topic Re: Rebel T5i prices in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Rebel T5i prices

Summer16 — Tue, 24 May 2016 22:57:57 GMT

Will the T5i drop any lower in price by the end of June? On the Canon Online Referbished Store it is selling for $479, but that sale will be over this week.

Would it be wiser to buy during the savings sale or wait longer for the price to go down?

Re: Rebel T5i prices

Waddizzle — Tue, 24 May 2016 23:12:22 GMT

@Summer16 wrote:
Will the T5i drop any lower in price by the end of June? On the Canon Online Referbished Store it is selling for $479, but that sale will be over this week.

Would it be wiser to buy during the savings sale or wait longer for the price to go down?

The price is already on sale. I don't think it will go down any further, anytime soon. The T6i is discounted, too, for about $70 more than the T5i.

Re: Rebel T5i prices

ebiggs1 — Wed, 25 May 2016 14:05:45 GMT

Summer

One problem with the refurb store is availability. The inventory depends on whether any were returned, repairable or over-stock, etc. Availability changes sometimes daily. If they have what you want, you may just want to buy it now. When it is there as it may not be later. What I am saying once they are gone they could be gone but of course the newer the model, the more likely it will be available longer.

Sometimes it is best to strike while the iron is hot.

Re: Rebel T5i prices

Waddizzle — Thu, 26 May 2016 18:31:14 GMT

@ebiggs1 wrote:
Summer
One problem with the refurb store is availability. The inventory depends on whether any were returned, repairable or over-stock, etc. Availability changes sometimes daily. If they have what you want, you may just want to buy it now. When it is there as it may not be later. What I am saying once they are gone they could be gone but of course the newer the model, the more likely it will be available longer.

Sometimes it is best to strike while the iron is hot.

He's right, once again. Get 'em while they're hot. The Refurbished Store is having a Memorial Day blowout sale!

I'm looking at a T5i kit, and a T6i kit, both with the 18-55mm kit lens, which is not a good lens. But, they both look good enought to get you up and running. The Refurbished EF 50mm f/1.8 STM looks pretty good, too. The 50mm prime, when compared to the zoom, will teach you a lot.

Re: Rebel T5i prices

kvbarkley — Thu, 26 May 2016 18:44:36 GMT

@Waddizzle wrote:

. The 50mm prime, when compared to the zoom, will teach you a lot.

Yeah, it will teach you "How did people get by when that was the only focal length they had!"

But then Mike Johnston at TheOnlinePhotographer often mentions his OCOLOY exercise. Shoot a whole year with one camera and one focal length.

Re: Rebel T5i prices

Summer16 — Thu, 26 May 2016 20:32:28 GMT

Yes, I'm looking at the Memorial Day Sale!
I'm just worried I'll get a camera, then a few months later it will be way cheaper. Because that's the way most devices go, ha.

Re: Rebel T5i prices

kvbarkley — Thu, 26 May 2016 20:38:35 GMT

Then you should never buy anything. Just after I bought my T6S+18-135 STM they came out with the new 18-135 super-duper-USM. Oh, well.

Re: Rebel T5i prices

Summer16 — Thu, 26 May 2016 20:44:01 GMT

Ha. That sucks.
Well, I'll probably get one this weekend while there's sales going.

IDK if you guys have jobs, but I'm 16, and have a small job, so I don't have that much money. Anything I buy is a huge investment haha.

Re: Rebel T5i prices

kvbarkley — Thu, 26 May 2016 20:46:35 GMT

Don't take it to the beach.

http://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS-Rebel/Canon-T3-got-wet-won-t-turn-on/m-p/174294#U174294

Re: Rebel T5i prices

Summer16 — Thu, 26 May 2016 20:49:52 GMT

wow, well thas a shame. I'll remember that one.
I think my mom dropping my brand new camera on rocks while hiking beats that.

Re: Rebel T5i prices

ebiggs1 — Thu, 26 May 2016 21:52:03 GMT

Summer,

"I'll get a camera, then a few months later it will be way cheaper."

Look at all the fun and photo memories you could have made by not waiting. Isn't that worth something? Nothing in life is totally free.

"I don't have that much money."

Right, and you don't have a family to support! Go buy the camera and enjoy it now while you can. Then don't look back. Looking back is a bad habit.

We've all been there at one time, kido.

Re: Rebel T5i prices

Summer16 — Thu, 26 May 2016 21:08:04 GMT

That's true. I better get it!

Now I have to decided between the T5i or T6i, ha.

Re: Rebel T5i prices

RobertTheFat — Fri, 27 May 2016 01:23:21 GMT

@Summer16 wrote:
Ha. That sucks.
Well, I'll probably get one this weekend while there's sales going.

IDK if you guys have jobs, but I'm 16, and have a small job, so I don't have that much money. Anything I buy is a huge investment haha.

Ah, well, when I was your age, my camera was an Argus C-3 that my parents bought me for my 16th birthday. It was a bit primitive, even for its time (1953), but it was a great improvement over my Brownie Reflex, Synchro Model.

Re: Rebel T5i prices

Summer16 — Fri, 27 May 2016 01:50:47 GMT

That looks like a really good camera! I better get that one instead x) a little cheaper also.

But really, that does look like a pretty cool camera. My first camera was a pinhole camera I made from cardboard and duct tape lol my dad set up a darkroom with the chemicals, and yeah... Wernt very good photos...

Re: Rebel T5i prices

Waddizzle — Fri, 27 May 2016 11:35:16 GMT

@Summer16 wrote:
That's true. I better get it!

Now I have to decided between the T5i or T6i, ha.

The price for the refurbished T5i and T6i kits, with the 18-55mm lens, are so close that choosing the T6i is clearly the better deal....if you can afford it...and even if you can't.