Catpiano

D300 wor ..  

Price in Canada and US ..is almost the same ..  $1625 US vs $1699 ..

And, when you pay $1625 .. even exchange rate is 1 to 1, you probably pay ~ 3% more, so $1670 Cad anyway, plus shipping, handling fee, and MAY BE duty....

Catpiano

It is pretty much NOT worth to buy those electronic from the South anymore, especially Nikon product ..   

Warranty is one thing, but for just $50 or $100 diff .. it is not worth ..

If you are going to US anyway, and buy  gears there, that is a diff story, dont have to deal with shipping/tax/duty/handling fee  etc ..

Catpiano

Yeah .. agree ..

Just like buying Cars from US .. who is going to buy cars from US, if the saving is only like 5-10% ??

Catpiano

D60 is pretty good ga ..  good for newbie ..   of course, the down side is, you cannot use NON AFS lens ( ie 50mm F1.8 ) or older flash system ( ie SB80 )

However, if you don't hv nikon gears from before, nor consider to move on to FF, nor looking at used Nikon gears, D60 is a really good choice, it has lots of good build in feature, that save you lots of time from editing pictures as well! ( mean jpeg straight from the camera is damn good already )

By the way, you can buy in it in Alberta! in order to save PST .. and keep full Canadian warranty!

Catpiano

Pm'd   I dont want to rob other's post ..  lol

If I am correct, costco only offers NON NIKON warranty, mean you can take your camera back for refund / exchange within a year, vs FULL 2 yr Nikon Canadian warranty on body, and 5yr on lens.

I have sent you a link for D60 kit, for just $65x,  vs $649 US in costco, and you need to pay ~ 9% state tax anyway ..  ( plus duty, exchange rate etc ..  so ..  end up, buying in Canada / Alberta is much cheaper! )

P.S. make sure you get the FLASH !!!!  I have said a thousand time .. FLASH is probably most important!