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In USA nikon and mamiya  is hte absolute worse when it comes to grey warranty. The rumour is they will do their best to not service grey items (even if you are willing to pay for it). I can't vouch for today but Canon used to be extremely good with items honoring international warranties. There was a rumour this was or had changed but I stopped using canon equipment so not sure of current policy. Can't comment on panasonic. I can say from first hand I was very happy with both canon and olympus consumer support though I used olympus just before they closed the nj office. No clue if the new repair center is as good.

I do have a mail from Nikon Switzerland - but as you said, it might be different from country to country. So, if Nikon France cares about the reasons of Nikon Switzerland...? And even if so - my mail is about 2 or 3 years old, and business behaviors might change as Nikon is not exactly bleeding money.

 

In Nikon rumors there should also be a couple of threads about warranty issues. So, in that aspect it was also wrong from me to call your informations wrong, sorry for this general statement.