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$400 off S1II* bodies with trade-in

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GeorgeHudetz

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Directly from Panasonic. At least in the U.S., anyway.

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LUMIX Trade-in Trade-up

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I went through the steps of offering up my S5, and the trade-in offer was about $400. Obviously, I could get more if I sold it privately, but when coupled with the $400 discount on a new S1II, it’s almost certainly a better deal than I could make happen by selling the camera myself (or to MBP etc) & paying full-price. And certainly less effort.
 
I wonder how long this offer will last? I've been toying with upgrading my GH7 to a S1II, and their trade-in price is the same as I would get from KEH where I normally sell my used gear. That plus the $400 discount makes it pretty attractive. The GH7 is my last M43 camera, so selling off my M43 lenses would push it to about break even. Hmm.
 
CharlesH said:
I wonder how long this offer will last? I've been toying with upgrading my GH7 to a S1II, and their trade-in price is the same as I would get from KEH where I normally sell my used gear. That plus the $400 discount makes it pretty attractive. The GH7 is my last M43 camera, so selling off my M43 lenses would push it to about break even. Hmm.
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Good question. Another question: How long until they discount it $400 permanently? Maybe after the new A7 comes out? It is priced a bit high compared to the other 24-33 MP bodies.
 
CharlesH said:
I wonder how long this offer will last? I've been toying with upgrading my GH7 to a S1II, and their trade-in price is the same as I would get from KEH where I normally sell my used gear. That plus the $400 discount makes it pretty attractive. The GH7 is my last M43 camera, so selling off my M43 lenses would push it to about break even. Hmm.
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I believe I saw it is supposed to last until around end of the year. Off the top of my head I can't remember if it was 12/24 or 12/31. It does seem B&H is also offering the same deal, though they seem more open to any working camera body for the discount while Panasonic offer does not. I tried putting in a Canon 30D I still have laying around and it said it wasn't eligible. B&H I would have had to actually submit the trade offer to make sure, but the offer did say any so...because I'd rather keep a hold of my S5 right now as a backup.

GeorgeHudetz said:
Good question. Another question: How long until they discount it $400 permanently? Maybe after the new A7 comes out? It is priced a bit high compared to the other 24-33 MP bodies.
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I would imagine sometime early next year it will either have a permanent price drop or start having frequent sale prices like they've done with the S5 models in the past where they are on sale every other month or so. I can understand its still the newest toy but solely on price it is way over what its closest-spec competitor, the Z6iii. It looks even worse right now since Nikon has heavily discounted for the holidays too.

I would be lying if I said I hadn't looked at what it would cost to switch since based on what some of the sale prices on other bodies are compared to an S1ii or S1rii. It's just the cost of replacing the 2.8 zooms that makes it unattractive. If Sony didn't have the artificial fps limiter it would be a lot easier since I'm pleased with my Sigmas and they would be much less of a hit to either sell/buy E or send to Sigma for mount conversions. I don't feel like taking a gamble that Nikon will allow Sigma a Z license, or if Canon will open theirs up to full frame lenses either.
 
thegardentool said:
It does seem B&H is also offering the same deal
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As I understand the difference, Panasonic has a $400 discount for the new camera in addition to the trade-in of your used camera. Where B&H just has the trade-in amount without the $400 discount. And as you say, the trade-in camera selection at Panasonic is more limited.
 
CharlesH said:
I've been toying with upgrading my GH7 to a S1II, and their trade-in price is the same as I would get from KEH where I normally sell my used gear. That plus the $400 discount makes it pretty attractive. The GH7 is my last M43 camera, so selling off my M43 lenses would push it to about break even. Hmm.
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Well, I pulled the trigger on that. I traded in my GH7 for a S1 II. For me this was a very good "Black Friday" deal.
 
Pulled the trigger on a new S1RII and did a trade in on my S5II. As it's excellent condition, the value is ~$700, far more than when I was getting a quote from B&H Photo Video used market. Between the $400 discount and the camera trade-in, I'm not certain I could have sold the S5II on ebay for $1100.
 
Can confirm B&H is also a $400 coupon for a trade-in. I think if you were wanting to apply any of the trade-in credit from the value you'll need to wait for them to receive and process it first. Combined with Payboo reimbursement of the sales tax might be a better deal for some. You do lose out on the portable SSD Panasonic is also giving a coupon for when buying direct.
 
I was surprised about the Sandisk Extreme Pro SSD, didn't know that it was included but received an email after doing my trade-in promo with the Panasonic store and after filling out the order it's arriving Friday. A 1TB is free, but it does have an option to purchase a 2TB capacity with the value of the 1TB subtracted from the price.
 
William Turner said:
I was surprised about the Sandisk Extreme Pro SSD, didn't know that it was included but received an email after doing my trade-in promo with the Panasonic store and after filling out the order it's arriving Friday. A 1TB is free, but it does have an option to purchase a 2TB capacity with the value of the 1TB subtracted from the price.
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Yes, I got the Sandisk SSD when I did the trade in for a S2M2 with the Panasonic Store. Nice, adds to the valie of the trade-in program.
 
CharlesH said:
Yes, I got the Sandisk SSD when I did the trade in for a S2M2 with the Panasonic Store. Nice, adds to the valie of the trade-in program.
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Hopefully this wasn't part of the run of defective Sandisk SSD's from 2023. :(

www.digitaltrends.com

Western Digital responds to claims that SanDisk SSD failures have design flaw

SanDisk's parent company has been facing lawsuits over several failed SSDs. Now, researchers have discovered that is issue is not in the firmware.
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arstechnica.com

SanDisk Extreme SSDs are “worthless,” multiple lawsuits against WD say

Ars cited in two SanDisk SSD failure lawsuits filed yesterday.
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I've been sticking to Crucial SSD's since that came out.
 
Travis Butler said:
Hopefully this wasn't part of the run of defective Sandisk SSD's from 2023.
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Ha Ha. Thanks for the confidence builder. I already have other SSDs so this one will have light duty transferring data. The one from the Panasonic deal is an Extreme Pro V2, and has okay reviews.

My favorite favorite SSD for video use with Panasonic cameras is the tiny Lexar Professional GO. You just plug it into the USB C port on the side of the camera, no wires or anything, and go shoot video. Then plug it into your laptop and start editing diectly from the SSD, no transferring of data. This is a very slick video storage solution you might want to try.

I have also have SanDisk Pro-Blade SSDs, along with the Kondor-Blue Pro-Blade handle. This is also a very good video storage solution. Also my data backup system is SanDisk RAID, and it has a built in slot for a Pro-Blade SSD, so I can shoot video on the SSD, move it to the slot on the backup system and edit from the SSD or send it to backup at any time. So I'm set with SSD for the cameras, and, as I say will use the new SSD for transferring data - as example if you shoot with the CFexpress B card of the S1RII/S1II, there is a slick way the cameras have to quickly offload the files to a SSD.
 
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