I have just re-listed the 1D Mark II N that I am selling on eBay as a $1200 Buy-It-Now offer. With Bing.com Cashback, you could knock 8% off of that price. Tell your friends!
Canon 1D Mark II N body and accessories for sale - two chargers, two batteries, original (un-used) strap, and AC power adapter
I tried to sell my 1D II N on eBay the other week as a “buy it now” outright purchase, but there were no takers. It’s now listed as an auction. Happy bidding!
Canon 1D Mark II N body and accessories for sale - two chargers, two batteries, original (un-used) strap, and AC power adapter
At the end of April I announced that I intended to sell my Canon 1D Mark IIN camera body that has served me well since the summer of 2007. As of this morning, the camera and accessories can be purchased through my eBay listing; I am asking for $1,300.00 US Dollars (or best offer). If you are interested, please view the listing on eBay.
Canon 1D Mark II N body and accessories for sale - two chargers, two batteries, original (un-used) strap, and AC power adapter
I have decided it is finally time to say goodbye to a good friend, my Canon 1D Mark II N camera body. I purchased this camera new in the summer of 2007; it was one of the last on the shelves of Adorama as the 1D Mark III had just been released. This camera has been with me to a number of places across the country, as well as to Kenya and the Galapagos Islands.
In total, there have been 82,436 shutter actuations according to 1D Count; the shutter is rated over 200,000 exposures. In January, I sent the body to Canon for a “clean and check” and they replaced the hot shoe, adjusted its shutter speed, exposure, and focusing systems, and otherwise brought the camera back up to factory settings. Since then, I’ve photographed one basketball game, and then put the camera away, waiting for the right time to sell it. I believe that time to be now.
Cosmetically, the camera does show signs of wear (see photos below), including a few scratches on the top of the body, along the prism. There’s also some worn paint near the top shutter button, and a small scratch on the bottom of the body, on the back-right corner.
I am selling the camera body, original box, original charger, original AC adapter, original strap (never used–I used my own strap), and an original Canon NiMH battery. I am also including a Camera Devices-brand NiMH battery (which is actually of higher-capacity than the OEM battery), and a Camera Devices-brand wall charger. This is the charger I actually used the most with this camera, as it was much smaller than the bulky Canon-branded charger.
I am asking $1,400.00 US Dollars for the kit, and that includes FedEx Ground shipping within the United States.
I would prefer to keep the sale limited to North America–I’m sorry, but I had a bad experience selling overseas when I sold my Canon 5D. Please e-mail me or leave a comment (I will not publish it to keep your privacy) if you are interested in the camera.
A cashier’s check would be preferable, although I will also accept personal checks. I will wait until the check clears before shipping the camera. Alternatively, if you are willing to pay the extra 3% that they charge, I will accept PayPal money transfers provided that the address on your PayPal account matches the shipping address you ask me to deliver to.
If the camera doesn’t sell within the next two weeks, I will list it on eBay. I’ll post a link to the auction should I do that.
Thanks for looking and feel free to e-mail me with any questions you might have!
Missouri women's basketball forward Jessra Johnson, left, fails to prevent Oklahoma's center, Abi Olajuwon, from making a two point shot on Wednesday, 20 Jan. 2010 at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Mo. Olajuwon wears the same number as her father, Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon, from his college career. The Tigers lost 61-62 to the Sooners. | Canon 1D IIn and 50mm f/1.4 lens; exposed 1/1250 sec. @ f/1.4, ISO 800. | Color corrected with X-Rite Color-checker Passport.
Last Wednesday I found myself sitting on the court at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Mo. with two different camera bodies and three different lenses. So, what’s the problem? The 7D and the 1D Mark IIn see colors differently. Add to the equation that the glass in a lens affects the color rendered in the final photograph. For newspaper photography, usually captured in JPEG instead of RAW, this is just something you would normally “live with.”
Maybe you’d just take two identical bodies and figure no one will notice the difference once its printed on Charmin, any ways. But online, the differences can be stark. Take, for instance, this Columbia Missourian slideshow where I was using my 7D and a 1D Mark III on loan from CPS, but my colleague Chris Dunn was using an older D2Xs body at the football game between MU and Kansas State. This is an extreme example, but it is amusing to watch Kansas State’s jerseys suddenly jump from purple to blue depending on which camera was used. Hint: Nikon didn’t figure out what purple “looked” like until the D3 and D300 came out.
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The other night I found myself on assignment in the pouring rain and my 1D Mark II N, as well as my cell phone and a 50mm f/1.4 lens, all came into contact with the buckets of cold water falling from the sky. After I got home, as a result of improper weather precautions, generally wet conditi0ns, and some forgetfulness regarding the acclimation of a cold camera body to a warmer, drier environment, I found myself resorting to dunking my lens, cell phone, and even my 1D II N into containers of rice. To recount: rice: 1, weather: 1. My cell phone came back alive, but my 50mm is on its way to Canon’s facility in Jamesburg, N.J. at this moment.
What I didn’t mention much in my previous posting was the sad state of my 1D II N’s viewfinder. It completely fogged up after coming home, and I immediately began to kick myself for not sealing it in a plastic bag before taking it inside, as the viewfinder had not been a problem–had not been fogged up–before bringing it in. Absolutely brain-dead stupid!!!
1D II N with rear viewfinder cover plate / convex lens removed.
Anyone who knows me well knows that one of my greatest personality flaws is my impatience. When I want something to work, I want it to work right now. I also have a tendency to tinker with the electronics that I own; when they stop working and they’re within warranty, I’ll send them in for repairs. Why not? But when something is long-since out of warranty, I have the proper tools, and the fix looks like something anyone can do, why should I spend lots of money to FedEx the product to the manufacturer to have them do exactly what I could have done, and have them bill me for it?
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