Where do you buy gear?
SDK^ said:I buy all my cameras from reputable dealers - i.e. Park Cameras.
It might cost a little more but the service offered makes it worth it.
All of my lenses have been bought from an e-bay shop based in Hong-Kong (Digital Rev). They offer a world wide warranty or full cost replacement and postage back to them. I have never had to use this service because the lenses have been the best quality.
All future lens purchases will be from Digital Rev
dod said:Today, Jessops, went in looking for the 50mm macro, and came out with something else which wasn't really planned ops:
IanC_UK said:So what did you end up with then ?
dod said:IanC_UK said:So what did you end up with then ?
Let's just say I don't have any 10D backfocus issues any more
dod said:LOL I wish, nah, was looking through the lenses and a 20D just started to call my name, was spooky :shock:
dod said:LOL I wish, nah, was looking through the lenses and a 20D just started to call my name, was spooky :shock:
CT said:Considering the potential problems you might have had getting your 10D calibrated properly, it probably wasn't a bad move. What do you think of the 20D so far?
Incidentally I spoke to the canon repair outlet in Glasgow, they said that the problem with the 10 could be a number of things and costs varied between about £50 and £200, given my luck lately it would probably have been the latter so I'm pretty sure it's the right decision for me. However if mine had been 100% I'm not convinced I'd have gone ahead with the upgrade. The 10D is a great camera and for 90% of situations I'm pretty sure you couldn't tell the difference in output.
feeson said:A J Johnstone?
dod said:CT said:Considering the potential problems you might have had getting your 10D calibrated properly, it probably wasn't a bad move. What do you think of the 20D so far?
Mixed feeings to be honest, the 10D was slightly larger and seemed to fit my hand better. It was also heavier and felt a lot more robust. Even things like the sound of the shutter on the 10 were more solid, more reassuring, the 20 sounds quite fragile compared with it. The pop up flash looks flimsy compared with the chunky one on the 10. My immediate reaction is that the 10 was better built, although that's probably not the case.
As far as handling is concerned it's very much a Canon, you can more or less pick it up and use it with a very low learning curve. Everything is where you're expecting it to be. QUite a few different menu settings which I'll need to get to grips with though. Because it's lighter it does affect the balance with longer lenses which I'll need to adjust to.
Can't really comment on image quality as I've only taken about a dozen snaps to check through my lenses for focus (yep, paranoid )
dod said:That sounds right, the links at work, the address on the Canon web site anyway. The guy was helpful but very reluctant to indicate prices. Don't blame him really
feeson said:Lets just say I was really not happy with the service I got and what I was told was going to happen to one of my cameras did not plus am now very worried about a job they did for me, you may have made the best move.
feeson said:dod said:That sounds right, the links at work, the address on the Canon web site anyway. The guy was helpful but very reluctant to indicate prices. Don't blame him really
Lets just say I was really not happy with the service I got and what I was told was going to happen to one of my cameras did not plus am now very worried about a job they did for me, you may have made the best move.