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Where is the X1D ????

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Erik Lundqvist

Member
D&A said:
Doesn't anyone find it unusal to see three X1D's in the trunk of that car?

In N.Y.C., we'd often see people selling Rolex watches like that...LOL!

Oh and whats this about finding it in a yard sale? How come I don't find things like this under such circumstances? Maybe I'm hanging out in the wrong neighborhoods. :)

Dave (D&A)
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It's the camera box and the two lenses genius. LOL :eek::):(:confused:

I'm surprised you did not pick on the fact that Hasselblad started shipping the X1D on the 12th of December and it took them 11 days to reach their first customer in the same city they were originally shipped from.
 
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Erik Lundqvist

Member
Joe Colson said:
She's Ulrika G., a customer of Goecker evidently. The two boxes in her car are the XCD lenses. I recognize those boxes. I had two that I returned to B&H on Wednesday. I agree with not getting too excited. Until Derek gets his (he ordered on June 22), we should just chill.

I'd rather not speculate on the yard sale reference as it may be an artifact of translation from Swedish to English.

Joe
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I'm Swedish and this actually reads rather odd in Swedish as well. The post in Swedish says trunk-yard-sale (literally) and I think they are making a jest of her having them in her trunk not that they are in an actual yard sale.
 
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D&A

Well-known member
Erik Wrote >>>"It's the camera box and the two lenses genius. LOL"<<<

I never said I was the brightest "photo bulb" in camera bag..LOL :)

Dave (D&A)
 
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D&A

Well-known member
Erik Lundqvist said:
I'm Swedish and this actually reads rather odd in Swedish as well. The post in Swedish says trunk-yard-sale (literally) and I think they are making a jest of her having them in her trunk not that they are in an actual yard sale.
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I still think it would have been fun if the headlines read..." Woman finds X1D in yard sale"...LOL.

Dave (D&A)
 
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algrove

Well-known member
D&A said:
I still think it would have been fun if the headlines read..." Woman finds X1D in yard sale"...LOL.

Dave (D&A)
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Of "Woman finds new Hasselblad X1D in truck of old car"

BTW, why are those lens boxes so large? I handled the lenses and they seemed smallish compared to say Phase One SK glass.
 
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D&A

Well-known member
algrove said:
Of "Woman finds new Hasselblad X1D in truck of old car"

BTW, why are those lens boxes so large? I handled the lenses and they seemed smallish compared to say Phase One SK glass.
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The lenses are indeed small but aren't large boxes more impressive? :)

Now that we've all seen that picture of the X1D in the trunk of the car, shouldn't the title of this thread be changed to " X1D has been Found"!!! LOL.

Dave (D&A)
 
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dchew

dchew

Well-known member
algrove said:
BTW, why are those lens boxes so large? I handled the lenses and they seemed smallish compared to say Phase One SK glass.
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I think they are stealing a page from Leica's packaging. The 50 apo Summicron asph is ridiculous:
:loco:



Dave
 
MGrayson

MGrayson

Subscriber and Workshop Member
"You know you payed too much for speaker cable when the box it comes in can be mistaken for a humidor."
--Grayson's first law of Audiophile Syndrome
 
Godfrey

Godfrey

Well-known member
LOL!

Leica and Hasselblad package their lenses in huge boxes with massive amounts of padding to protect them from shock in transport, and package their bodies with relatively minimal padding. Perhaps they feel that their bodies can take lots of abuse with little cause for alarm, but they feel the lenses need good protection to get to the customer without damage...?

Other manufacturers seem to do the reverse...! :D

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KeithL

KeithL

Well-known member
It's all about perceived value. The smaller and more expensive the product the bigger the box.
 
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D&A

Well-known member
What ever happened to the proverb:
" Good things come in small packages"? :)

I guess in the case of the X1D, we could also apply the proverb:
"Good things come to those who wait"

Dave (D&A)
 
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D&A

Well-known member
algrove said:
Appears they will find their way after sobering up around February 2017.
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Are you sure? I thought Santa was a member of "AA"? ...thats "Anti-Aliasing" Anomymous of Course! :).

Maybe he also fell off the sleigh.....um I mean wagon because he was distraught he didn't deliver the X1D when expected...LOL.

Dave (D&A)
 
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ddanois

ddanois

Member
LOL...Just received a shipping notice from B&H for the XCD 30mm f/3.5 Lens that I pre-ordered!

Is this a new business model for camera manufacturers? Ship all of the lenses before the body is available...:loco:

What a world!
 
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algrove

Well-known member
ddanois said:
LOL...Just received a shipping notice from B&H for the XCD 30mm f/3.5 Lens that I pre-ordered!

Is this a new business model for camera manufacturers? Ship all of the lenses before the body is available...:loco:

What a world!
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That must be one of the two lenses that Joe just sent them back.
 
tashley

tashley

Subscriber Member
Yeah, I think it's becoming clear that the 'we've started shipping to customers' thing from earlier in December must have been some kind of an attempt at homeopathic medicine...
 
tashley

tashley

Subscriber Member
I got what I stupidly thought was 'the call' from my dealer today, but it turned out that he was letting me know that they have a demo model in store for people to fiddle with. No sign of the real thing, early next year seems the best estimate as we all suspected.... still, for thirty seconds during the preamble of the call I was rather excited.
 
ddanois

ddanois

Member
tashley said:
I got what I stupidly thought was 'the call' from my dealer today, but it turned out that he was letting me know that they have a demo model in store for people to fiddle with. No sign of the real thing, early next year seems the best estimate as we all suspected.... still, for thirty seconds during the preamble of the call I was rather excited.
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I felt the same when I read the B&H email subject line that said, "You Order has Shipped" but mine only lasted 10 seconds... :eek:
 
ejpeiker

ejpeiker

Member
tashley said:
I got what I stupidly thought was 'the call' from my dealer today, but it turned out that he was letting me know that they have a demo model in store for people to fiddle with. No sign of the real thing, early next year seems the best estimate as we all suspected.... still, for thirty seconds during the preamble of the call I was rather excited.
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Early next year ends at the end of June right? :D
What's ironic is that the 30mm was supposed to be a follow on lens that shipped later than the camera and the two launch lenses...
 
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