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What's the wait on the Freebie filters?


GarethC

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At long last I got around to ordering mine but it occurred to me that I will need them in about 3 weeks and they were ordered about a week ago.

 

I ordered 39mm so I'm hoping they should ship pretty quickly.

 

Also, where do they ship from? I'm in Canada.

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The filters come DHL, I believe, and will probably not be there in 3 weeks.

 

Since Leica is in the just-in-time shipping business, the availability of the specific filter size will dictate shipping.

 

If you absolutely gotta have them, you might want to talk to Popflash or another recommended dealer.

 

Failing that, use Jamie's profiles.

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It depends mainly on two factors:

Leica has your filters size in stock or not and, to a minor extent, if you are in Europe (faster ) or not ( slower... ).

I got mine ( a pair of black E46) 12 days after I registered, because I'm in Europe and they had the filters at the moment. Lucky me ! :D .

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"Gareth2", you might receive your filters from Solms in time for your trip! :)

 

I registered in mid-August, and received the filters 3 weeks later on Sept. 6th, 2007. Both filters were 39mm.

 

I live in the U.S. The filters were shipped via FedEx from Solm, Germany. I think Leica is finally catching up on these filter requests. I also got my 28mm Elmarit Asph from my dealer last week!

 

And I agree that Popflash will almost certainly ship you the filters in a few days if the Solms ones don't appear before you leave. Good luck!

 

rt :)

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Mine came and I missed the delivery because I'd gone on holiday. I'd ordered two for the 21mm because that was the only lens I had at the time. When I got back from holiday, all I had was a courier note saying they'd tried to deliver and that the package had been returned to sender.

 

Meanwhile I'd bought a 50mm lux.

 

I emailed Leica and asked very very apologetically if they could (a) re-send the filters I'd missed, and also (B) change the order from two for the 21mm to one for the 21 and one for the 50.

 

I got the two filters I wanted within 10 days. VERY pleased with this, and of course emailed them to say so! :)

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Sorry for the somewhat OT - Did someone get a 49mm UV/IR Cut filter that you don't need by any chance? I will be more than happy to take that off your hand. For a fee, of course :D. Please let me know.

 

Thanks,

Joshua

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Finally got my second filter two days ago! A 43 mm (which of course doesn't fit the lens I had intended to use it with due to the pitch difference). Never mind, where there's a will there's a way.

 

I registered for the filters on May 28, so that's just shy of four months.

 

So, Gareth, you did very well. Congratulations. :)

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