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“Reducing” camera functionality to comply with EU/UK legislation
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The cheapest possible but not the cheapest available. If they would do that a product could malfunction before the warrantee is over. Also if a manufacturer produces bad products because of cheap components it could cost them there reputation.
I doubt that it will be that much but agreed.
I cannot speak for everyone but if Canon would release a new Powershot I will be verry hesitant to buy it. Due to what i have experienced the last few years.
I still go and look for the latest and newest products often to find out that what i already have is better than the latest product.
The "if it's older, it's no good" is not something of the last century its something of the last 20 to 30 years. Before that people bought quality goods that would last them a lifetime.
I can really appreciate a good product and I more and more demand good products and if I see that the quality of a manufacturer degrades i just won't buy there stuff any more.
They were misinformed. I checked on the gov.UK website. I’ve done some work for OPSS, so I know how to navigate the rules and how transposition works.
Probably importers will play it safe rather than check the law, but not all of them.
A lot of U.K. law was inherited from EU law at the time of Brexit, by a very complicated Act. Anything already transposed from a Directive was already primary U.K. law but Regulations had to be enacted (or ignored). The 3 legal systems of the U.K. and the situation in Northern Ireland made it complicated. The status of non-compliant stock in Northern Ireland on 1st Jan 2025 would need a lawyer to untangle.
Andrew
I was recently shooting an event on a cold day. I was using 2 cameras and had 5 batteries. Usually 3 batteries last me a full day. In this situation, with the cold, I was down to 10% on the last battery when we had a 2h break.
So, one battery on the dedicated charger and two batteries on each camera charging via USB-C.
I usually use the chargers, but I'm glad I had the USB charging on that day.
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Yes, I was meaning that it will become UK law (since why would you not want it to be - nobody is going to care to make UK only devices)
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You must be using a laptop with SD cards. Desktop PC computers do not have card readers attached to the motherboards. A cable is necessary to connect the card reader or camera to the motherboard.
Wow. That's some extreme literalism. Anyway, he did say unless he has to, so he's covered.
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OK, I’ll rewrite
“I never transfer data over cables between the camera and PC unless I have to - I always remove the cards to copy them onto the PC, so I suppose I’m thinking the same with the battery.”
Having had a camera with a dodgy USB port, not discovered until I wanted to use Nikon's Camera Control Pro software, I have a healthy disdain for downloading images via cable. Older miniature USB ports are too easily damaged. I have always used a card reader to transfer data. Forgetting to put the card back? I suppose it is possible but after 20 years of removing the card, downloading the images and putting it back in the camera I don't see that as a problem.
Likewise I would never charge a battery in a camera, it represents an unnecessary risk. Li-Ion battery fires might be rare but they do happen. I'd rather have to replace a charger than a camera.
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Mark B.
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The card reader takes up way less space at my computer workstation than the camera does. And it's faster too.
tbcass
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LOL, I can't believe you took that so literally!
And then its battery gets stuck in camera because it expanded too much during charging/discharging cycle. This is a very realistic possibility with older cameras, except for maybe Hasselblad H.
tbcass
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If someone prefers to charge their batteries with a charger, then having to pay extra for one to use their preferred method is a legitimate complaint.
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