Used equipment.

At the end of the day grey market gear is no different.

Here in the UK we have folks that import firearms from the USA. They import personally, rather than through the approved network.

The only difference is that the firearms were made for the US market, nit the UK. Cameras will be no different, they will still work. The only difference there could POSSIBLY be is that certain features may not be available on a camera that is a grey import.

the thing with gray market is that you don't know which market. cameras sold in certain parts of the world do not have for example, english as an option in the menu system. others may have the voltage preset for non us standards, etc..

Obviously a reputable dealer like B+H would not have gray market products that couldn't be used in the US, but then again they are upfront about the fact that it is a gray market product in the first place. there are a lot of questionable stores / sites that sell gray market and play it off as US which did not come through the proper channels.

Pmolan wrote in post #8095849
Hey man, I dont work there. Thats why Im asking.

I do work there and the only difference is the warranty. They are all made in the same place with the exact same parts.

dgoakill wrote in post #8119807
the thing with gray market is that you don't know which market. cameras sold in certain parts of the world do not have for example, english as an option in the menu system. others may have the voltage preset for non us standards, etc..

All cameras have the exact same languages available. It's part of the firmware and there is no such thing as a firmware version for grey market cameras. They are all EXACTLY the same.

Also, cameras run on DC voltage. The batteries are the same.

spitfirejd wrote in post #8121635
I do work there and the only difference is the warranty. They are all made in the same place with the exact same parts.

All cameras have the exact same languages available. It's part of the firmware and there is no such thing as a firmware version for grey market cameras. They are all EXACTLY the same.

Also, cameras run on DC voltage. The batteries are the same.

my bad I was just reading this article the other day on PC world where they said;

Gray-market goods: One reason these cameras are so cheap is that some are so-called gray-market goods, products that manufacturers intend to be sold cheaply in countries other than the United States where prices are lower (due to differences in exchange rates and in what the market will bear). But instead of heading to the destination country, the gray-market goods are rerouted to the United States. Selling gray-market cameras is legal, provided they're identified as such, but buying one is generally not a good idea. You may end up with manuals and on-screen menus in another language, incompatible video ports, or AC adapters set to the incorrect voltage. Worse, most camera manufacturers (including Canon, Nikon, Olympus, and Sony) won't honor a gray-market warranty in the United States. If the product breaks, you're stuck.
http://www.pcworld.com …/camera_confide​ntial.html