If you're seeing this as a single package bundle (it is common to find these bundles on Amazon) then this is the sort of thing we usually tell people to avoid. They're charging about $100 more than the camera itself. It's typically all junk-grade extras.
The camera with an actually Canon lens is good. But often they'll bundle in extra "lenses" that are really just focal length multipliers or reduces that they screw onto the front of your existing lens. They're not actually Canon EOS EF or EF-S lenses. Those "lenses" are often more trouble than their worth and we've seen more than a few instances in which they were of such junk-grade quality that the threads jammed when attaching them to the real camera lens and the owner couldn't remove them. They'd have to send the lens in for service to have the thing removed without breaking the lens (and I think I recall a case where it jammed so hard that the owner ended damaging the lens trying to remove it.
Also the "filtters" they own aren't worth having. There are some quality filters that are worth owning... such as a good quality circular polarizer and as you get a bit more advanced you'll discover you can do some interesting things with a good quality neutral density filter. But good quality filters, while not crazy expensive, aren't cheap either (e.g. it could cost $100 or even as much as a $150 depending on the type of filter and it's size IF it's a high quality filter.)
They often include a tripod... again, it'll be a junk-grade tripod ... very fragile. I tell people that your tripod should not require handdling with white gloves. It should be able to take a bit of getting knocked around and not break. This is the gear that holds your gear. If it goes crashing over ... there goes your new $450 investment crashing to the ground.
Most of the gear these bundle deals include are gear that you probably would not select if you were purchasing it separately.
If you buy your T6 as a "kit" (meaning it will include the camera body as well as the EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens) then it will come with everything you need to start shooting except a memory card. So you will need to buy a memory card.
Also... it's very important to make sure you are not getting "gray market" gear. When you get your new camera, check the warranty card. It should have a watermarked label across the front that reads "USA & Canada Only". Canon will pre-stamp the serial number of the camera on that card (you wont have to fill that in). Make sure that serial number matches the serial number on your camera body. If it does, then you got a camera that was imported through authorized channels and authorized dealers. If you do not see the "USA" warranty card and only see an international warranty card, then you received a "gray market" camera. These are real Canon cameras, but they were intended for sale outside the US and they were not imported by authorized distribution channels. Canon will not only not honor the warranty on such a camera, they usually wont even agree to perform service on it outside warranty (even if you are willing to pay). In other words you own a non-warrantied and non-serviceable product... probably not a situation you want to be in if & when ever need service.
I would pay $550 for the bundle you describe. For example, looking online, I see that B&H Photo sells the T6 in a bundle that includes the camera+lens (what Canon would normally include) but also throws in a SanDisk brand 16GB memory card and a camera bag. Their bundle is $450 (the same as the camera alone). The extras are advertised as being worth about $40. Given that a memory card typically sells for a price somewhere around $1 per 1GB. the card itself is probably worth around $16 (give or take) and that means the bag is probably worth somewhere around $20-25. That's not going to be a fantastic bag, but it is going to offer you some decent basic protection. So there you go... you'd save $100 but would still get a card and a bag. With that $100, you could probably buy a substantially better tripod (although a $100 for a tripod is nothing... most decent tripods will run upwards of $200) and you'll avoid the "lenses" that you don't want to use and the filters that will end up at the bottom of your sock drawer.
Tim Campbell
5D III, 5D IV, 60Da
