Lots of Canon Used Gear Old and New ... And a Big Nikon D5 dSLR Price Drop!

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I headed down to the lake early today — Friday 14 AUGUST 2020 — determined to photograph a few birds from my new SUV but I had not realized how long and hard it had rained late on the previous day. I dared not drive on the fields in fear of getting stuck. There were a few vultures in the dead tree at the south end of the South Field so I got out of my vehicle, set up the tripod, and had fun with the 600 GM and the a9 ii.

If you missed yesterday’s ISO 10,000 Bobcat image and story, it is worth a visit. Thanks to all who commented.

Canon is making a comeback with the EOS R 5 and the EOS R 6 (more on those here soon). To that end we offer a slew of Used Canon gear old and new below.

Selling Your Used Photo Gear Through BIRDS AS ART

Selling your used (or like-new) photo gear through the BAA Blog is a great idea. We charge only a 5% commission. One of the more popular used gear for sale sites charged a minimum of 20%. Plus assorted fees! Yikes. They went out of business. And e-Bay fees are now up to 13%. Please understand that e-Bay prices are bogus. And the same is true of the prices of used gear including my dear friends at B&H and the other mega-outfits. They offer you pennies and then try to sell the stuff to ignorant folks for ridiculously high prices. With their huge international exposure, they occasionally find someone …

The minimum item price here is $500 (or less for a $25 fee). If you are interested please shoot us an e-mail with the words Items for Sale Info Request cut and pasted into the Subject line :). Stuff that is priced fairly — I offer pricing advice to those who agree to the terms — usually sells. With the pandemic and the down economy, the market had been somewhat depressed, but sales have been brisk for the past few weeks. And over the past year, we have sold many many hundreds of items. Do know that prices of many used items have been dropping steadily. The prices garnered for used Canon gear has tanked completely as demand has dropped tremendously. It is ironic that for decades Canon gear had very strong resale value … Recently, however, the Canon used gear market has shown some signs of life. Prices on used Nikon gear have also dropped as well. You can see all the current bargains here on the Used Gear Page.

Note: all BAA Used Gear sales include insured ground shipping via UPS to lower 48 US addresses only. Others who live elsewhere are invited to e-mail the seller for shipping surcharge info. Sellers should charge you only the difference between shipping to the farthest US location from their home and the charge to a non-lower-48 address.

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS II USM Zoom Lens

Sale Pending first day of listing

Ben Clemens is offering a Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS II USM in near-mint condition for $1449.00. The sale includes the rear lens cap, the front lens cover, the LZ1324 zippered Lens Case, the ET-83-D lens hood, two P&J Photo 77mm star filters (one 4-point — brand new, and one 8-point — like-new), and insured UPS Ground shipping to lower-48 US addresses only. Your item will not ship until your check clears unless other arrangements are made.

Please contact Ben via e-mail or by phone at 1-585-545-5165 Eastern time zone.

This incredibly versatile zoom lens — with its .98 meter close focus — was my favorite Canon telephoto lens. By far. It sells new for $2,199.00 so you can save a very nice $750.00 by being the first to grab Ben’s lens. artie

Nikon D5 dSLR (XQD version) with extras!

BAA Record-low Price!
Price Reduced $300.00 on 14 AUGUST 2020

Dennis Westover is also offering a Nikon D5 dSLR (XQD version) in excellent-plus condition for a BAA record-low $3396.95 (was $3696.95). The body has only 22,208 shutter actuations. (NIKON rates the d5 shutter for 400,000 actuations). The camera was recently cleaned and check by Glazer’s Camera in Seattle. The sale includes the one EN-EL18 battery (the original battery), the NIKON dual battery charger, one Lexar 64GB 2933x XQD card, the Really Right Stuff L bracket, and insured ground shipping via major courier to lower-48 US addresses only. Your item will not ship until your check clears unless other arrangements are made.

Please contact Dennis via e-mail.

The D5 is Nikon’s vaunted professional digital camera body. It is fast and features Nikon’s best AF system. I used mine with success with all of my Nikon lenses including and especially the 80-400, the 200-500, the 500 PF, and the 600 f/4 VR. The D5 sells for $5,496.95 new right now so you can save a handsome $2,100 on this bargain-priced dSLR. With extras! artie

Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM Telephoto Lens

BIRDS AS ART Record-low Price!

BAA friend Kay Kaylor is offering a Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM Telephoto lens in like-new condition for a BAA record-low $2347.00. There are no dings, dents, cracks, scratches, blemishes, or signs of wear and the glass is immaculate. The sale includes the front lens cover, the rear lens cap, the lens trunk, a LensCoat neoprene lens cover on the hood only, , and insured ground shipping via UPS Ground to lower-48 US addresses only. Your item will not ship until your check clears unless other arrangements are made.

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