessories minus the kit lens) for $1,189.00.

http://www.pricegrabbe​r.com/rd.php/pg=p~~1/r​=25/m=17423818/q=n/mt=​2~38~1499.99~1176.65~1​282.64~0.92~1~/k=01630​fc12b79ad3991de268a1c5​d4f8e

The kit lens is not worth that extra price. You are better off investing in a lens like Sigma's 17-70 or Tamron's 17-50.

Well, I bit the bullet!

Here's what I purchased. Prices include shipping and everything.

Canon EOS 30D w/18-55 $1249 Beach Camera
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM $1615.40

I know that the consensus is that the EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens is not even a good paperweight, but....well...umm...I just wanted another lens.

I'm really excited about my new equipment! I'll more than likely be coming back to this forum for some advice and tips after I do a little practicing. Who knows, I may even post some of my creative work.

Thank you to everyone who pitched in to help me make this big purchase decision! And yes, I very likely will be getting an 85mm F/1.8 in the not too distant future.

This is one great forum! I'm happy to be a new Canon owner!!

Congratulations on your buy. Glad you got better prices and all.

It's not that the 18-55 is a paper weight, but to get the best out of it, you need to shoot at about f/8. Another low priced lens as an alternative would have been the 50 1.8 which runs for about 70-80 (new and shipped). Regardless, you did well.