Perhaps I've given a wrong impression. I'm not "worrying" or fretting or hand-wringing or lip-biting. In my job, I'm in the habit of listing all the pros and cons I can think of to make sure I'm thinking logically. Just a habit of forcing myself to think through an issue, which has served me well.

I wasn't expecting a lecture. I had heard of refurbs that needed to be sent back, and I had the experience once of buying a tape deck that was a demo model, and it ended up with a worn out main bearing that was unrepairable. So I thought I should ask whether worn out AF gears were an issue. I have never purchased gray market and have had issues with used stuff on eBay -- so I wondered what more experienced folks have learned about this. I'm grateful for the help; I didn't expect to be scorned and lectured. Do you treat all newbies here like this?

Mainly, what I'm looking to do is address the frustrations I felt with my Canon S95. The G5X looks really good to me.

Thanks.

Thanks. My goal was to get a "pocket sized" camera to slim down my overhead bin requirements on airplanes, since I also travel with a musical instrument.

I would like a faster lens and more zoom than my old Canon S95. Everything now has more resolution and is more advanced than the S95, but I don't really care.

Some comparisons:

My Canon S95: 1/1.7 inch sensor, 28 - 105mm eq zoom, f2.0 to f4.9

Canon G7X Mark iii: 1.0 inch sensor, 24 - 100mm zoom, f1.8 - f2.8 -- brighter but I would like more zoom.

Canon G5X Mark ii: 1.0 inch sensor, 24 - 120mm zoom, f1.8 - f2.8 -- brighter and more zoom.

Sony RX100 Mark vii: more than I want to spend, at $1300. More zoom than I need (200mm eq), but at f/2.8 - f4.5 -- not as bright.

So I think I will probably be happiest picking up a refurb G5X, or maybe even a gray market one and hope for the best. I'm just looking to educate myself on alternatives and potential gotchas.

Thanks!

I'm looking for advice on acquiring a Canon G5X Mk ii, which is now out of production.

Canon lists this camera in their refurb store -- currently out of stock, but I added my email for notification if / when that changes.

I'm new to this, so I'm interested in advice on refurbs vs gray market vs eBay.

There are new ones on eBay, and they appear to be gray market. I like this because I worry about wear on anything with moving mechanical parts, such as plastic gears in a zoom lens, even on a refurb. It would be important to make sure that all original pieces are included, of course. Typically, there is a quote of a 1-year limited warranty, but that's not the Canon warranty. No worse than used, though, which has zero warranty.

There are new ones on eBay marked "International version". Does that mean it would be hard to have them serviced in the US?

Then there are used ones. Ken Rockwell's advice was to find used equipment owned by a surgeon! His reasoning was that someone with a busy professional life probably bought the camera for hobbyist use but may not have had much time to use it much; the worst choice would be a camera used by a seasoned pro, because it would likely have had a lot of wear.

I think a refurb from Canon would be my best bet, but I still worry about wear on moving parts. But I have no idea whether Canon will actually have any more refurbs for this model before they pull the plug.

Opinions?

Thanks!

Hi Barry. I found my email receipt from Pearson Customer Service in January with the order information. I will look to see if I may have saved any paper receipts that came with the book, but I don't recall any.

What information are they asking you to provide?

If the email receipt is insufficient, I can contact Pearson and inform them that I have given the book to you and wish to assign all ownership rights to you.

If even THAT does not work, we can always have me download all files, and we'll find a way for me to send them to you. We'll get this.

-David

Super! Thanks for letter me know.

Thanks Barry. I made it to The UPS Store. They think they will get this book to you on Monday, July 3. Here's the tracking number:

1ZA911F40365056586

-David

FL for Florida! Got it.

Thanks Barry. I will pack this tonight and try to get over to The UPS Store tomorrow. I'll send a reply with tracking information.

--David

Fantastic! Could you PayPal me?

finton@cs.wisc.edu
David J Finton

Thanks,

David

How about $45?

I bought the wrong book! I was looking for a book on Photoshop Elements. This is a book on Photoshop.

Mint condition. I first opened the cover a couple weeks ago, when I was finally ready for my project. Too late to return it to Pearson / Adobe Press.

Title: Adobe Photoshop Classroom in a Book (2023 release)
Author: Conrad Chavez
Publisher: Adobe Press / Pearson
ISBN-10 : 0137965893
ISBN-13 : 978-0137965892
Date of publication: Dec 16, 2022
Paperback, 408 pages

Asking: $50, shipping included