Sun Oct 21, 2018 4:50 am
So I dont understand, in 2018, with all the fancy fast internet, web technology, etc.. that we have today, why there is such a secret behind sharing info like this. I mean, I pre-ordered (though I canceled my April pre order dammit, then re-ordered in mid September).. if they have 500, 1000 etc pre-orders, what is the harm in saying "we have 1000 out there now, and by end of November we anticipate all pre-orders will be met" or even better.. "we got all the pre-order info from everyone of our retailers.. what is your name/info and we will tell you where/when to expect it". It really isnt that hard to figure these things out these days.
That said, I totally get the ramp up thing. As an early adopter to some mechanical keyboards, I watched dozens of people get their keyboard months before I did.. mostly because they were slowly ramping up and they were a new company and product. However, it was VERY well communicated, weekly what was going on. We knew what supply company of key caps, switches, enclosures, etc was going on.
I think this camera is going to be huge.. no joke with all the footage coming out so far, and the price point and especially once BRAW is added, I seriously would bet this camera will compete with the big boys. That it has better low light than the Ursa Mini (and on par with Ursa Mini Pro)... that alone I bet is going to see 100's if not 1000s of wedding videographers and others flock to it. You will see tons more with Ursa Mini/Pros buy 1 or more of these for b-roll for the simplicity in matching color. And.. 4K60 in BRAW on what essentially amounts to a "throw-a-way" b camera for many productions.. no brainer.
This is my opinion, but I think BM is in for some rough times for the next few months with all the backlash many of us are giving over having to wait so long.
I am positive the next camera they make will have tons of people saying the same thing many of us said about this one.. it will be months late. Only this time we may simply say "a few will arrive on time, the rest will take months".
Here is to hoping they communicate a bit more about what is going on, share a little info if there are any bumps in the production process.. or if they were simply waiting to see how well the first batch was received before ramping up.. which may take a few weeks or more to crank out lots more.
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