jakieff
Member
Hello
Just brought my ZI back to the shop
Last week, during a small trip to the Black forest in Germany, in the middle of a roll FP4, the first curtain of the shutter blocked. After touching it with a finger, it went back into position but I couldn't take a photo, because the film lever didn't work.
In the evening I put a new film in the camera for testing and everything appeared to work normally. I exposed three more rolls of film. But after development , i got the great surprise. Only three or four photoes per roll were exposed.
30 EUR costs for nothing !
This happened after only three rolls of film, the camera was brand new.
It seems that ZI has realy QC problems.
Jacques
Just brought my ZI back to the shop
Last week, during a small trip to the Black forest in Germany, in the middle of a roll FP4, the first curtain of the shutter blocked. After touching it with a finger, it went back into position but I couldn't take a photo, because the film lever didn't work.
In the evening I put a new film in the camera for testing and everything appeared to work normally. I exposed three more rolls of film. But after development , i got the great surprise. Only three or four photoes per roll were exposed.
30 EUR costs for nothing !
This happened after only three rolls of film, the camera was brand new.
It seems that ZI has realy QC problems.
Jacques
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i think it's been scientifically proven that the new zeiss gear is absolute crap.
ferider
Veteran
back alley said:
Yes, Batman
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i'm just trying to lower the price of used zi gear so i can have a different camera for each day of the week!
xayraa33
rangefinder user and fancier
the ZI bodies are really made by KMZ in Russia and then sent to Japan to have the vulcanite fitted.
Kim Coxon
Moderator
In which case you can ignore my PM.
Kim
Kim
back alley said:i'm just trying to lower the price of used zi gear so i can have a different camera for each day of the week!
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and the vulcanite is really a poor quality too.
i'm thinking of recovering mine.
maybe red...
i'm thinking of recovering mine.
maybe red...
shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
back alley said:
Hmmm... the silence is deafening... oh, that's right, wrong brand and wrong forum
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Kim Coxon said:In which case you can ignore my PM.
Kim
did you just call me a troll?
joe :angel:
Abbazz
6x9 and be there!
jakieff said:
If you have only one camera, that makes a 100% failure rate. Impressive
Cheers,
Abbazz
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to the op, jacques, no disrespect meant, just having a little fun.
rff seems to be suffering from some sort of loop syndrome where the same topics keep popping up and i get a bit too silly with them at times.
joe
rff seems to be suffering from some sort of loop syndrome where the same topics keep popping up and i get a bit too silly with them at times.
joe
Trius
Waiting on Maitani
Yes, just ask Vlad about the finish!back alley said:
back alley said:
joe is easily amused.
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joe is easily amused...
yes, but i'm cute!
yes, but i'm cute!
mwooten
light user
I bought a brand new Nikon FM2n several years ago. It failed and had to be exchanged. This is a camera design that had been in production for years and years. The replacement is still going strong. It's sad and upsetting to have a new camera crap-out on you just out of the box, but that is one of the reasons we buy new gear -- for the warranty. And why we wait until our cameras are out of warranty before we recover them in red.
I'm sure that Zeiss will make thing right for you.
take care,
Michael
I'm sure that Zeiss will make thing right for you.
take care,
Michael
ferider
Veteran
back alley said:
Does that mean you are Done ?
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No disrespect, Jacques ... Having a camera fail on a trip is a bad experience,
but I am glad your camera is covered by warranty.
Roland.
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Does that mean you are Done ?
no...but i am content.
no...but i am content.
Avotius
Some guy
Well I for one will not joke around with you because I have had several of these cameras break on me. Some people here seem to think we are just blowing smoke and being unreasonable when we say that the camera that doesn't work is not good. Just do what I did, get a bessa and use the money for lenses, or hey, there is always the m6.
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SolaresLarrave
My M5s need red dots!
Jacques, you must have purchased it directly from Zeiss Ikon, so contact them about it. They were able to sell it to you, they should be able to keep you satisfied with a repair or another body. Good luck!
And, joe... aren't you happy because Frank's looking for an M5? That means you're the "done" here!
And, joe... aren't you happy because Frank's looking for an M5? That means you're the "done" here!
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Some people here seem to think we are just blowing smoke and being unreasonable when we say that the camera that doesn't work is not good.
and some people can't seem to understand that the camera that does work is good.
yours broke - mine did not
2 different experiences
your experience is valid
my experience is valid
joe
and some people can't seem to understand that the camera that does work is good.
yours broke - mine did not
2 different experiences
your experience is valid
my experience is valid
joe
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fransisco, i doubt that i will ever truly be done.
but like the winter that will soon be gone and the spring that will be upon us i hope all the gear talk in my mind will be gone when i can go outside and shoot in the warmth and sunshine.
i am so very tired of gear talk even though i seem powerless to stop talking.
but like the winter that will soon be gone and the spring that will be upon us i hope all the gear talk in my mind will be gone when i can go outside and shoot in the warmth and sunshine.
i am so very tired of gear talk even though i seem powerless to stop talking.