I have precious little Canyon gear. I have a 5D body, two optional
screens, an off-camera shoe cord and a 540EZ flash (from the film era
and doesn't do TTL on digital bodies). I bought that used because it
does do manual flash quite well and also facilitates autofocus in the
dark out to 15 meters... 5 meters more than the current top-of-the-line.
I don't have any Canyon glass of any type let alone "L". Everything
that I've got that's labeled Canyon works as designed. But mine is a
pretty small sample to draw from.
Chuck Norcutt
Bob Whitmire wrote:
> In the aforementioned patrol of various other discussion boards, I
> also found huge numbers of posts from Canyon users in which they
> bemoan the poor QC of Canyon, even the high-end stuff. These people
> talk about ordering and then sending back multiple copies of superior
> L glass, such as the 16-35 Mark II, the 70-200 2.8 L IS USM, and even
> the new 1DsMark III body that's getting otherwise rave reviews.
>
> I saw a lot of what I suspected was behavior Moose occasionally talks
> about, i.e., fumblefingered users who don't have a clue you can't
> shoot 200mm handheld at f/2.8 and 1/5 of a second and not get a
> "soft" image. But there were enough of the rants and complaints that
> I felt obliged to ask the Canyon folks on this forum (which is a
> paragon of polite discourse) whether they ever had sent back multiple
> copies of Canyon products, or knew anyone who did--that is, anyone
> who did who also demonstrably knew the different between an f-stop
> and a bus stop. I did not see all this talk about sending stuff back
> on the Nikon or Olympus dpreview groups.
>
> Surely Canyon's QC isn't that shabby? Perhaps I'd better stop reading
> other Internet groups and stick with this one, regardless of what
> kind of gear I deploy. And to those of you whom I have "spoken"
> sharply in the past, my most abject and humble apologies. I'd rather
> eat goose shit than be identified with the variety of rude-nicks who
> post elsewhere.
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> www.bobwhitmire.com
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