--- "James B.Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Makes you wonder whose fault it was. Lack of > communication or jumping the gun? > > I had a customer jump into a Paypal dispute one time > after not receiving work > from me for a whole week after buying something. > Only time it's ever happened > and was during my annual holiday. But it goes to > show what some people are > capable of.
Jim, I am Bo-Ming. I found out what is going on here and therefore I am joining this list. I just spoke with mehrdad over the phone. It was a very nice chat, we talked about computer stuff and our life stories and stuff like that. It was all a huge misunderstanding. We have decided that the best thing to do is to finish the conversions and report the results to you all. Let me take this opportunity to apologize to mehrdad for not responding to his emails sooner. (Lack of communication is my fault - there is no question about that part.) --- "James B.Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Heh heh, yes. That's the way I see it. You see I can > anticipate more trouble > ahead even after he gets the new mounts after paying > through the nose of course. > He'll likely have focus problems, maybe loose > mounts, who knows? I already admitted to the fact that I have a weaknesses on customer service. In addition to working on that, I would rather spend 100 hours to do the product right, than to produce a dubious product and then spend one hour each on "supporting" 100 customers. That, of course, does not mean my product is so perfect that no support is required, but it is the same 80/20 rule everywhere: 20% of the time was spent to make something apparently work. 80% of the time was spent to turn it into a real tool instead of a toy. When it becomes a real tool, it mostly supports itself. You hear about all the issues about mount adaptations: loose mounts, infinity focus, mirror clearance, improper exposure. A time consuming task to adapt a lens, and in many people's eyes not worth the trouble given the amount of tinkering and experimentation required. I have always fought this uphill publicity battle that potential customers keep on asking if my product will suffer the same fate as the manual focus adaptations. But, those who have received lenses that I converted will tell you that they are plug and play, and I know of a photographer who has used it professionally in an extreme environment. It is a real tool - that's what I am trying to create. > My reason for calling it his mistake is because it > could very well end up that > way. I mean, just because you can do something > doesn't mean you should. As I > said, EOS lenses work just fine as they were > designed to on Canon cameras and > they're used by top pros around the world. If you were a Contax N user, you would have felt exactly the reverse: you *should* convert these lenses to EF mount, but you *couldn't* - until now. They are all pleased that the availability of this conversion bestows new life into their beloved optics. Although this is a Canon list, let's try to put our feet into the shoes of Contax N owners. > >I use Canon as well as other manufacturer's > products for what they do > >well, but if I find something that works better, I > don't use blind > >brand allegiance as my guide. > > I think more than brand allegiance, this is a case > of sheer brand snobbishness. > Some people actually think having a name like Contax > on their lenses somehow > makes them better, or look better, I don't know. Or > maybe a case of someone with > too much money and too much free time. Having a choice is always better than having no choice, that is hard to argue. A Contax N owner may now choose between buying a 6MP N Digital or switching to Canon 5D. Have you ever dreamed of a system switch like this before? (probably not if you have brand allegiance) This kind of system choice is not possible until now. A Canon user may not choose Zeiss, but the choice is there, and choice is good. ____________________________________________________________________________________ We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
