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UK recall for Canon EOS-1D Mark III
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Canon UK has apparently informed dealers that it has temporarily stopped shipments of its EOS-1D Mark III and is asking that unsold units be returned pending an official announcement due over the next few days. The state of play seems to be that Canon will repair affected cameras but is not offering refunds or exchanging for alternative models.
DPreview: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0710/07...1dm3recall.asp
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That's a bit of a bummer if you've just shelled out £6.5K
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I know! However i cant see how Canon wont replace - they have sold faulty goods and according to the sale of goods act they are obliged to replace. Arnt they??
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I should know - I did contract law at college but I can't remember LOL
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If it's not fit for purpose then yes, customers will be entitled to a replacement, or, if within a month a refund 
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God, I'm glad I opted for the 40D. 
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Do we know what the fault is yet?
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I'd like to know what the fault is - or more how folk are being treated.
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Originally Posted by cymruchris
Do we know what the fault is yet?
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Originally Posted by Phil
I'd like to know what the fault is - or more how folk are being treated.
....... Ok its a "quality issue". Canon states, "The problem can be linked to the adjustment of the AF Sub Mirror, and we believe that this affects only a minority of units in the market at this time..............,predominantly occurring in high temperature conditions, is that the optimal focus point is uncertain in AI servo mode, or that the tracking performance of AI Servo in not accurate".
Apparently, there are four major problems with the autofocus module: focus in a multi-frame burst, subject tracking, focus shifting when the subject isn't moving and extremely quick focus shifting with a moving subject.
Some indepth details here:
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/mul...id=7-8740-9068