Originally Posted by
Tannin
I believe that it is identical, Peter, except for some minor configuration things:
1: the default language is Japanese. You have to fiddle around with the thing more-or-less blindfold looking for the language selection menu and set it to English - but you only have to do it once. (Hint: have another camera handy to compare it to. If you have (say) a friend's 40D handy you can use that to work out what to look for on the all-Japanese menu and it's dead easy.)
2: the supplied power cables might not be the right ones. You might have to spend $5 on an Australian-style power cable. But probably not.
3: You may or may not get all the documentation in English. Who cares? You can download all that stuff anytime you want anyway.
That's it, so far as I know.