First let me say that I have nothing against Canoga. As a matter of fact, I like them, have ordered from them, and will order from them in the future. They have always been quite helpful.
HOWEVER, if you look back at some of the threads dealing with the D60 introduction, there was a LOT of bad blood between the customers and them and their handling of that situation. I know this because I was one of the early people to receive my D60 (since March) and was anxiously watching and waiting. In addition, it appeared that Canoga's allocations of D60s were substantially below what they said they were going to receive. Lot's of people had high hopes because of the huge quantities they were promising to deliver and it didn't materialize. There must have been dozens of threads on the topic if you search.
In their defense, perhaps they didn't have much control over the allocations but they COULD have handled the PR side of it better. There were LOTS of angry people on their lists. Also, I am sure that the waiting lists for the 1Ds will be MUCH smaller than the D60 so perhaps all will work out well.
Anyway, my point is that if the introduction of the 1Ds is anything like the D60 it seemed like the Canada dealers had the cameras in quantity well before the US dealers (which still don't seem to have many...)
Your mileage may vary
Good luck!
Mark
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