• Members 39 posts
    May 28, 2023, 2:50 p.m.

    The M50ii kit at Canon refurb has just gone on sale, perhaps a Memorial Day sale. Some R refurb bodies and lenses are also on sale. Free shipping.

    If you've been waiting for a sale on the refurb M50ii to get a backup body with a 1-year refurb warranty, this might be a good time.

    With a refurb you can also play the kit lens lottery, if you don't get a sharp one you can send it back for a replacement as needed. A good test is to shoot a brick wall, or a wide subject or scene with a lot of detail from about 20-30 feet away.... shoot wide open at 15mm and 45mm, then take the same shots with the same framing holding the camera upside down. Then compare the images, inverting the second picture. If the lens isn't de-centered all parts of the frame should match up. Good copies of the kit lens have slightly softer corners than the center, but all the corners should be about the same sharpness.

    If you don't need the kit lens, eBay it for $80 - $100 for a great price on the body alone.

    www.usa.canon.com/shop/p/refurbished-eos-m50-mark-ii-ef-m-15-45mm-f-3-5-6-3-is-stm-lens-kit-black

  • May 29, 2023, 8:22 p.m.

    Shame they don't do this in the UK

  • Members 51 posts
    May 29, 2023, 11:38 p.m.

    Amazing deal…in Brazil this kit sells for 6,599 BRL (or 3X the local minimum wage), equivalent to 1,200 USD, mainly driven by high import taxes (no wonder the grey market is so popular).
    It’s more expensive than the SL3 kit, which sells for ~920 USD.

    Canon got a lot of heat from the enthusiasts in the forums over the ‘fixed, non-touch screen’ R100 release, but a ‘minor’ 100-200 USD price difference in the US (versus the R50 kit) becomes a huge price gap in BRICS and other developing countries. Maybe those are the markets Canon is going after with this type of product after all.

  • Members 360 posts
    May 31, 2023, 6:09 a.m.

    Usually no such deals in Europe. Only Canon cashback...