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I'm sorry; we think of this quite differently, Guy, and operate our businesses quite differently.Let me use Joe as a simple situation. Factious scenario for him . But here is the problem Joe is sitting on two lenses and owns let's say a A7rII kit and has almost enough money for the Hassy but still short and has to sell a few lenses to come up with the needed cash. How do you plan to sell some or all of your gear in the exact time when your getting its replacement with no date or hard release date and not lose client time or be without a key piece of gear to get the job done. Now if you think this is rare than your all nuts , I do this **** all the time. I'll sell a lens and buy another the same day , go do a shoot in a few days with the new gear. You can't do any of this without a date. Now go back to fictious Joe. He just got screwed the pre- order came up its shipping within 2 days and had no time frame to sell and buy to go by. Guess what he is 5 k short and is forced to cancel the order after waiting all this time. See this stuff does matter. He is being held hostagage because they can't communicate effectively to real clients us end users. Any business no matter if your a stock market trader or engineer has hard times and dates to go by. Why us photographers are supposed to be held hostagage like this is okay , go shoot family photos. Really, I've been doing this 41 years and I better serve my customers or I'm out of business. There is no hall pass, no mercy and no it's okay to be a **** up. I'm just saying think about this in your business and what you need to feed your family. Unacceptable
Why can't they give a shipping date for the 4116 edition??According to the Lula article, Hassy are going to offer an extra 6 months of warranty to anyone who ordered in 2016 - as a way of saying sorry for the delay.
Thanks for the update Erik!I just spoke to my UK dealer (Dale Photographic) and they had been told by Hasselblad (today) there won't be any UK deliveries of the X1D until mid January.
My recollection is that Zeiss had some serious back order issues with the Batis lenses for the Sony A7 series when they started to ship, and many people had pre-ordered.Unfortunately, it's always been true that asking the same question every day, every hour, every minute does not change the facts of when things might ship or answer precisely when your shipment will arrive. The people at Hasselblad are likely shipping cameras now or within a couple of days, but they cannot tell you when yours will arrive, and no company generally advertises to the public how many of a new product are going out the door on a day to day basis, or where they're going to, other than on 'internal, need to know' basis.
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It won't help you now but in the future, when you order from B&H and there are multiple components, some of which are useless unless all items are delivered, like your lenses, be sure to check the box that tells them to ship everything in a single shipment when all items are available. That way you avoid being charged for something that you can't use for an unspecified amount of time.And before the "cry baby" comments start flying back...I speak from the perspective of having already parted with hard CASH for the 45 & 90 a couple of months ago in reliance on the previous false shipping dates from the camera.
Bravo!I'd like to wish each and every one of you a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Seasons Greetings. May your holidays be spent face-to-face with family and friends, and may you enjoy some time away from posting, tweeting, texting and otherwise using your mobile devices.
To the Hasselblad Team, I wish you much success with the X1D product line. I believe it to be a "game changing" camera that will excite photographers worldwide for years to come. I look forward to being one of those excited souls.
To Derek, Erik, Nick, Howard, Tim, "etto72" and all those who, like me, have pre-ordered the X1D, I wish you a speedy order fulfillment and patience while this episode plays out.
To Peter ("PedroL"), Lee at Ace Photo, B&H and all the retailers who have tried tirelessly to both excite and supply paying customers, all signs point to prosperity in 2017. Keep the faith.
I look forward to seeing many great images in the soon-to-be "Fun with the Hasselblad X1D" thread on GetDPI. If I'm lucky, I'll see you there.
Joe
Way to go Joe! Lovely thoughts for the holiday season. Oh, do you think its premature if I also start a Hasselblad X2D rumor thread since the X1D is not far off from getting into the hands of users? LOL!Bravo!
Thanks for putting a nice bow on this thread Joe. Best Wishes and Happy Holidays.
I'd like to wish each and every one of you a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Seasons Greetings. May your holidays be spent face-to-face with family and friends, and may you enjoy some time away from posting, tweeting, texting and otherwise using your mobile devices.
To the Hasselblad Team, I wish you much success with the X1D product line. I believe it to be a "game changing" camera that will excite photographers worldwide for years to come. I look forward to being one of those excited souls.
To Derek, Erik, Nick, Howard, Tim, "etto72" and all those who, like me, have pre-ordered the X1D, I wish you a speedy order fulfillment and patience while this episode plays out.
To Peter ("PedroL"), Lee at Ace Photo, B&H and all the retailers who have tried tirelessly to both excite and supply paying customers, all signs point to prosperity in 2017. Keep the faith.
I look forward to seeing many great images in the soon-to-be "Fun with the Hasselblad X1D" thread on GetDPI. If I'm lucky, I'll see you there.
Joe
That's the tax year for a individual. For a UK registered company the tax year is from the date your business was 'registered'.My 2 cents: a fairly clear picture is emerging that the UK will get no deliveries this year so I assume that Hassy are trying to fulfil as many US orders as they can so as to p*ss off as few pre-orderers as possible, given the tax write of system you guys have. Our tax year runs from April here...
Whether that makes you guys on that side of the pond the lucky ones or the guinea pigs remains to be seen!
If the X1D is shipping in the US, the dealers are apparently not aware of it. My guess is that you will only know that the X1D is actually shipping when one shows up on Ebay in Hong Kong for $20,000.My 2 cents: a fairly clear picture is emerging that the UK will get no deliveries this year so I assume that Hassy are trying to fulfil as many US orders as they can so as to p*ss off as few pre-orderers as possible, given the tax write of system you guys have. Our tax year runs from April here...
Whether that makes you guys on that side of the pond the lucky ones or the guinea pigs remains to be seen!
Joe, I already can see problems with the camera. Area around shutter button blown out, black areas on lens surround and rubberized parts on the body record as grey...not to mention the size of this thing, its hugh! You really sure you want one of these?...LOL.At least I can dream.