The warranty for a 1Ds bought in N.Y is NOT international. U.S. Only (accorring to Canon u.k). I don't know if a CPS membership helps.
The price out there is $7700 or (or �4800). However if you're buying it inside New York state you'll have to pay state tax (10%). I don't know if you can claim this back. If not the price goes up to around �5280. The U.K price is now �5400 + VAT (�6345). As I understand it you pay VAT on imports (which you can of course claim back if you're VAT registered). Either way you could be paying a similar price for a camera without a U.K warranty - unless you don't declare it, and I wonder if you can claim to the taxman as business expense stuff bought abroad without duty paid - maybe they're not bothered. Does anyone have experience of this? On the plus side, you can at least BUY a 1Ds in New York (unlike London), and you'll no doubt have a great trip. Regards Richard Lewisohn P.S. Used a 1Ds for the first time today (sadly not mine) and the detail is awesome. Not so good is the amount of time to write to the microdrive. There was a considerable delay just waiting to see the shot on the LCD, which threw me somewhat. Around 75 shots on a 1GB micro (shooting RAW and high quality jpeg). I.e. somewhat ironically the same amount on a 512MB card as a roll of old style film! So I'll be waiting for a cheap, fast 4GB microdrive for Xmas this year. If anyone can pick one up for me cheap when they're in New York... =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
