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Shipments to dealers of the EOS-1D Mark III have not been suspended, says Westfall, and while dealers in the U.S. are expected to have relatively few units on their shelves that fall within the affected range, those that do are being asked to return those bodies to Canon USA.
Ok just to make some matters clear as many people are fighting for nothing...
After reading the announcments and letters and oral sayings of Canon all over the world we have the following facts
1. Not all the cameras are affected but Canon is not able to say us which camera from the first to last that was produced in September or Octomber has been afected so we have to check by ourselfs
2.Only in Europe and especially in UK and NL has been apeared a letter telling that all the not selled MarkIII would have to go back .... be carefull now not to be fixed but to be checked and if it is necessary then fixed.
3.About the Blue Dot...... Blue Dot does not mean something particular until Canon states that the particular camera is AiAF malfunction free and for that it is needed to be a written state and not just a Blue dot on the Box, If a company makes a mistake that is that kind then it must be corrected in a way that the fame of Canon will remain in the top charts. I remind Intel situations that they did send a DHL man to each Pentium buyer that had the known buged CPU and then they make excange at once. Of cource no the times has been changed but there must be a way for the affected camera to be indentified and repaired with the less pain.
I think that at late of November we will have more news but now we need to know what are the results from the Fixed and checked cameras so we are waiting for the Blue Dot people and please just melt your CF/SD cards for us friends
JackCnd wrote:
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Shipments to dealers of the EOS-1D Mark III have not been suspended, says Westfall, and while dealers in the U.S. are expected to have relatively few units on their shelves that fall within the affected range, those that do are being asked to return those bodies to Canon USA.
This means NO RECALL. A RECALL means that ALL OF US must send the camera back to Canon. That there is a problem that affects a WHOLE range of units, that MUST be fixed, and it is accepted by the manufacturer.
This problem affects A GROUP of units WITHIN the listed Serial # range, but can not be pinpointed by Canon, due to production-run issues.
Therefore, if your cam performs flawlessly, in most conditions described on Canon's bulletin, DO NOT RETURN the camera. Don't let anyone mess with it. It is just FINE, and those are the ones that people will be looking for, later: units that have performed flawlessly from day one, OVER TIME, and have not been touched in any form or shape since they left manufacturing.
Is there any way to buy this camera online (or in Dallas) and know that you're getting a 'good' body? I really don't want to drop $4,000 for a new camera and then explain to the spouse why I'm sending it to Canon for repairs. The sales job to order it in the first place was hard enough!
JackCnd wrote:
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Shipments to dealers of the EOS-1D Mark III have not been suspended, says Westfall, and while dealers in the U.S. are expected to have relatively few units on their shelves that fall within the affected range, those that do are being asked to return those bodies to Canon USA.
Thanks Jack, I was on the road when I was trying to point out that NonF-recall did exist, you saved me some work.
all cameras in that range will have the option of the repair. If you choose to not send it in, your choice. But they are offering repair tags to all in that SN range.
I do not own a 1Dmk3, neither looking to buy one (I can't afford it.)
This to say I did not read all this thread (tooooo looong), So sorry if it has been already posted
but:
here in Italy canon web says the affected body (for a defective mirror)
are serial number: 501001 - 546561 and from November the free reparation will be available.
here the italian link: https://self-service.canon-europe.com/it/pages/?c=SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE/,/?New,KB={79CFAEAB-76BE-44EC-915F-8373EBE457A4},Company={5D57C876-253A-4B01-B12F-134801A1F92F},Case=obj(72525),TemplateSet=Canon_SServe_Cust,Question=ref(SEK):::FDIWRHEXJU,Question=ref(UT):::EU1,varset_lang=it,varset_country=IT,VARSET_URLLOC=self-service.canon-europe.com/it/pages/ss_Layout.cgi,VARSET_ExitWin=Exit&LANG=it
Yeah now we just sit on our hands and wait wail they fix their stock is my guess. If you look at the first post they tell me end of October they will send out the call tags. Then a Nov 5th call asking where the tag was and they saying end of Nov is not acceptable.
No they told me the soonest would be end of November. Then again they first told me end of Oct I should see a call tag. Man they really have miss handled this.
FYI,
My local dealer dropped the price of the MK III by $1000.00 yesterday! I bought mine 2.5 months ago for the premium price. This whole situation is just messed up! I might put an idea out, anyone who will be sending thier MK III in for the "FIX", should go out an buy a new 40D or a 5D and use it for the period the "FIX" takes and then return it! Canon does not seem to be stepping up to the plate for those of us that make a living with our cameras. Let canon deal with all the returned 5D's or 40D's. Anyone that paided top dollar for "The worlds fasted camera", that doesn't focus propperly all the time should get a brand new one from Canon that WORKS AS ADVERTISED! Just an idea. BTW: I am happy with mine, but $1000.00 hit is a bit rough. I WILL be sending in my MkIII as resale will dictate I do it. Oh well, that's the way ithe little ball bounces, so I have been told...
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What I would like to know is it seems quite a few people here have received blue dot bodies but not one has posted whether they work or not, or at least not that I have read in the last few pages......
Should all of us who are waiting simply assume that the fix works?
I am bummed I paid full boar for my first one plus tax so just shy of 5k, but the second one was only 3600.00 so that off set it. I plan on keeping these for a while so will get my money's worth.
Sorry Alistair I am one of those that did get a BD but as luck and time would have it, I have not got to shoot it yet. My first test will be this weekend. I am hoping my dell exchange will be here by then too but doubt it. If this one works I would be surprised if the other wouldn't.
Alistair Watson wrote:
What I would like to know is it seems quite a few people here have received blue dot bodies but not one has posted whether they work or not, or at least not that I have read in the last few pages......
Should all of us who are waiting simply assume that the fix works?
Alistair Watson wrote:
What I would like to know is it seems quite a few people here have received blue dot bodies but not one has posted whether they work or not, or at least not that I have read in the last few pages......
Should all of us who are waiting simply assume that the fix works?
...and why has Rob Galbraith chimed in with his results? Surely he's had a chance to test by now.
I'm pretty much waiting on Rob's analysis of the fix before I purchase a mark 3
No sure why Rob is being so quite? I just wish I could test mine, I know I could go shoot cars but that was not my before. My before was soccer and football so I need to shoot same to really test it.
5699+tax holly cow batman that is a premium even with some kind of adjustment for the dollar. They are list down here 4500+Tax which made it 4900ish. Now you are just at "normal".
Zeder wrote:
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$5699.00 plus tax = $6100.00
Now they are 4699 + tax. GURRRRRRRRRRRRR!
So i would say the $1000 drop has nothing to do with the 1D Mark III's price change.
Most popular sale prices from reputable dealers are still $4500 or so, no big drop !
And your local dealer sucks, put too much make up for the initial price
