OT USA warranty outside of US

2007-08-13 Thread Igor Roshchin
Hello All, (Europeans primarily) Does anybody know how does the warranty work in Europe for the lens with the USA warranty. To be more specific, I am talking about Nikon USA 5 year warranty. Can a lens be fixed under that warranty in any of European Nikon repair shops? Another question, - if

Re: OT USA warranty outside of US

2007-08-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Go to the Nikon USA website and look for warranty information regarding US distributor Nikon products outside the USA. Same for Pentax. The Nikon 18-200 VR lens hasn't been on the market all that long to have reliable statistics available on its durability. If it's like most Nikon lenses,

Re: OT USA warranty outside of US

2007-08-13 Thread Thibouille
Regarding Pentax, Pentax USA confirmed to me that one has to ask them for an International Waranty Card. Of course warranty has the US validity which is one year. But it is absolutely valid in Europe. One just has to ask Pentax USA for the card. 2007/8/13, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Go

Re: OT USA warranty outside of US

2007-08-13 Thread graywolf
I believe it is different nowadays. Used to be when the US importers were independent companies that the US warranty was only good in the US, and the international warranties were not honored here. Now all the big name companies seem to own their importer/distributer themselves, so it is not so

Re: OT USA warranty outside of US

2007-08-13 Thread Igor Roshchin
Thanks to all who responded through the list and directly! As for the track record for Nikon 18-200 VR - it's been on the market for about a year now. Not enough for conclusive results, but.. If there haven't been much problems observed, that's already a good sign. Igor -- PDML

Re: OT USA warranty outside of US

2007-08-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Aug 13, 2007, at 9:01 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: As for the track record for Nikon 18-200 VR - it's been on the market for about a year now. Not enough for conclusive results, but.. If there haven't been much problems observed, that's already a good sign. I know four people who have this