robert_clark Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 <p>What's up with Canon? I'm trying to get a second battery for my 5DII, a 50/1.4 and an 85/1.8, I've had them all on order for almost three weeks and still no sign of them, any of them, either in Germany or in the UK.<br> Don't Canon want to sell things? I thought there was a recession on and everyone was desperate to sell.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john tonai Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 <p>Before you blame Canon, how about the dealers? They can't just order batteries. If the store hasn't sold enough equipment to place a minimum order from Canon, they have to wait until they sell enough to do so. Many dealers won't tell you this because they don't want you to go somewhere else.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phule Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 <p>[[an 85/1.8]]</p> <p>That's rather odd as B&H lists this lens as available.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith reeder Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 <p>"That's rather odd as B&H lists this lens as available"</p> <p>And they're in <em>which</em> bit of Germany or the UK, Rob?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobatkins Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 <p>Canon know there's a recession on (their profits were WAY down the 4Q of 2008). That may well mean thay aren't going to be making more lenses (and batteries) than they think they can sell, so I wouldn't be surprised to see producation being scaled back somewhat on some items.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomwatt Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 <p>I think canonrumors mentioned that the 50 mm 1.4 was no longer going to be available...<br> bad news as it was on my list (to get yet)!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_osullivan Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 <p>Yeah, they are probably cueing up orders. There must be a large online retailer that ships to your area. Try them instead of local shops. Also, there's always Ebay. </p> <p>I don't buy the rumors that certain lenses are discontinued. They are probalby just making them less often, like every 3 months instead of every month or something like that. There are several prime lenses that go constrained for months at a time, and then re-appear.</p> <p> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douglas lee Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 <blockquote> <p> </p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p >Before you blame Canon, how about the dealers? They can't just order batteries. If the store hasn't sold enough equipment to place a minimum order from Canon, they have to wait until they sell enough to do so. Many dealers won't tell you this because they don't want you to go somewhere else.</p> </blockquote> Well, that sounds like Canon would be the one to blame if they are setting minimum order quantities. Also, I assume you are referring to non-US resellers. B&H does not always have batteries and I am sure they have met or exceeded any minimum sales quantities Canon might require. Also, my local shop sold over 150 5D IIs and they are having difficulty getting batteries. However, they had batteries but no grips, whereas B&H had grips but no batteries. <br /> Personally, I think Canon got the 5D II to market ASAP without regard to the rest of the accessory/supply chain. They wanted in stores before Christmas. Just my opinion. YMMV, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomwatt Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 <p>Doug, it's not so much minimum orders as it is costs... likely - as with buying potatoes in the grocery store - it's cheaper or a better price break to buy a big bag (i.e.: large order) than to buy one at a time.<br> As to the rumors... well, they're rumors. But was an update to a note on backorders for the <em>f</em> 1.4</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francie_baltazar Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 <p>I was told by my local shop that the 1.4 is back ordered (I own it) and canon had no deliery date on it - they thought it might be being discontinued as it is cutting into the sales of the 1.2 especially with all the great reviews and comparisions - doesn't make sense to me - but that's what the camera shop rummor mill is guessing...</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 <p>I doubt the 50/1.4 is cutting into the sales of the 50/1.2. The 50/1.2 is a specialty lens and if Canon discontinued the 50/1.4 most buyers would simply switch to the 50/1.8 cutting their outlay by 75% than going for the 50/1.2 and increasing their outlay by 300%.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjb Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 <p>One can only hope the 50 1.4 is being replaced, the newer sigma has made it look long in the tooth. But yeah, know when I ordered in a photo shop it was generally once a month to keep shipping cost down, otherwise folks would not pay extra for small orders. maybe you ordered at the wrong end of a cycle :)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phule Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 <p>[[And they're in <em>which</em> bit of Germany or the UK, Rob?]]</p> <p>Thanks for completely missing the point of my comment.</p> <p> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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