5D3 Shipment in Europe?!?!
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Viggo said:
Just tell me where to sign! What shop do you work in? Fotovideo? I have a reservation at Dustinhome, although they are not sure if my body will be amongst the ones they think they will receive the 30th of May. You can hit me up on flickrmail, my username on flickr is the same as here. Cheers
EDIT: I just discovered there is a personal message option on this forum.
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Fotofanten said:Viggo said:
Just tell me where to sign! What shop do you work in? Fotovideo? I have a reservation at Dustinhome, although they are not sure if my body will be amongst the ones they think they will receive the 30th of May. You can hit me up on flickrmail, my username on flickr is the same as here. Cheers
Bare kom innom japanphoto på Byporten, tror ikke vi har en eneste en på liste der nå. Vi forventer ting inn, men usikkert hva slags antall. Er mye forsinkelser ute å går, men jeg tror ikke det er snakk om over sommer'n i hele tatt. Du får det nok ikke til 17.mai, men noe midt i mellom tipper jeg.
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I ordered mine on May 3rd from www.ac-foto.com. Although the website mentioned a delivery time of 3 weeks, I received a shipping notice on the 10th and recieved the camera today!. 
The shop is located in Aachen, Germany; I live in The Netherlands.
(I ordered the kit with the 24-105). Their service is good and their price as well (have purchased several items from them in the past, incl. EOS 3, EF 28-135 IS, EF 100-400 IS, EF 50 1.4, Speedlite 550 EX).
The shop is located in Aachen, Germany; I live in The Netherlands.
(I ordered the kit with the 24-105). Their service is good and their price as well (have purchased several items from them in the past, incl. EOS 3, EF 28-135 IS, EF 100-400 IS, EF 50 1.4, Speedlite 550 EX).
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Vossie said:I ordered mine on May 3rd from www.ac-foto.com. Although the website mentioned a delivery time of 3 weeks, I received a shipping notice on the 10th and recieved the camera today!.
The shop is located in Aachen, Germany; I live in The Netherlands.
(I ordered the kit with the 24-105). Their service is good and their price as well (have purchased several items from them in the past, incl. EOS 3, EF 28-135 IS, EF 100-400 IS, EF 50 1.4, Speedlite 550 EX).
300 euros more than what I paid plus the delivery fees...
And I'm still short of about 4000 euros...
But thank you for the advice. Maybe someone else that is not stuck with an incompetent reseller will be able to benefit of this tip.
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Enquired with a couple of dealers and it's always the same story: Canon Europe is not able (let me rephrase that: not willing) to give information when the 5D3 will be delivered in non-homeopathic quantities in Europe. The dealer where I placed my pre-order some weeks ago told me that he doesn't expect anything for another 2-3 weeks! 
I do not understand why a company like Canon is unable to distribute cameras evenly across their important markets.
Seems like the Japanese consider that the European 500 million people market is much less important than the US where it's just in stock in places like B&H.
I do not understand why a company like Canon is unable to distribute cameras evenly across their important markets.
Seems like the Japanese consider that the European 500 million people market is much less important than the US where it's just in stock in places like B&H.
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Perhaps the impression is somewhat misleading. The states are just one big market getting some supplies, while smaller countries like for example Honduras may not have seen a single 5D Mark III being delivered.
Here in Europe we are all sitting in our nice small countries agonizing over the trickle of new cameras coming to our continent. One of the factors may be that per country the numbers are lower, because we don't just look at one big country being delivered to. According to the net income Canon is making per region, Europe is bigger than the U.S., so from Canon's corporate perspective I don't think they would play favourites for U.S. customers.
See page S1 at http://www.canon.com/ir/results/2012/rslt2012q1e.pdf as a reference.
Here in Europe we are all sitting in our nice small countries agonizing over the trickle of new cameras coming to our continent. One of the factors may be that per country the numbers are lower, because we don't just look at one big country being delivered to. According to the net income Canon is making per region, Europe is bigger than the U.S., so from Canon's corporate perspective I don't think they would play favourites for U.S. customers.
See page S1 at http://www.canon.com/ir/results/2012/rslt2012q1e.pdf as a reference.
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It appears that they prioritize larger markets over smaller markets. That makes sense for me. My only problem is that I live in Switzerland and that is a pretty small place, so I guess here we are kind of out-of-focus for Canon.
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I buy my gear from a Swiss web site called www.digifuchs.ch very competitive prices and they also have the 5D3 body only available.
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tarekhamila said:
Even digifuchs have no stock at this moment, anyway they are one of the most expensive for the 5D iii. And why can they have it and none othe others can? See toppreise.ch
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I'm in the UK. I phoned up Jacobs in Leicester early last week, and was told to pre-order to guarantee late June delivery - they were getting 2 a week, and had 7 pre-orders.
Anyhow, they got a whole crate in this week - fulfilled all their pre-orders, asked me to come in and get mine, which I did. They had in addition, about 4-5 extra lying around, not assigned to customer orders. I checked a few serial numbers, and they were all xxxx3xxxx stock - i.e. not reworked, but fresh made.
So clearly, large stocks are now coming through. I guess in a week or two these will reach all corners of Europe.
Unless, of course, Canon are revising pricing in the Eurozone, 'cos of the dropping Euro exchange rate, and holding back stock. But that wouldn't affect Norway, Switzerland, etc., who avoided that particular folly.
Anyhow, they got a whole crate in this week - fulfilled all their pre-orders, asked me to come in and get mine, which I did. They had in addition, about 4-5 extra lying around, not assigned to customer orders. I checked a few serial numbers, and they were all xxxx3xxxx stock - i.e. not reworked, but fresh made.
So clearly, large stocks are now coming through. I guess in a week or two these will reach all corners of Europe.
Unless, of course, Canon are revising pricing in the Eurozone, 'cos of the dropping Euro exchange rate, and holding back stock. But that wouldn't affect Norway, Switzerland, etc., who avoided that particular folly.
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