Heads-up on the Sony A100...check out Circuit City!

[regnaD kciN]

Sony made some major product announcements at PMA, and have essentially revamped their line of sub-$1,000 DSLRs. The A100 has been dropped, and replaced with a series of three new cameras (A200, A300, and A350), two of which feature LiveView, but which also drop the depth-of-field preview feature that I, at least, find essential. At this point, the only Sony DSLR with that feature is the $1,300 (body only) A700, which is a great camera, but far more than I can afford.

As of a couple of days ago, reports began showing up on DPReview.com's Sony forum that Circuit City, in light of the new model announcements, was clearing out its remaining A100s for $400 or less. I made the rounds of local CC stores -- most were either out of stock entirely or selling their remaining cameras for full list. However, I did find a couple of branches that were offering the closeout prices, and wound up getting an "open box" special at the Olympia store for $325. This is simply an amazing price for a camera as good as the A100, and I would encourage anyone looking at the Sony mount to check out their local Circuit City for what could be one of the best values they're going to find anywhere.

[flamin lib]

1. Circuit City has also announced that it is closing it's doors, so

one would hope there would be a lot of real bargains if you act fast--there won't be any re-stocks or rain checks. Most stores can check inventory nation wide and you can buy online and have it delivered to a store near you W/O shipping.

[regnaD kciN]

2. I think you've got Circuit City mixed up with CompUSA...

The latter is closing (or turning into an Internet-only store)> Circuit City's still in operation.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

3. Just a matter of time

judging from the history of such places

[flamin lib]

4. Ah! you are correct, it is CompUSA. nt