zeiss - strike 2 for quality control

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Received a '03 Harbour Estates Cab/Merlot last night from a house guest. '03 was very good for cab franc in Niagara region; the bottle is not their top-rated label, but should be quite lovely.

The '03 Hillebrand Showcase Unfiltered Chardonnay is in the cellar (half-case, bought on futures program for significant discount), awaiting its cab franc brother to be released next month, a full case worth. The chard was quite amazing at the barrel tasting, so another 18 months of bottle aging will be interesting. The cab franc was stunning out of the barrel; young and tight but full of promise, said to be capable of 20-25 years of aging. Those puppies will be sleeping for awhile before any see the light of day.

June 17 is Earl's 2nd Annual Summer Solstice Party, reds (but not the 03 cab franc!) are featured this year. Book your flight, MacCauley. ;)
 
Branestawm said:
It's not just you. Amateur Photographer in the UK have just done a test on the ZI. The origonal test camera initially suffered a problem with a couple of the frames overlapping followed by a total failure of the shutter. By all accounts it's a fine machine to use but Zeiss' quality control is not doing them any favours.
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OK- just developed a roll of film from this weekend's shooting. It had 2 frames overlapping. This is probably the 10th-15th roll I've run through the ZI since I got it in late March- never any problem before this.

Just a fluke? Am I to be concerned? Indication of future problems? What about my summer trip I'm planning to Russia- take the Zeiss or the Leica?

I'd like to hear your comments.

Jeff
 
Socke said:
I don't think so. Yashica/Kyocera had sufficient resources to produce enough lenses.
But in todays times one never knows who produces what for whom :)

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That's why I rely on QC. When I buy a brand name, I want better QC than what I get from the nonames. But often enough that is not the case :(
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Sums it up nicely. The beer blather is a waste of bandwidth.
 
Beer, Leica supremecists, wine and grumbling about the "modern times" - grand thread :D

So, anyone not agree that a select few Leica owners need to justify the money they spent by (in perfectly good nature) ribbing those who decided to spend less on 'lesser' makes? ( I had the same thing at the Pentax forums when I replaced a knackered Pentax SLR with a new 'Centon' body).
 
Of course beer should be cold ... colder than your body tempreture (10-16 Celcius depending upon the type).

Beer from a fridge just tastes of coldness. :p
 
kully said:
Of course beer should be cold ... colder than your body tempreture (10-16 Celcius depending upon the type).

Beer from a fridge just tastes of coldness. :p
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Continentals have to serve their beer freezing cold to disguise its complete lack of flavour. :p
 
As a matter of fact real beer for real men should be BLACK. After one has drunk two pints of THIS it is impossible to notice the colour anyway...
 
I agree there john, they were selling something like that in Wetherspoons last year (in little bottles). 14% or something like that?

All I remember is somehow getting home somehow and then sitting on the toilet for most of the rest day, holding my head and occasionly unleashing fury on the toilet below.
 
good morning all!

well, this thread has taken a few turns, beer, wine, whine...:)

and now it's time to put it away and i'll mail my lens back and get another...

joe
 
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