40D - No UK Plug???

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Ok.......brand spanking new 40D from WE....open the box like a child with a trainset and then.......no UK plug adapter or plug for the charger????!!!!


Is that right??? :eek:

SB
 
My understanding is it MUST have UK compatible electrics.
 
Yeah you should have the UK adapter - could be a mistake at packing at Canon I guess, but does sound a bit odd. Would call WE and say it sounds a bit dubious and that you aint impressed, see what they offer. They might just offer to send out the UK adaptor, but if you aint happy I would try for a whole new box. WE are normally pretty good at customer relations.
 
Odd. Thanks that confirms it then. Ill get them to send a cable. It was all sealed etc. Popping to a friends to get his cable lol
 
Do Canon normally ship their UK gear as American gear with a UK adapter ? or do you get UK gear with a UK plug.
Dunno if it makes any difference but I'd ship it back, US voltage is 110, UK is 240.
The charger might be dual voltage, who knows ?
 
Yeah I think you usually get both. My mate has two cables with moulded plugs 1 euro and 1 uk.


My uk is missing.

SB
 
Yep - just checked my 40D box and I have both plugs.
 
Both here also
 
With my 40D the charger had 2 pins that slide out. I had one of those shaver sockets (2 pin to 3 pin) and thats worked well for me.
 
Isn't the US charger actually completely different to the UK one? A slide out 2 pin charger denotes a grey import AFAIK.
 
Flip the charger unit over and check that it's dual voltage. I think they all are even the US ones, but check.

If the lead terminates in a normal Figure 8 socket, and you need one quickly you could always try your local electrical store.

Maplin stock them

http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=1168&doy=19m3
 
Chappers said:
Flip the charger unit over and check that it's dual voltage. I think they all are even the US ones, but check.

If the lead terminates in a normal Figure 8 socket, and you need one quickly you could always try your local electrical store.

Maplin stock them

http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=1168&doy=19m3
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There is no lead with the US charger as the plug is built in. This is the US charger:

camera-battery.jpg


Whereas I believe this is the UK charger (which connects to the mains outlet via a lead):

battcharger-001.jpg


If you have the US charger it's a grey import!
 
Snakedance said:
Please excuse me for going slightly off topic with this, but how does a grey market work in the UK?
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The companies can buy them bulk for a hell of a lot cheaper.
eg..they buy for say $800 and sell for £800..Doubling their money.
This sounds like WE maybe be guilty of a little Naughtiness.
Send it back and demand a SEALED UK Unit.
 
Do you read? The OP received a camera with only an EU cable. It is an EU camera (by definition cannot be a grey import). It seems that the UK cable was simply omitted.

As for US working, I have a 20D with a US charger, and I can use a straight converter (not voltage converting) to charge. Almost all chargers nowadays are multi voltage.

The camera itself is, obviously, identical.

I prefer the US charger. All my electronic devices either came with US plug, or have a slot-in US plug. When I travel, I use the US plug as it's more portable (swivel out vs the 3 prong brick that is the UK plug) and it's more universal.
 
leoedin said:
Do you read? The OP received a camera with only an EU cable. It is an EU camera (by definition cannot be a grey import). It seems that the UK cable was simply omitted.

As for US working, I have a 20D with a US charger, and I can use a straight converter (not voltage converting) to charge. Almost all chargers nowadays are multi voltage.

The camera itself is, obviously, identical.

I prefer the US charger. All my electronic devices either came with US plug, or have a slot-in US plug. When I travel, I use the US plug as it's more portable (swivel out vs the 3 prong brick that is the UK plug) and it's more universal.
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ermm..yes i do but i assume you dont..:D:D
I was replying to the off topic question of why companies deal in grey market goods..:lol::lol:
Oh..dont bite please, i dont have that big a boat. ;)
 
CraigF said:
ermm..yes i do but i assume you dont..:D:D
I was replying to the off topic question of why companies deal in grey market goods..:lol::lol:
Oh..dont bite please, i dont have that big a boat. ;)
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No, he obviously doesn't as the OP stated JUST that they had a new camera from WE and that there was "no UK plug adapter or plug for the charger?". So quite likely that three was a cable missing or it's a grey import!
 
I had the same problem from somewhere else.....there was no adapter in the box, I started panicking then a few hours later went to throw some rubbbish away and the adapter was loose in the bag the box was posted in:bonk::lol:
 
I think it's just a packing error at Canon. Everything else is there as expected. Box is marked as UK battery stock.
 
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