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You wanna know how to tell your true friends? When the guy (who shall remain anonymous, but whose initials are Kevin Clark) was on the waiting list for the 5D Mk II, and his came in (and yours didn’t)  but he calls you and says, I’ll switch places in line with you so you can get the camera first. That’s how you know your true friends. Of course if he were to call me right now I’d probably just let it go to voice mail because I’m playing with my new 5D MkII and I know he’d understand. Like I said, I’m not going to say who it was, I don’t kiss and tell, but what a swell guy.

Speaking of swell, the Canadian price went up on these things by $300 and my dealer of choice – Leo’s in Vancouver – threw in a free 8GB Extreme III Sandisk CF card as a way of saying, we know it sucks, there’s nothing we can do, but let us ease your pain a little. This is why I love them. That and they keep hooking me up with the goods and solving my problems when they arise. They are good folk down there.

Also, the 5D MkII – all I’ve done is play with it until the battery drained, but it’s a gorgeous camera and I’m already in love. But $200 for a battery? Seriously? Doesn’t cocaine cost less? I was going to sell my old 5D bodies so I could buy a second 5D MkII but now it looks like I’ll need to sell them just to buy batteries. Jeepers.

Update: In Canada, the list price for the LP-E6 battery is $209.99 at HENRY’S. Matt Brandon just alerted me to the US price – sure enough they’re $79.95USD at B&H. That’s only $96 CAD. C’mon Canon Canada, what the HECK!?