Recent content by DaveWales

I think you have the right attitude here, you have only lost a couple of days of use, you will hopefully get your money back and even if you don't you are quids in still and have Canon 6 month warranty. I see that as a win. I think everyone buying an R5 understands there is an element of risk...

Keep us posted, it will be interesting to know! Off topic but about Canon repairs in general , as Raymond Lin says, they are not as expensive as you expect them to be. They arranged a pre paid address label for me to send my camera in and it was free postage on return. My IDX2 had a replacement...

I have been pleasantly surprised that the two bits of kit I have sent back to Elstree have cost less than I imagined they might. I wouldn't consider sending them anywhere else now to be honest. The return service is brilliant, work done and dusted and returned in two days.

You normally set limits which, if they are higher than the estimated repair they proceed to undertake the work. It saves time if you want your gear back asap. You won't get it released for sending back until the bill is paid though.

I have to say the dilemma here was two fold, first supply in the UK is so bad then if you are desperate to get your hands on one then it's the grey market. The second of course is warranty which no matter if it's local or grey imported the cover you get is only for manufacturers defects. This...

That's an interesting question re the warranty on non warranty work! I imagine it's 6 months. It was on my out of warranty but grey imported 1DX2.

I was under the impression that Apps are both harder to hack and also use far less bandwidth than your browser so if you are out and about and want to check what's going on on your phone..........but you are talking to someone who doesn't know that's 100% correct.I couldn't even figure out how...

I tried to vote but don't see how it's done.