I have bought all my cameras from the USA and some of my lenses and other stuff, I never worry about warranty, if the camera or lens brakes down then in 99% of the times a camera comes in ti the shop broken it´s from something other then a warranty issue, like water damage, sensor dust, drop damage or something other, the warranty only covers factory faults, so when you buy from a store like BH in NY then test the camera when you get it very well, you have a few days to return it if it´s faulty, if it´s ok then get it insured, I´ve gone through a few canon cameras in my time, use them and sell them to upgrade, all the canon cameras that I´ve bought the last 15 years are still up and running without a single problem with any of them.
I have an insurance for all my cameragear and laptop worth about £10.000 and the insurance costs me about £200 pr year, and I´m covered for everything except war damage, why bother with the warranty ?
go for the 20D, BHphotovideo.com is an excellent shop to do buisness with, very reliable and honorable, one of my batterycharger that I bought from them was faulty when I got it, so I wrote then an email and they refunded it imediatly without any problems.
If you buy from USA then get the "imported" or "grey" it´s cheaper and if you´re lucky then you´ll get the european model with UK warranty :) |
