jaapv Posted September 18, 2007 Share #41 Posted September 18, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I would like to add, and this should be a sticky, along with Guy's post with adresses and names, that any M8 sent into the EU should be marked DIGITAL CAMERA This kind of customs snafu is mostly avoided by this means, as there are no EU import duties on digital cameras, as opposed to film cameras, so there is less chance that DHL gets the paperwork wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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howard_cummer Posted September 20, 2007 Author Share #42 Posted September 20, 2007 Hi Formers, Well, my well traveled M8 has arrived in Solms and the package will be opened up tomorrow. Leica has agreed to replace the camera but with a twist. According to new German Government regulations the replacement camera should be sent to the country from which the broken camera came - in this case Canada. I don't live in Canada but in Hong Kong so following the regulation won't put a new camera in my hands anytime soon as I am returning home to HK on Tuesday - not to mention the question of Canadian taxes and duties. I have sent Leica copies of my HK ID and driver's licence and I hope that common sense will prevail. As they say, "it ain't over until the fat lady sings" Cheers, Howard (in wet and cold Vancouver - packing for hot and sunny HK) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootist Posted September 20, 2007 Share #43 Posted September 20, 2007 On your way home to HK take a detour to Solms Germany and PICK UP your camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
howard_cummer Posted September 25, 2007 Author Share #44 Posted September 25, 2007 Well, German Customs agreed that since the camera cleared customs with them it can be sent to a third country and so I now have the serial number of my replacement M8 and I expect it will leave Solms (via Fedex) to Hong Kong before the end of the week after it has been checked. I won't say any more until I have the camera in hand. It has been quite a saga and I must say Leica has been very good at their end. Only the Courier companies were incompetent. Howard (now back in Hong Kong) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
howard_cummer Posted September 30, 2007 Author Share #45 Posted September 30, 2007 Hello Formers, Well my replacement M8 is in Hong Kong with Fedex, according to the tracking, but didn't get delivered on Saturday. Monday is a holiday (China's National Day) so I expect the camera will arrive on my doorstep on Tuesday. In the meantime, Schmidt has given me a loaner M8 and so I have been out on the streets again. Here is a picture of the Mui Wo ferry Pier, where the ferries come in from Hong Kong Island, taken with my newly coded 50mm Summilux Asph, wearing an IR cut filter. I know that conventional wisdom is that lenses longer than 35mm don't need to be coded, nor are IR cut filters really required, but I have decided to code and filter equip all my lenses - so that I don't have to think about switching lens detection on and off for Coding and IR filters. Besides I like to know the focal length in the EXIF data. One problem, however, with using IR Cut filters unnecessarily is unwanted reflections. Please see the attached photo of the Mui Wo ferry pier. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hong+Kong+Pix/MuiWoFerryTerminalBWw.jpg.html http://tinyurl.com/29vhzk Cheers Howard (Hot but Happy in Honkers and waiting for Santa to come on Tuesday) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pelikan1931 Posted September 30, 2007 Share #46 Posted September 30, 2007 you will soon have two M8 to play around with :-) yeah, the reflection at first sight looks like water mark to me, but this is the first time i have seen reflection that reflects like this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbaron Posted September 30, 2007 Share #47 Posted September 30, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) That is very interesting. Can a filter cause that precisely delineated reflection? Glad your case of courier-itis is almost at an end! --Bob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
howard_cummer Posted October 1, 2007 Author Share #48 Posted October 1, 2007 Dear Formers, Sometimes a picture is worth more than 10,000 words. Here’s the courier from Fedex http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hong+Kong+Pix/Fedex-Courierw.jpg.html http://tinyurl.com/ywsge6 http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hong+Kong+Pix/HCNewM8w.jpg.html http://tinyurl.com/2hpboz And here I am with my replacement M8 – it has been a long journey and I am so pleased that this has all ended well. Both Leica and Schmidt were super with me - only the couriers messed up Cheers Howard Cummer (Hot and Happy in Honkers) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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