ncje's A1 Thread

Hey scenedirector:

I hate to ask but i just wanted to make sure. In your package of the xh a1 did you get the compact power adapter? On Digitalfoto site i did not see it listed under items included. Also, Your 100% sure its a US, US warranty and not a gray market camera. I'm sorry if i sound rude but i just wanted to make sure. I'm leaning toward buying the camera from them but i just wish i new more opinions/buyers experience from there place.
 
Yes, I got the compact power adapter. I don't know why they didn't list it, but I got ALL the accessories that are listed for the A1 on the Canon website, itself.

Looking into the serials today guys.
 
Just talked to a Canon rep AT CANON.

They are legit!!!

Hurry up and buy them why you can at digitalfotoclub.com guys. Great service, especially through Ken, great price, and of course, GREAT CAMS!!
 
This makes no sense. I'm gonna call Canon. DigitalFotoClub.com has a resellerratings.com profile with lots of complaints about gray market goods.

Okay, I'm on hold with Canon, but while I'm at it, I went to the Canon "where to buy" page and put in digitalfotoclub.com's zipcode -- and guess what, they don't show up as an authorized dealer. Surprise, surprise.

Look up digitalfotoclub.com on Don Wiss's page of brooklyn storefronts (http://donwiss.com/pictures/BrooklynStores/) -- does that look like an authorized store?

Okay, still on hold, so I'm rooting around, and guess what -- they carry Crystal Optics and Sakar crap accessories, which is my #1 dead giveaway that they're a member of the same Crooklyn series of stores.

Hey, just heard from Canon, they say that they can find no evidence whatsoever that digitalfotoclub is an authorized dealer! In fact, they even found another zipcode for the company (which, surprise surprise, that second zipcode is also in Brooklyn) and that doesn't check out either. There is an authorized dealer in Brooklyn, "1 Stop Camera & Electronics", but not Digital Foto Club.

So no, sorry, Digital Foto Club is most definitely not an authorized, legit Canon reseller.
 
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Good work Barry, I did the same exact thing and came up with the same information. I ended up ordering the A1 from 1 Stop Camera just now thanks to Canon pointing me in the right direction and guess what: 1 Stop Camera sells them for $3,499! WOOHOO!

I'll have mine in hand tomorrow via UPS for a total of $3,657 for the camera, 10 hr battery and shipping....... I'm so excited.
 
So wait, an authorized dealer can advertise for under 3,999?

And how did one guy get Digitalfoto as legit and the other not?

Anyway, I'll go to see about 1 stop camera and check those guys out.

GO COFFEE! YOU SON OF A GREAT MAN! A1 owner's what! edit: i just saw. You paid extra for express shipping. SWEET.

I want to get one and a Firestore at the same time.
 
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lol, yeah man I'm excited to get it tomorrow. I'm a little shell shocked that I jumped it buying it but I keep hearing awesome things about the A1 and I really feel that this is a great camera to introduce myself to HD with. It's not a simple camera that will let me down in a few months but rather one that I think will hold its own for quite some time.
 
Kholi said:
So wait, an authorized dealer can advertise for under 3,999?
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Not supposed to be able to, and I can't even find an A1 on their site. They do have the H1 listed, but it's listed at $10,133 or something like that.

And how did one guy get Digitalfoto as legit and the other not?
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That one I can't answer. But I can point you towards Canon's website where you can check for yourself, and you can also use the "contact us" button there to call Canon directly, and they'll tell you that there's no way digitalfotoclub.com is an authorized reseller.
 
Uh oh. Smells fish-ee. Doesn't matter, though. I'm not going to buy from a non-authorized dealer.

I asked Coffee about the 1 Stop Camera place. I didnt' see an A1 either. Maybe he called it in?
 
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Uh oh. Smells fish-ee. Doesn't matter, though. I'm not going to buy from a non-authorized dealer.

I asked Coffee about the 1 Stop Camera place. I didnt' see an A1 either. Maybe he called it in?
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Yeah I called them directly AFTER Canon confirmed that they were legit authorized dealers for Canon products.

PM'd u back.

Oh also, I didn't see the A1 on their site also which is one of the reasons why I called 1 Stop Camera directly.
 
Now I'm CONFUSED!!

I called the 888 number on my Canon USA warranty card to ask, and the Canon rep had told me if the camera is NTSC and it comes with the USA warranty card, you are okay.

Also, yes, I found out that digitalfotoclub.com has a physical store front under another name. That store I DID find on the CANON website as an authorized seller.

Guys, help me out, help me help you out, and DAMN IT, if these cams are gray market!!!

Now I'm stuck with them, so how do I make the best of it????
 
Congrats to coffee on getting his confirmed as legit.

This last week has seen little shooting from me on the A1. I did tests all day last Saturday but thats a shot in progress Im working on and Id prefer not to show it.

So from Sunday the weather has been all over the place. And, the few decent days I have had to go out and work.

Today again is overcast nothing rubbish (per Barry Green) blah. Today is also a national Holiday in Japan so it would have been the perfect day to get out and shoot this morning :S This afternoon I have a production meeting so no go - will be raining anyway.

I hear the calls for the bright footage..... believe me if the stars align in the next few days I will have some up. Wont be anything particularly special, just something like a montage of scenes I can shoot and throw together in a couple of hours.
 
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How come no one wants to shoot in overcast. I love overcast days, I guess I have to I live in Seattle, but just because it's overcast doesn't mean you can't shoot something great, especially people. I'll take overcast shots any day over the "no" light shots that everyone seems to "test" the camera with (present company excluded) :) Stop looking for excuses Barry and Ncje :)
 
Hey, no more excuses, today was wonderful and I ran around to the beach, downtown, the battleship, the intracoastal waterway, the lake, got a few different shots in a lot of different environments!

Bright overcast can be worked with, but blah gray overcast is not so workable, I think, it just makes everything flat and ugly. A bright sky with a layer of cloud over it, and just a hint of sun poking through to give a little bit of an edge -- well, that's perfect. But the kind of overcast I had here yesterday was just unusable.

Today was great though, sunny & bright but not not. Now I just have to sort through the tape and the cards and find shots that look appropriate, and line 'em up and see what I think. It's just so impossible to do something like this justice by yourself though; just when you think you've got it all set up and lined up, that's about when you realize that you forgot to level one of the tripods, and so after you do that, you remember that you cranked up the chroma gain on the last shot so this one should have it turned back down... etc... so, I don't know how much of what I got is usable, but I'll find out later tonight & tomorrow!
 
I just spent a half an hour staring at my XBR960 TV, about two feet away from it, swapping cables between the two. It all looks good!
 
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