Canon EOS C300 – now $2000 off

The Canon C300 has just been significantly reduced in price. B&H sent out a notice announcing a $2000 pricedrop.

Even though there is competition for the C300 with the introduction of the C500 and low priced C100 the C300 fills an important slot with its internal All-I codec and SDI connection possibilities.

There’s more competition from Sony with their new PMW-F5 model that’s already in stock.

Both the PL version as well as the EF version of the EOS C300 are now $2000 off and available at B&H with 0% financing.

That makes the C300 priced at $13,999 right now.

RED pricedrops: Scarlet-X gets $1800 off, RED ONE for $4000

This weekend RED cut down the prices on all their camera bodies. The Scarlet-X’ price has been reduced to $7950 and the Epic now costs almost half. Is this a result of Sony’s massive camera announcement last week?

RED’s Jim Jannard doesn’t seem to call Sony’s announcement the cause for their pricedops. About the F5 and F55 he says: “These two camera announcements are significant. While I do not see them as a threat to EPIC or Scarlet… I do see them as a threat to the conventional and outdated thinking of the industry that tried so hard to cling to “1080P and 2K are good enough”.”
and says that they have lowered their “assembly costs, found better suppliers and fully paid off our NRE.” (…) “Since our costs are now significantly lower we are re-pricing our cameras as of now.”

The timing of RED’s price drops is still an interesting one and raises some questions concerning how well RED is armed against the wave of competitive large sensor cameras that are flooding the market right now.

Here are the exact price changes:

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Adobe Creative Cloud for CS6 is $240 off during August

Adobe is really pushing their Creative Cloud now that CS6 is out since May.

Maybe they didn’t get as many subscriptions as they intended to get, maybe this whole cloud thing is just too new and complicated for people to really pick it up.
Anyway, they’re now really driving the ad mill and throwing out a deal until the end of August. You’ve got to own any previous Adobe CS app (CS3 or higher) and they give you $29.95/month instead of $49.95/month for the whole first year.

Adobe Creative Cloud explained (again):
Basically is the whole Creative Suite (CS6 as the real apps!) with some advanced cloud sharing features (like Apple iCloud), but you’re paying on a monthly basis, just as long as you use the Suite, much like an App Store if you will.

The cloud version of CS6 will set you back $600 $360 (with August deal) a year while the retail version of the whole bundle (“Master Collection“) is $2599 and the lighter, filmmaking oriented package “Production Premium CS6” is $1799. And since we can expect another next version next year anyway that’s a pretty good deal for a serious suite like that.

The downside is that you cannot use the cloud on a month-by-month basis, so you cannot only use it during September while editing and save the money cause you’re out shooting during October.

Maybe Adobe wants to take over the disappointed Final Cut Pro people before Final Cut Pro X really takes off (if ever). It’s a fact that you’ve got to put in more braincells to learn CS6 than any Apple product.
US:
Get started with Adobe Creative Cloud (yearly plan) for $29.95: LINK

For Europe:
Adobe Creative Cloud (yearly plan) for 36,89€ (instead of 61,49€): LINK

Why is it more expensive in Europe? Because we have taxes.

Here are 10 free Premiere Pro CS6 Tutorials Andrew Devis to get you started on Premiere CS6:

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Sony NEX-FS700 – 5% Discount Code for Europe

We’ve got another nice deal for our European readers: Just like the Blackmagic Cinema Camera deal (which is only valid until today by the way!), you can save some cash by using the discount code below.

Our #1 trusted European reseller A. F. Marcotec gives us an exclusive 5% discount for Sony’s new NEX-FS700 camera.

A. F. Marcotec sells professional filmmaking equipment in Europe and has some of the most competitive prices on the market.

They have the Sony FS700 listed for 8065,82€ (incl. VAT) (CVP sells it for 7948€) and the cinema5D discount code will give you -403,29€ off:

Excluding tax & shipping it will be 6439€ (=$8010).

Discount CODE: 31122012C5DFS700
SHOP link: Sony NEX-FS700E

Enter the code at checkout. The camera will start shipping in July.

American cinema5D readers can pre-order the camera for $7999 at B&H.