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Thankfully Canon do an international waranty on the lenses, something that is sadly lacking on the bodies.

If I buy an "import" lens from B&H Photo, generally that means that Nikon USA (or Canon USA, so far as I know) won't touch it. Instead, B&H offers you their own warranty for the same time period and whatnot.

Given how much cheaper it is to buy these things in the U.S., I'm surprised there isn't some sort of arbitrage going on. Is there not a U.K. version of B&H selling "import" gear for close to American prices? If they buy at wholesale (or even street) prices here and pay those duties, it looks like they still come out ahead of your street prices.