Where, oh where are the Optura 60 and 600!? at DVinfo.net

John McManimie · March 18th, 2006, 02:04 PM

The Optura 60 and Optura 600 are getting harder to find. B&H hasn't been selling either for quite a while. The Optura 60 is shown as "Not Available" at PriceGrabber. Are they already discontnued, being replaced, or are they just so popular that they are hard to find?

Robert M Wright · March 19th, 2006, 02:40 PM

If they show as "Not Available" on Price Grabber, then they probably are discontinued, since at least some of the ripoff artist "dealers" will show cameras as being available, whether or not they actually have them in stock (if still being manufactured, and in some cases even when they aren't).

Chris Hurd · March 19th, 2006, 04:39 PM

For what it's worth, Canon USA didn't have a single Optura on their camcorder counter at PMA this year (big photo trade show in Orlando last month). They had everything else though, including all four DVD camcorders.

Some folks tend to take that sort of absence as an indication that something new is about to happen to that line, but of course I wouldn't know the first thing about it. Yes they did ask me to help out at the Canon booth at PMA, but they put me over with the new LCOS projectors for the entire show.

Philip Williams · March 19th, 2006, 08:53 PM

Optura HDV!!! Ok, ok, totally unsubstantiated but how can they not release it? I know, I know, heading back to Area 51 now....

March 18th, 2006, 02:04 PM	#1
John McManimie Major Player Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 314	Where, oh where are the Optura 60 and 600!? The Optura 60 and Optura 600 are getting harder to find. B&H hasn't been selling either for quite a while. The Optura 60 is shown as "Not Available" at PriceGrabber. Are they already discontnued, being replaced, or are they just so popular that they are hard to find?

March 19th, 2006, 04:39 PM	#3
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,366 Images: 513	For what it's worth, Canon USA didn't have a single Optura on their camcorder counter at PMA this year (big photo trade show in Orlando last month). They had everything else though, including all four DVD camcorders. Some folks tend to take that sort of absence as an indication that something new is about to happen to that line, but of course I wouldn't know the first thing about it. Yes they did ask me to help out at the Canon booth at PMA, but they put me over with the new LCOS projectors for the entire show. __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

March 19th, 2006, 02:40 PM	#2
Robert M Wright Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Minnesota (USA) Posts: 2,171	If they show as "Not Available" on Price Grabber, then they probably are discontinued, since at least some of the ripoff artist "dealers" will show cameras as being available, whether or not they actually have them in stock (if still being manufactured, and in some cases even when they aren't).

March 19th, 2006, 08:53 PM	#4
Philip Williams Major Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Snellville, Georgia Posts: 614	Optura HDV!!! Ok, ok, totally unsubstantiated but how can they not release it? I know, I know, heading back to Area 51 now....