International rescue saves Canon 350D

Monday, June 16th, 2008

There are two loves in the life of our former deputy reviews editor, Dave Stevenson: his wife and his camera. If he was forced at gunpoint to choose between the two, I’m not sure which he’d sacrifice (he infamously omitted to even mention his wife in his wedding speech), which is he’s taken both on his travels.

What follows here is the incredible tale of the buffeting his beloved Canon EOS 350D has taken on his journey and the brilliant support he received from Canon’s worldwide support team, lifted wholesale from his superb travel blog, Sorry For The Group Email:

Here is what may be a little-known fact about cameras.

Apart from Ferraris from forecourts, champagne into ocean liners, and Edwardian furniture off buildings, very few commodities lose their value faster. A second little-known fact about DSLRs is that, despite their promisingly-mechanical nature, economically repairing them is next to impossible. Indeed, ruin a DSLR comprehensively enough (easily done), and repairing it and buying a new one take on similar fiscal proportions.

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