Best time to buy a New Camera?

[Mode101]

Hello Group. Just a general question for those here in the US, What's the best time of the year to buy a new camera? I currently own a A6000 (love it) I bought last month and I'm looking to get either A7mkII or A7000 (if it comes out?)

Thanks inadvance!

[steve of stonehenge]

I have the A7 ii and love it.  I have tried to shop for gear around Christmas time.  Lots of good sale prices and rebates.  I buy almost exclusively from B & H in New York.  Great prices, free shipping, and no tax.  And the best customer service on the internet.

[JonathanStewartPhotos]

You can always hope for the Black Friday or Cyber Monday sales.  

[mkg3]

Its a tradeoff between having/needing it now versus waiting for price break.

 

If one has no immediate needs, then just wait for price to drop (at least 6 months away or near introduction of the "next" model).  If one has an immediate needs, then that's problematic - just get it and accept the pricing as is.

 

Its basic economics, that anything highly sought after (read high demand) does not get discounted as the supply is lower than the demand.  The two cameras you'd listed falls in that category at the moment.

 

Will someone discount them to attract customers - maybe but typically those are teaser pricing and very limited quantity so it will be a full time job just to look out for that kind of a deal.

 

Since you just bought A6000, sounds like there is no immediate need (other than wanting something newer or better) so just wait 6 to 9 months.  I'm sure you'll find a better deal than today.

 

I just bought a7R2 because my DSLR was aging and was looking for new.  Didn't want to wait 6~9 more months for price to drop because what I can do over the next 6~9 months using a7R2.  

 

The value proposition for me was the difference between pricing today versus what it is 6 months from now, versus what I can do during that 6 months with a7R2 versus my current setup.

 

Good luck.

[Mode101]

Thanks for all the reply! I'm no hurry to buy a new camera yet but if there's a great deal (black friday etc..) I won't let that pass

[Golem]

Lenses will work normally, but there will

be fewer pixels comprising the image cuz

some of them are cropped out [assumes

equal pixel counts for both sensors].

 

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[ethierbach]

The A7II has a 10 MP crop mode, so your APS-C lenses will work, but won't have quite the same "cropability".  

 

I'm waiting for the A6100/A7000/Ahurry-up-already to come out before deciding whether to save up for that or the A7II.