Is the Zeiss Ikon still coming?

Gerold Marti said:
chuckle ... very odd indeed Mazurka! And not just Asahi Shimbun, there's presumably also a significant amount of Zeiss input going into glossy print like this, and probably also more of Zeiss' marketing input going into other channels... for nothing but ... vapour ware :rolleyes: Mhh??? The Zeiss Ikon will sell well, in solid form, not in vapour form, I'm pretty sure.
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I just find it really odd that all this is going on and the body is not yet in the hands of the consumer but the lenses are. Unless they are commercially available in solid form nothing else matters.

Bob
 
Well, the lenses aren't vaporware . . . Been around for 6 months. They're the important part of the system & the article spends most of its time on them. It's nice to have the choice available.
 
Gerold Marti said:
c'mon guys let's all wash down a chill pill - it's just a camera after all ! :p
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You are right about the chill part. It is too bad that the camera has been hyped for so long now that people feel the need to be defensive of it. Again , I would like to see it in solid form because having more choices is always good. If it turns out anywhere near as good as their M mount lenses then we will have a winner body to match.

Bob
 
Well, I heard from Zeiss today about getting a review camera, plus the new German built lenses -- but I still don't know exactly when...

Cheers,

Roger
 
It's August, the month the ZI is supposed to be on the shelves. Any updates if is this month or has the release date been put back?
 
From the ZI site:

"However the Zeiss Ikon camera body, originally planned for shipments from late May 2005, is now scheduled for serial deliveries to start in August 2005. Additional time has been allocated to further improve the camera in order to meet highest possible customer expectations. The total time for the deliveries of the Limited Edition starting in August is expected to be four months."

So I expect that anyone here who has the luck of being one of the 1200 souls to get the first run may have to wait up to November and the rest of us sods probably won't see anything until after the first of the year. My guess anyway...
 
Dear Popeye,

The dates given above are based on e-mail correspondence with the Zeiss department responsible for loaner kit, which I have been promised.

Cheers,

Roger
 
Roger, will you be allowed to write about the loaner equipment right away once you get it?
 
Ummmm....

Sort of. But I'll have to reserve a formal test for Shutterbug and in any case I'd be a fool not to because I get paid there and not here...

Cheers,

Roger
 
Aren’t Ziess relying on Kyocera to make the camera if so given their problems does anybody think we may see the camera at all?
 
Off topic but I have been reading your articles in AP I love your stories in rural France I am visiting a friend who lives in Angouleme in October I hope to find the France you describe.
I will be filling my Landrover with as much French goodies as I can fit in it.
 
Dear Peter,

You can get a staggering quantity of goodies into a LR. LWB or SWB? Check Lidl for VERY drinkable cheap wines. Our standard summer pink (VdP de l'Aude) is 1.39 a litre -- call it a quid -- and good fizz is under 4 euros.

Also consider a whole air-dried ham; canned foie gras (Lidl again); confit de canard...

Eggy foie gras:

Light the oven. Put in it a shallow tray with about 3/4 inch/4cm of water in it (a roasting pan is ideal). This is your bain-marie.

Take a small ramekin, similar in diameter to the foie gras. Butter it. Put half a coffee-spoon to one coffee-spoon of lumpfish caviare in the bottom. Break an egg on top. Top with a slice of foie gras 1/4 to 1/3 inch (6-8mm) thick.

Bake in the ban-marie. This will take 10 to 15 minutes and differs for EVERY oven: we used 12 in Kent, 15 here. You'll need to practice (real hardshio -- Sunday brunch, anyone?) to find the time that suits you best.

Cheers,

Roger
 
Roger
Mine is a SWB. With only me in it so massive amounts of room for the personal imports.As for LIDL there is a store not eight miles from me and being a Yorkshire Lad I know bargain when I see one I will be there first thing in the morning!
They also do a very good Wheat beer at a reasonable price.I will try the Ham and Foie Gras pretty soon.Thanks for the reciepe.
So back to the Ziess thing.
Bon Soir
Peter
 
Dear Peter,

No -- Lidl IN FRANCE. They're a German company with branches in many other countries.

What year is the LR?

Cheers,

Roger
 
Roger,

So the roll is pushed up then I take it, and I guess any of us dopes out here in the wild west will certainly have to wait for '06 I suppose...
 
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