Camera & Lense Recommendation

[Ruth]

I have a Canon 20D. Most of my lenses are Canon but I have a couple of Tameron as well.
When I inquired about duty on cameras I was told that if the camera was made in another country without a free trade agreement with Canada then duty was payable regardless of where it is shipped or bought from.

[TheReefGeek]

I just checked the tarriff schedule, from what I can see digital cameras are duty free.

[Ruth]

I phoned them and that is what I was told by the agent I spoke to.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by TheReefGeek

I just checked the tarriff schedule, from what I can see digital cameras are duty free.

That appears to be the case. I was bored (and interested) and went to a US site that has a shopping calculator (ecost.com) in a partnership with Canada Post's Borderfree.com service. No duty on a d50.

Matt

[i have crabs]

the new sony slr is coming out in july,i was gonna upgrade but i like my sony dscr1 too much

[TheReefGeek]

Hmmm, will have to research it then!

[DanG]

Ugg, don't get a camera with a 4gb microdrive. It's a small hard drive with tiny moving parts. They have horrible reliability. I've seen so many dead ones. You can get flash cards upto 4gb now, but the 1 and 2gb models are the best priced.

[TheReefGeek]

Here is some info on the upcoming Sony Alpha Digital SLR
http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/news...tory_8382.html

I will have to read up on the microdrives, I definately want somethine reliable, maybe a 4gig microdrive and a 1gig backup would be best.