Just a noob wanting to know if there is a big difference in the imports and domestic copy of the canon lenses? And if someone could explain these to me. Do they honor rebates on imports??
newfly5 Senior Member  372 posts Joined Nov 2005 Location: kansas More info | Dec 28, 2005 23:17 | #1 Just a noob wanting to know if there is a big difference in the imports and domestic copy of the canon lenses? And if someone could explain these to me. Do they honor rebates on imports?? Ben
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jjonsalt Goldmember 1,502 posts Joined Oct 2005 Location: Central Florida More info | Dec 28, 2005 23:23 | #2  Permanent banI usually buy the "import" lens or flash. Same stuff and no rebate forms to mess with.
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Mark_Cohran Cream of the Crop  More info | Dec 29, 2005 02:04 | #3 Rebates don't apply (usually) to the import versions. Supposedly, warranty repairs have to be sent to the importer instead to to Canon USA (I assume you were talking about US versions vs. imports), but I've never heard of Canon USA refusing to do warranty work on imports. But then, I've never had to send in anything for warranty repair myself, so take my comment with a big grain of salt. Mark
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jyrgen Senior Member  259 posts Joined Aug 2003 Location: Estonia More info | Dec 29, 2005 03:25 | #4 Unless you are from Japan, I'd be very careful if I was offered a "domestic" copy of a Canon lens. It must be fake. Canon 35/1.4 | Canon 50/1.4 | Canon 135/2 | Canon 17-40/4 | Canon 24-105/4 | Canon 70-300/4.5-5.6
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hemuni Goldmember  1,019 posts Joined Jul 2005 More info | jyrgen wrote: Unless you are from Japan, I'd be very careful if I was offered a "domestic" copy of a Canon lens. It must be fake. Have anybody ever seen or heard of a fake canon lense? ((¯`•.¸hemuni¸.•´¯)) 1000D • 85F1.8 • 50F1.4 • 28F2.8 • 18-55IS • YN565EX - POTN gallery
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Jon Cream of the Crop  69,628 posts Likes: 227 Joined Jun 2004 Location: Bethesda, MD USA More info | hemuni wrote: jyrgen wrote: Unless you are from Japan, I'd be very careful if I was offered a "domestic" copy of a Canon lens. It must be fake. Have anybody ever seen or heard of a fake canon lense? Misunderstanding - by "domestic", OP was referring to a lens with the warranty from the local (e.g. Canon USA, Canon UK, Canon Australia depending on where you live) Canon subsidiary rather than "grey-market" lenses, manufactured by Canon but "parallel imported" by the retailer, who bought them from some other Canon subsidiary who was offering better terms than the local one. It'd be very hard to make a convincing fake Canon lens, not least due to the electronics involved. Jon
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Dec 29, 2005 16:20 | #8 Thank you Jon for clearing that up on my behalf, and thanks for the info as well Ben
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MichaelL Member  197 posts Joined Jun 2005 More info | Dec 29, 2005 21:37 | #9 Quote from the Popular Photography website. .
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MrChad Goldmember  2,815 posts Joined Aug 2004 Location: Chicagoland More info | http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Canon-Lenses/Gray-Market.aspx I kaNt sPeL...
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tim Light Bringer  51,010 posts Likes: 375 Joined Nov 2004 Location: Wellington, New Zealand More info | Dec 29, 2005 22:35 | #11 At B&H click on the word "USA" or "imported" and it tells you the difference. It's just the warranty, the lenses are identical. Professional wedding photographer, solution architect and general technical guy with multiple Amazon Web Services certifications.
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Coco-Puffs Goldmember  1,472 posts Likes: 1 Joined Aug 2005 More info | jyrgen wrote: Unless you are from Japan, I'd be very careful if I was offered a "domestic" copy of a Canon lens. It must be fake. i always buy my stuff "domestic" because of that reason^ --------------------
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