There's a bundle being offered with the camera I'm picking up:

28-105mm lens + Canon 6D + Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 Lens + 32GB SDHC Sandisk memory card = $2480

OR

28-105mm lens + Canon 6D + extra battery + Canon camera carrying case = $2400

Wondering whether the 40mm lens is even worth the time, or if I'm better off getting a 50mm one day and forgetting about the 40mm. Only reason I ask is because of the cheap combo price, otherwise I would've never paid the 40mm a moment's notice.

the 40mm pancake? i've heard some pretty good things. i'd get that, a lense is always better than some stupid case.

I'm guessing for the $80 increase it's worth it. I need an SDHC card, and a 32GB will run me $30+ anyway. So getting a decent prime for $50 that likely has a $100 or so resale value seems to make sense.

I reserved the unit. Thinking I'll pick it up tomorrow, or I *might* leave in a bit to pick it up now. However, I want to make sure it's not my excitement that brings me to buy the unit. I'm about 90% sure I want a camera and not on impulse, but I'm being very careful this time (the fact that I'm telling myself I'm being careful is a bunch of denial since I think there's a lot of impulse going on in my head but goddammit the 6D is nice).

This post was edited by Canadian_Man on Jun 22 2013 07:33pm

Well... I'm driving out to pick it up now.

..And they were closed. Tomorrow it is.

lmao...

vancouver was pretty awesome....but man, that city is stingy with its parking spots....so small and always reserved for other shit.

Yeh... it's like that. Parking is a bitch in Vancouver. If you know the place, you can get decent parking within a block or two of where you want to be, but it's still difficult. A lot of the time I end up spending cash on parking around here which really blows.

Vancouver is great though. I can't imagine myself living in any other province... except maybe the very East coast of Canada. Really it's just being in Canada and on the coast that I love.

Reason I couldn't get the camera today is dumb: I'm 23 and I told my parents the camera I want to get is $600. It's really $2400. They freaked out at the $600 cost, since they pay for my schooling, etc -- so they think I should be saving. So when I headed out it turned out to be too late once I got to the store. I'm going to have to pretend that I got the Canon 60D, since my dad might look at a review of the model... I'll claim the lens was second hand? Idk. Feels odd having to hide this shit... I save cash like mad so I can do things like this, and I live in an affluent home so a nice purchase isn't a huge deal O.O;

Forget the inconspicuous argument. You don't need a 40 2.8 pancake. A prime lens at 2.8??? Fuck that.

never tried that lens so cant comment
but if the extra battery in the 2nd option is an original canon then I would definitely go with that
the memory cards they add to bundles or usually the slow crappy cards as well, rather get a high speed smaller 16gb or 2x 8gb

It's a Class 10 good quality one. But I don't know how much extra canon batteries cost?

I've got a gf who's making me think twice before I buy, so I'm thinking this all through still. I can afford it and want to pick the camera up, but maybe I'll give it a week or two before I pick it up. The more I put it off, the more I want to get it...