Here's a happy way to close a thread. Bo-Ming has surfaced and posts this on a different list. It's all been sorted.
>I am Bo-Ming. >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.) >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. >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. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
