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05/28/2010 11:21:04 AM · #1 |
Originally posted by Jac:
Thanks for wasting my time with this old DEAD thread.
We need to have a colour added to old friggin threads over 5 years old.
Sheesh! |
Or just automatically lock threads that have been inactive for a certain period of time. |
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05/28/2010 10:50:44 AM · #2 |
Originally posted by Jac:
Thanks for wasting my time with this old DEAD thread.
We need to have a colour added to old friggin threads over 5 years old.
Sheesh! |
It's not dead! I still own that camera.
Also some of the posts from today are about similar problems. |
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05/28/2010 10:35:23 AM · #3 |
Thanks for wasting my time with this old DEAD thread.
We need to have a colour added to old friggin threads over 5 years old.
Sheesh! |
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05/28/2010 09:04:49 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by ClubJuggle:
Originally posted by aKiwi:
Originally posted by jonr:
Obviously you got a camera that was made for the NSA. Expect a visit from two gentlemen in black any day soon... :P |
LOOL.
SDW65, Thanks, but 800 numbers don't work from Germany.
I'm sleeping well now, so as far as I'm concerned the problem is solved. |
Obviously you don't need it for this, but a handy tip for the future: Skype will allow you to call US/Canadian toll-free (800/888/877/866) numbers, or the equivalents in many other countries, free of charge. See //www.skype.com/intl/en-us/features/prices/payg-rates/#viewAllRates for details.
~Terry |
That's good to know.
I haven't needed it for a few years now, but now at least I know this trick.
Thanks. |
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05/28/2010 08:48:23 AM · #5 |
My 40D has a 4 digit serial number instead of 10. All the technicians says it's really odd, and that it's not the number, but there's definitely not any numbers missing, scratched out, faded, etc.
But if you look in the exif, the serial number has absolutely nothing to do with the 4 numbers on the bottom.
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05/28/2010 08:41:07 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by ClubJuggle:
Originally posted by aKiwi:
SDW65, Thanks, but 800 numbers don't work from Germany.
I'm sleeping well now, so as far as I'm concerned the problem is solved. |
Obviously you don't need it for this, but a handy tip for the future: Skype will allow you to call US/Canadian toll-free (800/888/877/866) numbers, or the equivalents in many other countries, free of charge. See //www.skype.com/intl/en-us/features/prices/payg-rates/#viewAllRates for details. |
Now... if I could just find some way to send that URL back to April 2005... Flux Capacitor? |
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05/28/2010 06:44:37 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by aKiwi:
Originally posted by jonr:
Obviously you got a camera that was made for the NSA. Expect a visit from two gentlemen in black any day soon... :P |
LOOL.
SDW65, Thanks, but 800 numbers don't work from Germany.
I'm sleeping well now, so as far as I'm concerned the problem is solved. |
Obviously you don't need it for this, but a handy tip for the future: Skype will allow you to call US/Canadian toll-free (800/888/877/866) numbers, or the equivalents in many other countries, free of charge. See //www.skype.com/intl/en-us/features/prices/payg-rates/#viewAllRates for details.
~Terry
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05/28/2010 06:27:00 AM · #8 |
So glad im not the only one whos Canon camera has no serial number. Only had mine about 6 months and it got dropped about 3 days ago and the casing cracked. Its a massive weight of my mind knowning the serial number is intergrated in to it.
Thanks
Message edited by author 2010-05-28 06:27:37.
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01/12/2009 04:35:34 AM · #9 |
Old thread dredged up.
Yes, the serial number is included in the EXIF |
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01/10/2009 10:24:05 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by Tealique:
Hi
I just bought a Canon 350D from a friend. He doesn't have the box anymore, and the serial number is not on the camera. I need it for the insurance, and I got a good deal, so I don't want to five the camera back.
Is there some other way I can get the serial nr???? |
Check the previous posts in this thread about reading the exif data in an image from the camera, or using the communications software to get the info out of the camera directly.
In the US you can sell gray market, but the manufacturer does not have to honor the warranty.
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01/10/2009 10:21:38 AM · #11 |
My 20D didn't have a serial number on it, (wasn't partial, wasn't rubbed off - there DEFINITELY was NO serial number), and it was purchased through Best Buy right here in the USA. I called Canon, and they said that though it SHOULD have the number stamped on it, it didn't matter because the serial number is embedded in the camera software, and all warranties would be honored.
I eventually had to send it to Canon for work twice, and it was, indeed, covered under warranty. Canon seemed to think that there was some kind of glitch in their stamping method, as cameras occasionally come through with a blank stamp.
You can still register your camera with Canon using the serial number that you found on the EXIF. |
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01/10/2009 09:52:24 AM · #12 |
Hi
I just bought a Canon 350D from a friend. He doesn't have the box anymore, and the serial number is not on the camera. I need it for the insurance, and I got a good deal, so I don't want to five the camera back.
Is there some other way I can get the serial nr???? |
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02/04/2006 12:10:53 AM · #13 |
| I recently bought a camera on Ebay with no serial #, it broke & no one would fix it-thinking it was stolen. I found out later it's part of a "grey market." They're cameras made for other countries & sold in those countries for real cheap. I don't know if it's legal to sell them in the US, but they have no warranty. |
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04/15/2005 06:39:32 AM · #14 |
Originally posted by jonr:
Obviously you got a camera that was made for the NSA. Expect a visit from two gentlemen in black any day soon... :P |
LOOL.
SDW65, Thanks, but 800 numbers don't work from Germany.
I'm sleeping well now, so as far as I'm concerned the problem is solved. |
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04/14/2005 09:51:28 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by SDW65:
I just talked to canon concerning warranty without serial number on camera body. If you have a problem with the camera they will honor the warranty, you just have to send the camera with a copy of the warranty card to them. When they fix the camera they will replace the serial number label as well.
Hope this helps
Scott W. |
Just a reminder what canon told me. You can call them @ 1 800 828-4040
and they will verify. |
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04/14/2005 09:46:22 PM · #16 |
Obviously you got a camera that was made for the NSA. Expect a visit from two gentlemen in black any day soon... :P
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04/14/2005 09:31:07 PM · #17 |
I don't agree with Canon's response: "no serial number no warranty". While I understand that there would probably be a good bit of people outt here who might try to rip them off (somehow or another) with this method, if a camera came with no serial number on the bottom, it's obviously a quality control issue on canon's part. They should stamp it somewhere inside too just incase.
Basically Canon said: We screwed up...you're out of luck unless the place where you purchased it will help. Luckily for you, the place where you purchased it was legit and nice about it. I could only IMAGINE!!!! trying to get that done through ritzcamera.com...it would be a bigger nightmare than what I'm in with them now over my defective lowerpro mini trekker AW.
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04/14/2005 08:12:12 PM · #18 |
This has been hotly discussed here //forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1031&thread=12997844
I suspect there may be a country to country issue here and that ulimately there be nothing to the worried about. But having said that it will take someone to report having problems for us all to get a heads up that this is important!
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04/14/2005 04:39:08 PM · #19 |
Here's an update.
I checked the EXIF, & it is the same as the one that was on the box. Next I phoned Canon, and they said "No Number = No Guarantee!" and that I should take it back to the dealer. I was in toen today, & popped in, and they were quite surprised, but swapped it on the spot without any questions. That is the reason I bought from them as they have an office in town, so in situations like this, you can talk to someone in person, and don't have to send the camera in & be without it for a while. So after 1500 shots I have a new camera.
I will post a new thread about some quality issues. |
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04/12/2005 11:13:59 AM · #20 |
Originally posted by SDW65:
Originally posted by Moose101:
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I use this freeware software to view the EXIF info from the photo file Opanda IExif 1.8 |
Very nice EXIF program... thanks for the link. |
Yes, it's a handy little tool. I love it and use it often. Enjoy... |
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04/12/2005 10:57:46 AM · #21 |
I just talked to canon concerning warranty without serial number on camera body. If you have a problem with the camera they will honor the warranty, you just have to send the camera with a copy of the warranty card to them. When they fix the camera they will replace the serial number label as well.
Hope this helps
Scott W.
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04/12/2005 10:52:09 AM · #22 |
| It definitley wasn't there from the start, as there is an action here in Germany where you get a 256MB cf card when you register with Canon. I wanted to do that back then & it wasn't there. Anyway I thought the number might be printed somewhere else on the camera. |
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04/12/2005 10:49:14 AM · #23 |
I think it will be ok. I just done a google search and found this thread, look at the 8th post down. I just looked at my 350D, I have had it for 2 weeks, and the last number of the serial number is halfway rubbed off. I guess from using a tripod because the serial number is directly under the tripod mount.
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04/12/2005 10:43:23 AM · #24 |
The serial number might have been there and rubbed off. When I went to register my Rebel XT after two days of use I noticed that my serial number had almost completely rubbed off. There were maybe two and a half digits left and they were pretty faint. You can get the serial number from the EXIF data. I ended up doing that and etching it on the bottom of the body.
Tom
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04/12/2005 10:41:11 AM · #25 |
Ok, In the EXIF it's there.
I'll check the box when I get home. In the meantime I have sent an e-mail to the supplier. I can just guess what their reply will be (If they reply). Send it to Canon. Canon explicitly said send it to the supplier.
I think I would still like to get it changed as if the camera doesn't start at all, noone can reade the EXIF to get the number. In the other hand, I'm not looking foreward to not having the camera! |
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