phillip_damiano1

Hi Peter, Phone them you will find they have them in Stock. I believe Ted's in Sydney has 5 or 8 in stock as of today. They don't have them listed on there site as yet. I have no idea why.

They are available in Australia.

I put one on order last week, I just recieved word from the store that it's in stock. waiting for me. The problem is the store is 360km away. & I am leaving on holidays tomorrow for a week. If I had of known a few hours earlier I could of got it sent today & recieved it just before leaving for the holiday, I will have to wait till I get back.

 

What a time to go on holiday.

I just heard a rumour that the Canon 30D is in Stock in Sydney

Australia. Can anyone confirm this?

Hi, I was wondering what do you all think about the info I posted above in regards to the fungus not ever returning. I live in a humid area & don't see how they could offer that garanty about the lens not getting any fungus again.

Is this possible? a product that stops any fungus returning.

I bought two 20D's & sent both of them back. I was not happy with either one of them. The focusing was out on both cameras. & the dust was just incredible. For a new camera to have so much dust, I wonder.

 

For the money a very poor camera in my opinion.

 

I am waiting for the replacement camera to be released. Hopefully the quality control is much better on this new replacement camera.

Hi, I live in Australia & only just had my Canon 100-300 F5.6L lens cleaned from fungus. It cost me in Australian Dollars $308.00.

 

The camera repair store told me that I will never need to worry about getting fungus on my lens again. They told me when I went to pickup my lens that they treated the lens with something that will stop Fungus from occuring again, They garanteed this.

I should of formated the card in my Pro1 before taking the photo. Probably would not of shown the high number on the pro1 if I did.

 

I to have used other digital cameras & never came upon this issue before.

Thanks all for the responses.

 

I have learnt a lot here today in regards to the file numbering system that Canon deploy on there cameras & how they work.

 

I tried the sugestion about trying the card out on my Canon Powershot Pro1. The card was formated in the 20D. I than tranfered the card to the Pro1, Took a photo & the image number jumped up from 3052 to 4870. So it appears that the high number was transfered on the card.

 

Looks like it's best to use a CF Card only on one camera, otherwise the file numbering system goes out.

 

I still not sure about the setting on the camera not being set to default, but from whats said here about the salesman playing around with the settings to learn about the features. I would not think this is the case. because it's the last 20D they have & will not be getting anymore & supposedly this camera body was to come straight from Canon.

 

I have just found out that this 20D body came from a Package that included the 18-55mm lens. The store could not get the Body only in. They had a kit form on the shelf. & was on display as an demo for over one week. Than when the store realised they could not get any Body only in. They decided to swap my faulty 20D with this body from the kit. This makes sense why the Seriel number on the camera was different to what was on the 20D packaging.

 

When it comes to purchasing a Camera I prefer to purchase a camera that has not been opened or been on the shelf.

I have seen stores here where I live, where the salesman have actually taken cameras from the store home on weekends taking photos & than put back on the shelf to sell as an brand new camera. I don't believe this should be allowed. I have seen this happen with my own eyes.

 

The first 20D I had, was a shocker. The focusing was out so bad on it. My sister was taking better photos than me with a cheap pocket camera. & I have L series lens. The 20D I just sent back was very sharp. I was very impressed with it's sharpness. But I just could not live with the state of this camera out of the box. It also had a lot of dust inside the camera. Looking through the viewfinder I could see the dust specks.

 

I do believe I made the right decision in sending the camera back.

 

I have not recieved a refund as yet. I hope I do get a refund. It would not surprise me if I get the camera back in the post.

It's not to easy getting money back down here in Australia.

 

I shall keep you's posted.

 

Phillip

Thanks Adam.

 

Oh well, to late now I already posted the camera back for a refund.

 

It was sharp as well. Much better than the first one I had.

 

I should end up with a better camera in the next month or so. Well I hope the replacement model of the 20D will be a better camera. I like the looks of the 5D, but a little over my price range at this stage.

 

Phillip

Hi Adam.

 

Thanks for replying so quick. This is my first post here. I have been browsing reading the forums here for some time now. but thought I should start posting.

 

I did not know that about the file numbering system. The card I first used would of only have taken no more that 50 or so photos.

The thing that still concerns me though is the fact that the settings are all out from Standard.

 

I decided it was probably wise to get a refund, even though this was my last chance of owning a 20D. The store can not get anymore in stock. They informed me that the 20D is now not manufactured anymore & that Canon Australia do not have anymore stock.

 

I will wait & see what new replacement camera Canon will come up with than probably purchase that or the 5D.

 

Phillip

Hi, I purchased a Canon 20D a few days ago. When I took the camera

back home & placed in my CF Card The first image number showed image

number 4822. The card I used for the first time is a card I had for 2

years it came with my Powershot Pro1 when I purchased it a couple of

years ago. This card is 64MB. I have only used this card 2 or 3 times.

 

I was surprised to see the image number so High. I formated the card &

still the image numbers are high, I than tried my other 2 CF cards I

have & both showed the same high numbers.

 

I contacted the store where I purchased & they told me that the camera

is new straight out of the box.

 

I have reason to believe that this is not true. as I have found that

the camera has evidence of being used before. None of the settings on

the camera where set to standard. The LCD Panel was set to show all

images continuosly, I know this should of been on 2 seconds. also the

Exposure compensation was set to -2. And the Adobe RGB was set.

 

This particular Canon 20D is a replacement after the first one I

purchased also showed evidence of being a used camera. it came up with

image number 3052 when I took my first image with it, & the focusing

was way out & also Error 99 kept coming up on it. So I sent this body

back for a replacement. Replaced with the body in question above.

 

I phoned Canon Australia about this. & asked if there is any reason

why a new camera body should have indicated such a high shutter

number. Canon informed me that possibly a Card with a high reading

might of been used in the camera before hand. Which causes the numbers

to be so high, even though the card would of been formated, it stills

comes up with the total number of images that the particular CF card

have taken.

 

I was confused about this. As far I understood once you format a card

or even if it was not formated it should have no bearing on the image

number indicated on the camera. I thought the camera keeps a running

total on how many images have been taken if you set the Menu to

Continuosly for the file numbering, no matter which CF card you use.

 

I have recently sent the camera back for a refund. But I am curious to

know if this is true what Canon tells me. I have reason to believe

that they where on the side of the store where I purchased the camera

from, because it's suppose to be one of there biggest sellers here in

Australia & they asured me that the camera is new not 2nd hand. But

than if it was new, why are all the settings not set to standard?