Japan has a law that requires cameras to make a beeping
noise, shutter noise when a picture is taken. This is to protect people from
perverts, or any other unwanted pictures taken. Camera phones, DS’s anything
with a camera is required to make some sort of noise to let people know a
picture has been taken.
The law was intended to help prevent criminals,
unfortunately anyone who is motivated could either buy a foreign camera, or in
the case of phones, download an app that disables the feature. The law is very
easily bypassed, and only leads to really annoying sounds on the cameras.
There are many great camera companies, Sony, Canon, Olympus,
Fuji, Nikon, Panasonic, and Pentax. The finest cameras in the world come from
Japanese companies, it might seem logical that buying from Japan would save you
money, and ensure the best products, this is not true. The cameras are the
same, almost anything they sell they sell in the states, you will however not
get your instruction manual in English, and your camera will make annoying
noises. Japan tries whenever it can to make the prices the same in Japan and in
the U.S. so it will not save you money to buy cameras here. Japanese cameras
usually have pretty good warranties, but they will be based on the country of
origin.
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