is there a difference between the black camera and other colors? the prices are much higher for the non blacks. why?
1425369
The price differences also occur when you try to buy used or refurbished cameras. Different sellers have different colors available and don't charge the same price. That is annoying because often I find a camera that is Prime but not "like new" or vice versa in the color I want. I wish this camera was available in the pretty purple you can get for the 340 because that would be perfect.
1425370
I think it is just supply and demand. I bought the pink one- I can ALWAYS find it in my purse :-)
1425371
I have silver and am very impressed with it, there was little difference in price when I purchased it. I could find no difference in the specs, so it must be the law of supply and demand.
2228021
my camera was not silver so i'm not sure if the color makes a difference. mine did include all the above but it is a red camera.
476510
I believe the issue is that Amazon sold out of them (this seems to be a very popular camera), and the third party sellers are charging a higher price due to the demand. It's not anything Amazon's done, $999 isn't their price.
127430
Chances are if it IS cheaper anywhere else, it's being sold from an unreliable retailer. I had a rather frustrating experience with one such retailer in buying my Rebel XT -- they pulled a bait-and-switch on me. If you want to look for a retailer selling for less, I would advise you to read the reviews for that retailer, sorted by lowest rating first.
2036127
This is basically backordered everywhere. Check out all the buying options, there are still some for sale at $799, but get them quickly since they're in super high demand! I was able to get one from Camera Land here on Amazon for $799 just the other day, and I'm now waiting for it in the mail.
519692
Yes I also noticed that. I had purchased this camera last month and returned mine for an exchange due to possibly being defective (after an email exchange with Canon support). Unfortunately they then emailed me that they no longer had it in stock and didn't know when they were going to get more. They could only offer me a refund. They finally showed it back in stock but then I was amazed at the price! I even emailed them to find out why but just got a non answer (to be expected I guess) about how their suppliers set the prices. As you say, this price is higher than Canons, so it makes you wonder what they are playing at. I guess they don't want anyone to buy it from them...!
462563
I did not realize the white model is cheaper. Typically, anything other than black is more expensive.
297729
It is available in black, white, and silver; however, all of the extra lenses only come in black at this time. Amazing camera. I am not an experienced photographer and the pictures are amazing. This camera is super easy to use. Would highly recommend to anyone wanting a DSLR camera without all the difficult settings.
449615
As far as I am aware there was and is only version of it in this configuration. It came in 2 colors; black or white. They only made? (marketed) it for about 7 months and then pulled it off the shelves. No explanation was ever given. It simply disappeared and no questions were ever answered. As a used camera it now trades for 2 to 3 times its retail value when new. Go figure!!! P.S. It's a great camera with may nice features. If you have need of a light, pocket transported camera to do high or low shots and you want to be able to easily view the screen while framing the shot it can't be beat.
1735743
Mine is Black just like the picture. It is an awesome camera. Many cool features.
360553
Actually, as of now, Jr.com has the black version for 399.99, free shipping. They were out of stock and I ordered on 11/7/08, now today they just emailed me that the camera is shipping! I can't wait! Great deal and great price.
726432
I can't possibly answer such a question, however, the silver camera is beautiful ... black is so ordinary!
2102681
It says X550 on the camera. There may be a difference in megapixels, this one has 16, the others have between 14 and 16. The more megapixels, the higher quality the picture. I've had a black version of this camera as well and this one is basically the same, possibly a little nicer basically because of the purple color to the camera. Hope this helps.
223984
Is there any reasonable explanation why the ones in color cost more than the black one?
400155
Still the same thing - as I understand it, the /B stands for 'black', the color of the camera. Kind of redundant at this point since it does not come in any color other than black that I know of, but perhaps they intend to make it in other colors later.
1473304
This would be a question for the seller. That said, I have the black one and would guess since there is only one description, and a choice of colors, it seems logical that the only difference would be the color.
1328179
It appears that if you really need to spend an extra $70 for the black camera, then that is the difference.