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I just checked B&H Photo website.. up to yesterday it would appear "Ship time: December 1st" but now it has change in to "Ship time:Not available"Ming Thein posted some X1D pics on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BNWjAhLhAaZ/?hl=en
Hopefully, this means release is imminent.
Ming Thein posted some X1D pics on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BNWjAhLhAaZ/?hl=en
Hopefully, this means release is imminent.
Or could it be because the whole shipment from Hasselblad to B&H is now spoken for (and any new preorders would be filled from the next shipment)? Fingers crossed to see what happens on Thursday.I just checked B&H Photo website.. up to yesterday it would appear "Ship time: December 1st" but now it has change in to "Ship time:Not available"
I hope this is not a sign of a further delay
Or could it be because the whole shipment from Hasselblad to B&H is now spoken for (and any new preorders would be filled from the next shipment)? Fingers crossed to see what happens on Thursday.
Which dealer did that information come from?The spoken word to dealers is that Thursday is the DAY! Calls have gone out to customers to expect arrival of product.
I heard something similar today from Samy's in California.This from B&H today (Tuesday, November 29):
Good news and bad news.
Joe
I certainly hope so! I was very prepared to accept a buggy product with the first launch date but with nearly a 6 month delay, they had better deliver a rock solid platform or they will undermine confidence for the whole system development. I guess I had expected more from Hasselblad.This is pure speculation on my part, but I don't think the delay has anything to do with greater demand for the camera than expected...otherwise regular production cameras would already have been out there already. What I think it might be is two fold. Hasselblad knew Fuji's camera was coming down the pike and had to quickly up their announcement of the X1D as well as its release date.
Secondly in their haste and knowing they may be rushing things a bit, the release of demo units to all those Joe named, may be a way to get feedback of potential issues these demo (beta?) cameras might have and to fix those issues that can be addressed through firmware and some hardware changes.
Ultimately I believe it will be a better more finished oroduct when eventually released.
Dave (D&A)
Hasselblad sees the orders from distributors, who see them from dealers, who place them on behalf of customers. How should Hasselblad respond to the customers, probably only some of whom are connected on websites and forums like this? Sending a message through the distributor chain to the dealers results in the usual chaos where one dealer hears one thing, another hears something else, etc, and then they make errors in how they relay the information as well. Tech reps make similar errors, depending on whom they were listening too (and how hard they listened...). And so forth.I know that I'm not the only one who thinks it's bizarre that no word has come from Hasselblad directly. Peter acknowledged that Hasselblad received more orders for the X1D in the first 10 days than they expected for the entire year so wouldn't you think that would compel some sort of firm communication to all those that pre-ordered?
This isn't a B&H issue...or an issue with any other dealer for that matter...this is a Hasselblad communications problem, pure and simple.