I look into my crystal ball and see....

As soon as you receive your 5D the price will drop.

Just go ahead and order the camera.  You won't be sorry!

Goes to show you how overpriced it was to begin with!

Bill Crocker

There's a strong chance that the 5D will be replaced early next year, but,
other than that, I'd have to say that the price has hit its nadir now.
As far as CF cards go, I've used Sandisk cards for several years with no
glitches, same with the one Lexar that I got for my D30 (not 30D) three
years ago.  I bought 2 Transcend 2g cards a couple of months ago (cheap
ones) and they are crap.  About 10% of my images are corrupt on both cards,
the first time I used either.  Not a good average, I've never had a corrupt
image on any of the ten or so Sandisks we have, ever.

My guess is that February/March and PMA will bring the 6D, or whatever
they call the successor to the 5D, at a price just under where the 5D
debuted. With that, the 5D price will drop again, and there will be a
price situation akin to the 20D/30D pricing now, with, I would imagine,
a slightly larger price difference.

The caveat that I'd put out there is that the 6D will almost certainly
feature the new DiGiC III image processor, and as a result will feature
improved speed, high-ISO noise, and dynamic range. Likely worth waiting
for. I imagine (and hope, to a certain extent) that it will use the
same imager.

All of this is speculation however, so take it all with a handful of
salt.

What I can say is that if you're itching for a 5D and don't want to
wait for the next new thing, you should take advantage of the double
rebate going on right now. You could certainly benefit from one of the
lenses or accessories on the list (at a healthy discount of its own),
and the $600 rebate on the 5D, bringing the price down to $2200, is
pretty hard to argue with.

Will