KY1977
New Member
Probably comparing a local set still in warranty.
OFFICIAL: CANON EOS 5D Mark III - User Thread - Part 5
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Probably comparing a local set still in warranty.
Yes it happens to me and my acquaintances for number of times. According to a friend working in Canon SG said it is due to discouraging public to buy parallel goods as these sources bypass Canon SG.
Canon will know the exact information of the gray item being sent in just by the screening the serial number.
Canon will know the exact information of the gray item being sent in just by the screening the serial number.
But I think for cleaning (general servicing like sensor cleaning as such), it should still be the same charge bah..
That would be up to you to decide. On one hand, 5d3 is still much larger than the A7, but switching to A7 means selling off existing lens to get Sony lenses.
Cost wise A7 is slightly cheaper at the price range of 2k+++, but after the lens selling and buying, If that's worth then go ahead.
Yeah, please substantiate your claim.
Unless you are talking about CPS which covers only local set
raydio
Senior Member
This is quite a surprise for me. I didn't realize that Canon did this. Anyway, good information to know.
Would this also affect tourists from other countries who need to get a piece of equipment fixed while visiting in Singapore?
Fantasy747
Member
I have sent in all my overseas purchased camera bodies before. They know its bought overseas from the serial numbers. They don't discriminate because of that. Charges are the same as well.
raydio
Senior Member
This is what I don't understand about the higher servicing costs for gray sets...
From my understanding, gray sets are nothing more than authentic Canon products sourced from out of the country and brought/smuggled into Singapore. Because they are not 'home-grown' products, they are sold to the agent at a lower cost because they come 'warranty free' i.e. without warranty. As a result, the agent is then able to sell the gray product at a reduced price often providing a shop warranty in the hopes that it will never be used.
Based on this understanding, how then can Canon Singapore differentiate a gray set vs. a legitimate product brought in from another country by a tourist?
From my understanding, gray sets are nothing more than authentic Canon products sourced from out of the country and brought/smuggled into Singapore. Because they are not 'home-grown' products, they are sold to the agent at a lower cost because they come 'warranty free' i.e. without warranty. As a result, the agent is then able to sell the gray product at a reduced price often providing a shop warranty in the hopes that it will never be used.
Based on this understanding, how then can Canon Singapore differentiate a gray set vs. a legitimate product brought in from another country by a tourist?
Steven Chee
Member
Dear Bro & Sister,
Recently I brought the 5DIII and my CS6 was unable to open raw file.. What shall I do??
Thanks.
Recently I brought the 5DIII and my CS6 was unable to open raw file.. What shall I do??
Thanks.
raydio
Senior Member
You must have an earlier version of CS6. Just click to update your software and you will have access to your 5D3-CR2 files.
Steven Chee
Member
Hi,
Thanks for the info..
I had download the Adobe DNG Converter 8.3. But Im still unable to open raw file..
Need help again..
Regards.
Thanks for the info..
I had download the Adobe DNG Converter 8.3. But Im still unable to open raw file..
Need help again..
Regards.
raydio
Senior Member
Assuming you have a legitimate license, all that is needed is the following:
1. Click on Help.
2. Click on Updates
I just performed this action on my own copy of PhotoShop without any problems.
Photoshop CS6 has been supporting 5D3 RAW files since the Camera Raw 7.1 update (which is quite old).
Click on this Adobe link for further information: Adobe Camera RAW 7.1 Update
DNG converter is not the same as Adobe camera raw (ACR).
But at this point, the easiest is to just update from inside Photoshop.
huatman
Senior Member
DNG is a software that convert your camera RAW (eg canon is *.CR2, other brands have different format) to DNG format.
Adobe Camera Raw is a file (or plugin?) that inside the Adobe software to read RAW format of different camera models.
Can look at this adobe blogs on how to update. There a link for manual update if your working pc is not connected to internet.
http://blogs.adobe.com/crawlspace/2011/03/keeping-photoshop-up-to-date.html#notconnected
Steven Chee
Member
Hi,
Noted and thanks for the information.. Cheer..
Noted and thanks for the information.. Cheer..
Hi,
I recently brought a sandisk extreme CF card 64GB with 120MB/s speed.
After shooting about 1.2K plus photos .. the speed for the card became slow and I lost shot that was not capture on the card.
It also fail to read some of my photos in the card.
What I did was i manage to copy all the photo that it can read to the SD card and i reformat the card.
In doing that I lost about 400+ photos which the camera cannot read.
After that it was working fine, until i took about another 600 to 700 photos.
when I was transfering into the computer, i lost about another 50+ photo due to JPG file corrupt.
Does anyone have any of this issue on the new extreme CF card?
It is really heartbreaking when you lost so many pictures..
I recently brought a sandisk extreme CF card 64GB with 120MB/s speed.
After shooting about 1.2K plus photos .. the speed for the card became slow and I lost shot that was not capture on the card.
It also fail to read some of my photos in the card.
What I did was i manage to copy all the photo that it can read to the SD card and i reformat the card.
In doing that I lost about 400+ photos which the camera cannot read.
After that it was working fine, until i took about another 600 to 700 photos.
when I was transfering into the computer, i lost about another 50+ photo due to JPG file corrupt.
Does anyone have any of this issue on the new extreme CF card?
It is really heartbreaking when you lost so many pictures..
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