bad day all round

Joe, if it makes you feel any better I dropped my Pentax 50/1.2 yesterday. Doesn't *seem* damaged, but it is being packed for a CLA today. I suppose it's lucky it wasn't an old Super Tak with radioactive glass - that might have caused a small nuclear incident :-0
 
back alley said:
OK BIG NEWS!!
got a p.m. from tony at popflash and he is going to check out another camera and send it.
i will of course be sending mine to him.
now that's service!!
proves he reads the forum as i had not contacted him yet.
gotta love that kind of commitment!
joe
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I read the whole thread with a feeling there would be a silver lining.
 
Btw, we seem to be in the same trend of luck

The M2 has not shown yet, I find that strange since XpressPost has been usually extremely fast, 4 or 5 days to get here. If it doesn't do it today (priority mail here is usually delivered on saturdays) I'll inquire a tracking number from the seller and try to find out what's happening.

Hope the 1.2 shows up soon, the parcel I sent the same day to Dave reached him yesterday. That said, for certified bigger parcels regular time is more around 10 days. And then there's still Canada Customs...

Waiting is a pain.
 
Joe, I'm glad it all came down to a happy ending with Tony's PM and an offer of a replacement camera! 🙂

I know the feeling... One of my M6TTL went back to its evil ways and showed a big light leak in two slides taken on Jan 14. Of course, the Leica repair done last year is still under warranty, so I sent it back to NJ right away after seeing the faulty slides.

Regarding the RF, joe... a small, hairline difference at infinity is still a workable condition. All my three bodies have it, but then, at closer distances, their RFs are dead on.

Solution? In the rare ocassions you shoot at infinity, close down the lens. Not by a lot, just down to f5.6 will do.

But then... you already know all these things! 🙂

Again, I'm glad there's a silver lining to all of this! 😀
 
up close it's a hair but at infinity the difference is bigger.
it's new i want it to be perfect.

frank, i think i'll stick with the zi, i don't need professional black. and i get the feeling that tony's service would be good for everyone, not just me.

joe
 
Hmmm not so good. Anyone following the "Zeissfan" blog also knows his had a similar problem.

Hope they get this sorted or some of you might have a white elephant on your hands.
 
Joe I'm sorry to hear about your problem. Agree with your assessment of Tony - he treats everyone the same. Below is a shot of a "delivery" I got a couple of weeks ago - "delivered to your door" said the UPS web page but two days later this sorry package turned up in my driveway. This was my film development kit from B&H. UPS have been silent about a refund...

 
peter_n said:
Joe I'm sorry to hear about your problem. Agree with your assessment of Tony - he treats everyone the same. Below is a shot of a "delivery" I got a couple of weeks ago - "delivered to your door" said the UPS web page but two days later this sorry package turned up in my driveway. This was my film development kit from B&H. UPS have been silent about a refund...

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Looks like the UPS driver left it in your driveway and then backed up over it. I've never seen such a disaster. Alternatively, perhaps a passer-by decided to open it to see if there was something he wanted and left it there as there was not.
Kurt M.
 
taffer said:
Btw, we seem to be in the same trend of luck

The M2 has not shown yet, I find that strange since XpressPost has been usually extremely fast, 4 or 5 days to get here. If it doesn't do it today (priority mail here is usually delivered on saturdays) I'll inquire a tracking number from the seller and try to find out what's happening.

Hope the 1.2 shows up soon, the parcel I sent the same day to Dave reached him yesterday. That said, for certified bigger parcels regular time is more around 10 days. And then there's still Canada Customs...

Waiting is a pain.
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Nothing like a fun shipping adventure to give a buyer high blood pressure 🙂 Fingers crossed for you Oscar, hope you get it soon.
 
...it's alright...what was that saying about "let the troops gripe, sarge - means there still alive - and that ain't half bad"...i've got about 8 more hours i can legally drive before i'm home - big truck 'hours of sevice' operational mumbo-jumbo...

... there's always tomorrow !!! patience and shuffle the cards...

hasta la vista, adieu, dasvidanya,,fino al prossimo tempo, auf wiedersehen, and later y’all
kenneth
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"...patience and shuffle the cards" miguel cervantes
"nothing can be learned" herman hesse
"everybody knows everything" jack kerouac
"some memories are realities and better than anything" willa cather
" doo-wacka doo, wacka doo" roger miller
"we have met the enemy and they is us !" pogo
 
back alley said:
i feel a bout of schitzophrenia comin' on...
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A bottle of Shiraz would feel better...

More seriously, I hope the Ikon issue will be fixed swiftly for you. Really know the feeling.


- Barrett
 
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back alley said:
up close it's a hair but at infinity the difference is bigger.
it's new i want it to be perfect.
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I see, joe... No, that's not manageable. Again, I'm glad you're getting a replacement!

I'm sure you feel better after venting... Right?
 
i feel ok, really.
i took the camera out this morning to the local farmer's market.
what a treat. it is much quieter than the p, of course the case adds to that also.
i had no problems with the wind or lack of feedback. it felt like the film was travelling and i hope it was😉.
feels good in the hand.

i just have to send this one back and tony will be sending out another.
with any luck, the m3 will show this week along with the 50/1.2 and i will have 'new' toys to play with again.

not so bad really...
 
Think positive, you could have a Leningrad, with a viewfinder way off and trouble with film transport. It is the only camera I have with sprocketless transport or was it senseless transport?

See, when my MP went off to Solms, I just picked up a Smena SL and I'm a happy person. Tonight I will update the film from Orwo NP 20 to APX 100.

Wolfram
 
If possible, check the camera with two lenses. See if the rangefinder is out with more than one lens. It's possible that the cam on the back of the lens might be out. Otherwise, return it.

I place this fault entirely with Cosina, as I believe Cosina was responsible for the issue with my camera. Zeiss needs to press Cosina harder to improve quality control with particular attention to the rangefinder.
 
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