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Any Deals for the Canon d5m2

 
 


Sandy B
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Jan 16, 2009, 4:00 PM

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Anyone know of any good pricing on the canon D5M2?
Sandy B
more expensive wedding film maker than FP



Scott Brooks
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Jan 16, 2009, 4:20 PM

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Sandy ... the only deals that I've seen are the ones where you can use a 10% coupon off at Best Buy. I'm not saying others don't exist, but that's all I've seen. Sometimes you can find the coupon on the internet.

These cameras are still in high demand.

One thing that I didn't take into consideration was editing the files. The upgrade for DPP comes with it, but on my Mac it's slow as a dying dog. It might be better on the PC ... don't. Mine was not an isolated case either. Many others that tried to use DPP on their Mac said it just wasn't even usable.

I used to use Bibble Pro, but they don't have the newer version out yet to handle the files.

I downloaded the trial version of Lightroom 2.2 and I'm going to have to break down and purchase it. So while I did save about $250 on my purchase of the camera, I'll end up spending $300 on the software.

I believe CS4 will handle the files as well.

I've shot all of 90 seconds of video with it ... but that's not why I bought it. I do like the usable high ISO files. I'll be shooting with it again tomorrow. I think you'll love it if that's the way you decide to go.


Sandy B
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Jan 16, 2009, 9:02 PM

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Yeah, we getting it as a second backup still camera, so what if it can do HD video (although, I have some specific intended uses for it). I try BestBuy tomorrow and see what come up.

We have Lightroom on one PC already, as well as Aperture on a Mac.

I just can't get over my wife telling me that we need to get one of these cameras. I told her that I wanted to wait a month or so. She asked me to get it out of the blue this afternoon. Whoa!
Sandy B
more expensive wedding film maker than FP



Scott Brooks
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Jan 16, 2009, 9:27 PM

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It must be love! Sly Never had my wife ask me to get a camera.

You're already a step ahead if you've got LR. If you've still got 1.whatever ... you'll need to upgrade, but that's got to be less painful than me purchasing a whole new software package.

I do have to admit though, I kinda like LR. I'm just tired of spending money.