The Gray Market top
"Gray," also called "import" and "direct import," is when a big camera store just emails the foreign manufacturer or some other source in some foreign country and orders a huge container load of gear shipped straight to them.
Gray market. Importing camera equipment outside of the normal manufacturer’s distribution channels to take advantage of lower prices elsewhere in the world.
Gray scale. A series of 256 tones raging from pure white to pure black.
Avoid Gray Market Products
When camera companies introduce new cameras, they frequently use different product numbers, names, and prices in different markets around the world.
Gray Market Films
Some mail-order wholesale houses offer excellent prices on gray market films. But are these really "bargains"? I don't think so. Gray-market films (also called "parallel import") have entered the U.S.
Their gray market camera and lense were from Malasia. I told him I didn't care, ...
If you ever do get the camera, it's likely to be a gray market import which isn't eligible for any manufacturer's rebates and which some manufacturers will refuse to repair under warranty.
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM Standard AutoFocus Lens - Gray Market
$379.00
Canon EOS-5D Mark II Digital SLR Camera Body, 21.1 Megapixels with 3.0" TFT LCD - USA Warranty ...
Price Of course you don't want to pay a small fortune for your camera, but beware of prices that seem extraordinarily low. This may be because the camera is refurbished or being sold on the gray market [Sources: Consumer Reports, Taylor].
 See also: Gray, Camera, Photograph, Image, Photography
  
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