It was still considerably far less than I could buy it locally, but I do worry about the warranty. If Canon accepts this information and allows you to proceed with the order you should have a model that is serviceable in the USA. They require you to enter the model and serial number. I had purchased the camera and lens on the bait-and-switch plan, on Ebay, and paid another couple of hundred for the USA warranty when they called me to let me know, prior to shipment, I could buy a USA model if i wanted. Go to Canon USA's service site and initiate a service/repair order.
I may try again, but I suspect Canon may not want to commit themselves ahead of time. While I have no Niko serial numbers, 1980s Niko models do strongly resemble Centurion and owners are suggested to check the serial number formats of Centurion contractors. All questions and photographic experience levels welcome 73.9k. I sent the information, and never heard anything. Owner, Alan Goldsmith, also worked for Western States Imports (Centurion). Welcome to reddits home for discussion of the Canon EF, EF-S, EF-M, and RF Mount interchangeable lens DSLR and Mirrorless cameras, and occasionally their point-and-shoot cousins. She did give me an email address at Canon that I could contact with a copy of the receipt to verify whether or not my camera would be covered under warranty. is it possible to check if a canon slr camera is a grey import or was aussie stock via the serial number have found a good deal on a secondhand camera, but they dont disclose where its from. She said they can't verify by serial number if a camera was USA or "gray".
I tried verifying Canon body and lens serial numbers by calling Canon USA support. Enter serial number: Select Country: Please select Austria Belgium Bosnia & Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Europe Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Israel Italy Kenya Luxembourg Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland. So while they might have still been putting parts together for some time after that I seriously doubt they would have had enough parts or demand for 6 months+ worth of FTB's Within a couple weeks of the AE-1 hitting the Market they were the hottest selling camera in the industry and I'm sure Canon was going nuts trying.