? Being unlucky and buying a dud ?

I agree with most of the posts here, regarding the reliability and quality of Canon's products.

I've had 2 Canon film cameras and 1 DSLR and five lenses. I've never had a technical problem with any of them (even the grip), and I don't consider myself lucky in this regard.

If I went on the opinions of the minute minority who complain the loudest, I would never have bought anything.

By the way, I'm still learning how to use the stuff I've got, properly. My photos are rubbish but the quality of them is great.

Have fun

Sid

wibbly wrote:
Presumably that store isn't B&H? Interesting that (presumably for price reasons?) the better value/price/service combination for you was NOT buying where you work.

Or do I presume too much?

J

You presume correctly. I don't work at B&H, I work at, well, a very large national photo conglomerate that has one person's last name on the front of the store. Oh, B&H is much cheaper, I never buy anything of value at my job, the employee discount doesn't even cover the tax, much less the tremendous mark up. And ed2day, yes I was a little surprised that they wouldn't help at all, they were actually pretty rude. I asked them up front if the open software was a problem and their response was "ummm, yeah" then dead air. Oh well, that's life, and at least Canon fixed it at warp speed.