Mauribix Posted September 22, 2009 Share #41 Â Posted September 22, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Jaap, BTW is that a steel gray or black paint one? Â It seems as if the first to be delivered here are almost exclusively black. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 22, 2009 Posted September 22, 2009 Hi Mauribix, Take a look here DHL has lost my M9!. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
jaapv Posted September 22, 2009 Author Share #42 Â Posted September 22, 2009 Black, and I am quite happy about it, despite being a chrome person. It looks a lot better than the black chrome, in fact it looks exactly the same as my Shintaro-M3. The red dot seems to have a more subdued tint of red too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 22, 2009 Share #43 Â Posted September 22, 2009 Who can identify Pat's camera bag? Â Of course it is a FujiFilm Jess Lifestyle bag. Â Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcoombs Posted September 22, 2009 Share #44 Â Posted September 22, 2009 Glad this has been sorted out for you. Of course, now you have to get the camera back! Â Assuming all goes well, have a great trip, and say hello to the animals for me. Look forward to seeing some of your pix upon your return. Â Doug Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overgaard Posted September 22, 2009 Share #45 Â Posted September 22, 2009 Good that it arrived. You will have great fun with it. Remember loads of harddrive space for pictures. Those 18MP files eat harddrive space! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted September 22, 2009 Author Share #46 Â Posted September 22, 2009 Friday will see the installation of a 1.5 Tb raid system. And it will be 36 Mb files Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanidel Posted September 22, 2009 Share #47  Posted September 22, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Jaap, I am so sorry to hear about this. I know your pain as I had one Meridian G57 amplifier stolen and one broken on the way to France last year. What this has done is make up my mind. I will not get my M9 couriered out to France but wait to pick it up in the UK in three weeks time.  Wilson Especially wise since the French post office workers are on strike as of today ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHAG Posted September 22, 2009 Share #48  Posted September 22, 2009 Well, in my own experience dealing with high value electronics the manufacturer generally has a contracted logistics partner to deliver sealed and security tracked consignments to the dealer. I have never known Harman Kardon, Kenwood, Sony or JVC to use a courier to be honest, in over 15 years of dealing with them.  Apple uses UPS for computers that easily are in the 5000 € area. BTW, never ever use the french Chronopost. Many of my publishers have horror stories with them, including ozalids of urgent books going to print delivered with delays up to 10 days. And, last but not least, I was victim of a fraud with Chronopost : "Yes, sir, we delivered your phone at your place and you signed for it." I requested copy of that document with "my" signature. Nobody signed for it except their own bloody employee. It ended in court because that nice employee of theirs developed a habit of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 22, 2009 Share #49  Posted September 22, 2009 Apple uses UPS for computers that easily are in the 5000 € area.BTW, never ever use the french Chronopost. Many of my publishers have horror stories with them, including ozalids of urgent books going to print delivered with delays up to 10 days. And, last but not least, I was victim of a fraud with Chronopost : "Yes, sir, we delivered your phone at your place and you signed for it." I requested copy of that document with "my" signature. Nobody signed for it except their own bloody employee. It ended in court because that nice employee of theirs developed a habit of it.  That is the problem with these modern electronic signature boxes with touch screens that are half broken. The signature could be anybody's. I doubt if I would be able to identify my own signature on one of these boxes half the time. It is about time they changed to fingerprint data for this. The technology is now cheap. The only problem with this is you could see UPS/Fedex/DHL selling the fingerprint data on to law enforcement bodies. Now this would not worry an innocent like me very much but might worry others.  Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steich Posted September 22, 2009 Share #50 Â Posted September 22, 2009 Yes, good old DHL, formerly known as "Deutsche Bundespost".... Â Two years ago, I lived in fourth floor....and the DHL guy reponsible for quarter was the XXXXL type. So he repeatedly decided not to ring our door bell (and climb the stairs afterwards) but to leave a "sorry, you were not at home" leaflet in the post box. Happened several times, last time one day before I was going a longer business and photo trip....the missing parcel had my new 28 Elmarit in it. From online tracking, I knew it was on the way to my home. When I went down to pack my car, I found the leaflet.... I was lucky I had the DHL press departments number, they fixed it for me, and the parcel was delivered within 45 minutes (and no excuse from Mr. XXXXL).... Â Stefan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michali Posted September 22, 2009 Share #51 Â Posted September 22, 2009 Jaap- I'm very pleased to hear the M9 is in your hands now, enjoy! Have a great trip, Africa is it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexanderruas Posted September 22, 2009 Share #52  Posted September 22, 2009 Friday will see the installation of a 1.5 Tb raid system. And it will be 36 Mb files  why 36? what do you see as the advantage? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vertekijker Posted September 22, 2009 Share #53 Â Posted September 22, 2009 Jaap, so good to hear that you got your camera after all. Have fun with it!!! ---------------- Frans Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted September 22, 2009 Author Share #54 Â Posted September 22, 2009 why 36? what do you see as the advantage? That they are uncompressed. I saw an advantage of 16 bit files with the DMR over the M8, and I want that same advantage in the M9. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted September 22, 2009 Author Share #55 Â Posted September 22, 2009 Jaap- I'm very pleased to hear the M9 is in your hands now, enjoy! Have a great trip, Africa is it? Yup! Mozambique, Malawi, and the wildlife of Kenia Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted September 22, 2009 Author Share #56 Â Posted September 22, 2009 Thanks everybody for the sympathetic reactions. That makes this forum a good experience Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted September 22, 2009 Share #57 Â Posted September 22, 2009 17:26 to 18:53:confused: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulrikft Posted September 22, 2009 Share #58 Â Posted September 22, 2009 Congratulations on a good solution! I'm looking forward to africa-pictures! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brill64 Posted September 23, 2009 Share #59 Â Posted September 23, 2009 follow it up aggressively and without pause for thought. i hope you can get it back in time for your trip Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandokan Posted September 25, 2009 Share #60 Â Posted September 25, 2009 .... Ravi, sorry, my Summilux 24 - you'd have to kill me first. Woops! - that is a stupid thing to say to a gentleman of your descent:eek: Â Oh no Jaap. "I will make you an offer you cant refuse". Â Especially if you get a second M9 body in steel and cover them in special leathers like your M8s used to be :-) Â Safe journey and just remember to tell the check in girl to send you to the same airport as your luggage. Hopefully you are not on Lufthansa which has the same record for me as DHL/Bundespost . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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