Let's do it!

[jonmanjiro]

He's a fellow Strine ain't he? Ok I'm in.

Btw, the bloody thing goes on sale here in Tokyo tomorrow.

Nahhhhh, he's a Kiwi pretending to be an Aussie 😉 But he's a good bloke regardless, so I just sent him 1,000 yen 🙂

 

[rxmd]

There should be a service called Beerpal by which you can give a beer to someone on the other side of the planet.

 

[Simms65]

Even though I'm a newbie on this forum, I can appreciate someone like Keith. Having been on the receiving end of one of these types of fundraisers before, I agree that is really shows how amazing a community of folks is. In the past it may have been people from down the street or perhaps from the next town down the road, but today there are people from all around the world. It is just too cool. 😀

 

[unohuu]

Count me in, too!

Done

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

There should be a service called Beerpal by which you can give a beer to someone on the other side of the planet.

And apart from friends' BeerPal, TwoPintsPal, a service soon to be created by governments... It's automatically activated for any citizen that's just gone out shooting with a RF...😀 I pay my taxes!

Cheers,

Juan

 

[tj01]

123456789.. Done

 

[Keith]

Someone has just suggested I give a progress update which is a good idea. (thanks jon)

To this point ...$480.00 AMAZING STUFF!

The price of the Fuji seems to have settled at around $1200.00 in OZ with not a lot of variation from that figure which surprises me because normally we get horribly stitched up for these types of products. I saw the Zeiss Ikon listed at around $2500.00 at one seller's site when I was browsing the other day! 😱

There is a very reputable company on the other side of Brisbane (Digital Camera Warehouse) who are advertising the camera for $1220.00 ... I bought some 8 gig CF cards from them a while ago and their service was excellent. I'll probably ring them tomorrow morning and place an order for the Fuji ... as to how long I'll have to wait at this stage who knows? I would have to suspect their first shipment may be all gone but for me there is no huge rush because I wasn't really expecting to own this camera in the near future.

I'll know more when I've spoken to them in the morning! 🙂

 

[Simms65]

Keith, hopefully we can get to up to your goal ASAP! 😀

 

[Keith]

Whoops make that $550.00 ... there's been some serious activity in my paypal account while I was typing that last post.

As I said ... you lot are amazing, that's nearly half way! 🙂

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

Cool Keith! Get on the list ASAP!

Cheers,

Juan

 

[Mablo]

Let's do it for Keith. I'm in. Done. Thank you, Juan for a great idea.

 

[Spyro]

Hey Keith, you should offer something in return! maybe some sort of an essay shot with the x100? We need some ideas...
do you have metermaids at your neck of the woods?

 

[Keith]

Hey Keith, you should offer something in return! maybe some sort of an essay shot with the x100? We need some ideas...
do you have metermaids at your neck of the woods?

Down the Gold Coast (Surfer's Paradise) I think ... maybe I could shoot them Bruce Gilden style? 😀

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

Fuji should know about this and send to a store in Oz a one unique camera special edition with "Keith's X100" engraved on metal on the top plate, so the camera becomes a classic and gets pricier with every shot Keith does with it... An engraved small hat would be the last touch!

Cheers,

Juan

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

Well, where are those members who buy every new summilux aspherical? You can help this get finished quickly: $10 is not the limit in any way! Indeed we know 10 is a small number you never heard of! 🙂

Cheers,

Juan

 

[Spyro]

Fuji should know about this and send to a store in Oz a one unique camera special edition with "Keith's X100" engraved on metal on the top plate, so the camera becomes a classic and gets pricier with every shot Keith does with it... An engraved small hat would be the last touch!

Cheers,

Juan

Maybe someone should email them a link to the thread, I have a feeling they'd like it.

 

[jonmanjiro]

Maybe someone should email them a link to the thread, I have a feeling they'd like it.

Damn good idea!

Heading over to the fujifim website now to send them an email in Japanese...

 

[Keith]

Well, where are those members who buy every new summilux aspherical? You can help this get finished quickly: $10 is not the limit in any way! Indeed we know 10 is a small number you never heard of! 🙂

Cheers,

Juan

There are several members who have gone well beyond ten dollars Juan ... and I think you know one of them very well! 😀

It's past midnight here so I may have to bid all you incredible people 'good night' and see you for a coffe in the morning before I make that happy phone call to place my order.

Once again ... how can I thank you all enough ... words are barely sufficient. 🙂

 

[rxmd]

Once again ... how can I thank you all enough ... words are barely sufficient. 🙂

A few good pictures go a long way. 😉

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

Damn good idea!

Heading over to the fujifim website now to send them an email in Japanese...

Now this is so cool, Jon...

They won't forget the story at Fuji!

Cheers,

Juan