Hello Zernike, Thanks for the reply. I have great respect for you having bought 3 of your excellent cameras. I will do all I can to let people know that this company has stolen your designs. I have sent an email to the editor of Amateur Photographer to ask why they are advertising this company. A reader wrote to complain a few months ago but they are still using the advert.
Are you taking legal action against this company? I find it hard to believe that what they are doing is legal. They should at least credit you for designing the cameras and pay a fee. I am looking forward to seeing your new cameras and hope you will be able to make them without this company copying the design. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zernike Au" <zern...@zeroimage.com> To: <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 2:50 AM Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole Rat! Pinhole Rat! > Thanks Steve, > I am not lazy and my new cameras are coming. Sorry I am not intend to > advertising. > Just want to let you know through the tiny pinhole, we can see many > interesting faces, scene and stories... > > I've been a product designer for nearly twenty years and my experience told > me the 622 camera got a lot of problems (imo). I will not comment on the 622 > camera here as I know the thief is putting his ear on the wall and listening > to all you experts so as to solve the problem of their 622 camera. They can > only copy. To have a new model, they got a lot of technical problems and I > believe they don't have the ability to solve it or they will never pay > anything for development!!! Except "steal". > > I once met a rat from a pinhole factory of England, it's famous name is Tim > Nxxxxxx. It stolen my design, copied our cameras. Later this rat run here > and there and stolen Barbara's 45 camera's design. It post message to many > forum to draw attention to it's site. > It join the Pinhole webrings with other name so as to get more traffic with > its site. One of the England Pinhole web-ring has kick it away. I can't > contact the large USA Pinhole Web Ring to let them know this rat is > boycotted by the whole world. Anyone know how to contact the Pinhole Web > Ring master please remind him of this rat. > > It seems some of you have a BB gun in hand...hmm.......maybe a laser pointer > is needed, remember to wear a protective glass .....:-) > > About the Black and White photography magazine, I don't enjoy it! it seems > they copy the name of another famous B/W photography magazine from the USA. > We noticed them that a company has copied our camera. Maybe now they don't > have enough contents or any marketing news so they publish everything they > can get!!! Or they even don't have a concept of infringement. > We stop our business with them because their editor have wrote an article > about our camera with improper information and negative comments (all is > because the editor didn't read our instruction manual carefully before use > the camera), they said that their editor have never taking pinhole > photography before and then refuse to follow-up the case, and even refuse to > communicate with us. > They still owe us 9 copies which is included in our advertisement order. > They refuse to send the merchandize to us!!! > Their publisher have block our email address but their sales continue to > send us email and ask for order!!! What a Shame! > > What a funny world! > > "Bart" "Bart", hmm...., the rat's running very fast......I need to refill my > magazine..... > talk to you later..........."Bart" "Bart"...... > > "Bart"....;-) > > > Zernike > > Steve wrote: > > First they copied Zernike Au designs and now they are making this camera. > I > > wont be buying it. It must be hard to get 120 film to span across the > 22cm > > back. I will wait and see if Zernike Au makes a new camera. Much better > to > > buy an original than a copy. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/ >
