Camera Serial Number Check

[Zee Palmer]

Isearched for the only dealer in Tennessee by name. I found the name and then clicked on the website. Domain name is for sale so seems the place of out of business? There were several listed in Georgia. Need to track down the closest to SE TN. Thanks for the link, John.

So I've bought this EOS R5 from Walmart (New York). The serial number begins with 2522XXXXXXXX (12 digits long).

Canon website can not recognize this serial number. On the official Canon support phone call line they confirmed the camera is legit but is not for sale in USA (the third and fourth digits in the serial number should be either 20 or 21, not 22).

The camera you bought is a gray market item. This means the company that sold it to you went somewhere overseas where they could buy wholesale at a discount and/or there was a monetary exchange rate favorable to them, then unofficially imported the item themselves. They also are probably not an authorized Canon dealer.

The camera itself was made by Canon and functionally the same, but may have a menu in another language, may come with a user manual in another language, may have a different type of battery charger and may come in different packaging.

Besides what's noted above, what this means to you is that as a gray market item there's no Canon USA warranty coverage for it. Such a warranty may only ever become important if you need repair. Without warranty, you will be able to get it fixed, but it will be at your expense.

You're absolutely right, Alan. Camera and its manuals are all in English, no problem with it. I've also tried to upgrade the firmware - also went smoothly. I have to think (I'm still eligible for return), the price difference was like $350 which might be enough for a minor repair works if needed within the next year.

I only think, if with time I decide to sell the camera, it might trigger the potential buyers as every serial number verification failed to recognize the serial number. It was intended to be for some Asia market probably.

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