Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In Wetzlar I got to meet and chat with Dr Stankovic (Director Operations) on lens production and that very lens situation. Dr Stankovic told me that production processes for this lens are all resolved and controlled and it is in serial production. However he also commented of course that it is an extremely demanding design (perhaps their most lately?) and quantities are and will be very limited. Australia has had none for more than 12 months either as far as I am aware. Keep in mind we might get 12(???) in a shipment for population of 24 million or so (including those migrated from the east Islands) but we are only maybe 2% of the world market. Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 2 July 2014 13:01, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > I still have my M9 (and a few others) so not the end of the world... but > will drop them a note, can also ask them where my 50AA is, over 22 months > on order! > > john > ________________________________________ > > > Never hurts to make personal contact with the Customer Care folks as well > that your gear is on its way. > My suggestion anyway. > > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 2 July 2014 12:54, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > > > All done through NZ distributor, but my dealer may chase things up..... > > > > john > > ________________________________________ > > > > Maybe not on the couple of months! Did you talk to Customer Care as well? > > > > Cheers > > Geoff > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > > > On 2 July 2014 11:37, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > > > > > Sadly that is where my M started it pilgrimage to this morning :-( > > > Suddenly (no drops etc) started close-focussing at less than 5m, so a > > > couple of months before I see it again... > > > > > > john > > > ________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > It is homesick for the German summer I tell you! There's a really nice > > cafe > > > in Leitzpark. > > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > Geoff > > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > > > > > > On 2 July 2014 11:01, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > > > > > > > I can walk outside (open to the sky) for an hour and the GPS does not > > > lock > > > > on :-( This both before and after the 2.0.1.5 firmware.... > > > > > > > > john > > > > ________________________________________ > > > > > > > > Nah, John. GPS satellites do not discriminate by hemisphere. They > are > > > > in orbits inclined about 55 degrees to the equator, which means they > > get > > > > farther south than even you. :-) And farther north than most > > > > Canadians--which reminds me, to all Canadian Luggers, hope you had a > > > > Happy Canada Day! > > > > > > > > Seriously, if you've done the firmware update, it may have reset the > > > > last known position of the camera (to a default of Wetzlar, maybe?). > > > > Which means it has to "see" at least four satellites clearly before > it > > > > knows where it is again. Usually there are 7-9 satellites visible at > > any > > > > one time, but they transmit on frequencies that are absorbed by > things > > > > that contain water (ie trees, human bodies, etc.), not to mention > > > > building walls and such. So you need to have a clear view of some > open > > > > sky for its initial setup, and the more, the better. After that, some > > > > GPS' will use the last known location as an initial guess in its > > > > algorithm, which can help fill in the blanks when less than four > > > > satellites are currently visible. Others don't, and these can be > > > > especially difficult to use indoors, in urbans downtown areas, or in > > > > areas with a lot of RF interference. > > > > > > > > Take the camera outdoors where you can see a lot of sky, and wait a > few > > > > minutes, and I suspect all might be well again. I remember when we > came > > > > back from a trip to Florida with our GPS. It was raining a lot, so I > > > > didn't take it outside to reset its location. Then we had to go to a > > > > friend's country house which is so far out in the sticks that its Zip > > > > code is EIEIO. The GPS "remembered" its last known position, and > > > > insisted that it was in Florida for about 15 minutes, until it saw > > > > enough satellites to realize that it was now a bit north of Seattle. > > :-) > > > > > > > > --Peter > > > > > > > > ---------- > > > > > Yes, but you are in the northern hemisphere which has quite a few > > more > > > > > satellites ;-) > > > > > > > > > > john > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 1, 2014, at 3:34 AM, John McMaster wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I find the GPS very unwilling to lock a signal in Wellington, > will > > > be > > > > > > curious to see how you find things across the ditch.... > > > > > > > > > > GPS worked pretty well here even before the new firmware. > > > > > > > > > > LiveView no longer works on my M ;~( > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > George Lottermoser > > > > > > > > > > http://www.imagist.com > > > > > http://www.imagist.com/blog > > > > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >