Not to mention it was probably a "clearance" price because it wouldn't
sell. It's not the kind of camera most Target shoppers are looking for,
since there's actually a viewfinder you have to use and you can't easily
hold it out at arms length to take self portraits of yourself and twenty
other of your little friends all jammed into the picture frame.
From: Adam Maas
Note the XS is so badly crippled they probably couldn't move it at a
higher price(1.5fps in RAW? fuggedaboutit, even Canon junkies are
recommending that people avoid the XS). And I doubt they got a 70-300
IS for $200, more likely the 75-300 IS (a real dog of a lens).
That kit does appear to be worth the $450 they payed.
-Adam
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 3:02 AM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've been finding those kinds of deals quite often lately, it's not digital
> so no one wants it.
> On a related note, I just got back from visiting friends who just bought a
> \new digital SLR. ?Target was selling the Canon Digital Rebel XS with the
> 18-55 IS kit lens for $250. ?A price that apparently was too good to pass
> up. ?Kind of surprising since my friend was a die hard OM-1 film user. ?Oh
> and he picked up the Canon IS 70-300 Kit lens for an additional $200, Target
> tossed in a $100 gift card, and Canon branded kit bag to carry the camera
> both lenses and a few odds and ends...
>
> Just to bring it back on topic, I don't see how Pentax can hope to compete
> with that.
>
> Brendan MacRae wrote:
>>
>> I found a late 80's~early 90's K1000 at Goodwill the other day. It had a
>> busted Ozunon zoom on it. Great condition with a working (and accurate)
>> meter...all for $19.99.
>>
>> Score!
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