Cameras & Camcorders

[GW]

Need an alert for expected arrival, online or land store.

GW

[Allan-BBY Community Connector]

Hi GW,

On Canon's website they say the Canon SX1 IS should be released to the U.S. market in April this year, but they don't give an exact date. I will send you a message once this camera is available for purchase from Best Buy®.

Thanks for posting,

Allan

Community Connector

Best Buy® Corporate

[Cal]

allan,

is there anyway i can get in on that message too?

[Allan-BBY Community Connector]

Hi Cal,

I can send you a message too, and once I see this camera is available for purchase from us I will post that in this thread. If you are subscribed to this thread you should receive an email notification when someone posts to this thread.

Thanks,

Allan

Community Connector

Best Buy® Corporate

[Kre8ful]

Please count me in too :-)

I have been watching this for over a year and am very happy to know it will soon be released here in the states.

Thank you Allan for keeping us informed on the date the Canon SX1 IS will be in the BestBuy® Stores.

~Peace~

[mellodev]

I want on the Bandwagon to   I am excited about this camera.  Thanks

[Jill75]

Can you also count me in? I have heard a lot of goof reviews about this cam and im more than interested. Thanks!

[Allan-BBY Community Connector]

Hi Everyone,
 
I finally have a conclusive answer on when or if we will be selling the Canon SX1IS camera and the answer unfortunately is that Best Buy® does not at this time plan on offering this camera for sale. This does not mean that we will never sell this camera, but for the foreseeable future we have no plans of offering this camera for sale.
 
We do sell the Canon SX10IS which is basically the same camera without the ability to capture HD video or still images in RAW format. I can personally live without the ability to shoot in HD, but the benefits of recording your images in RAW cannot be denied. The SX10IS sells for $399.99 on BestBuy.com and I am seeing the SX1IS selling for around $600 at other retailers. Is $200 worth the addition of HD video and RAW image capability? I guess that depends on the purchasers needs and of course their pocketbook.
 
We are selling the new Canon T1i DSLR for $799.99 which is also capable of capturing HD video and still images in RAW, and being a DSLR has many more advantages over the SX1IS. If you can afford the extra $200 it would cost to get the T1i (rather than the SX1IS) I would suggest doing it. A DSLR has a much larger sensor and is capable of far superior results than any Point and Shoot camera.
 
Thanks for your patience,
Allan
Community Connector
Best Buy® Corporate