Problem is if you use a debit card at Adorama or B&H like your PayPal account . The money comes out now not when it ships like a Visa card. I'm not using a credit card so if I pre order I go through Amazon and they charge my Amazon account or I change it last minute to a debit card.
I've been burned by using debit cards . Apple got me for 4 grand when I cancelled a order took forever to clear my funds
p.10 #7 · Pre-order Now! Sony FE 16-35/2.8 GM and FE 12-24/4 G
I think it's awesome Sony is letting Voigtlander and Zeiss handle all the primes and focuses on zooms. That being said, I just love shooting small primes with the a7 system. I think it's the way it's meant to be shot. I do have a really good copy of the 16/35 which I'll keep for travel and situations where I'm constrained by space and movement. For amateurs like me a 55/1.8, 35/1.8 or L35, L21, Choppy 15, 16-35/4 are all I need.
p.10 #8 · Pre-order Now! Sony FE 16-35/2.8 GM and FE 12-24/4 G
GMPhotography wrote:
Problem is if you use a debit card at Adorama or B&H like your PayPal account . The money comes out now not when it ships like a Visa card. I'm not using a credit card so if I pre order I go through Amazon and they charge my Amazon account or I change it last minute to a debit card.
B&H always charges my credit card when I order, not when they ship.
p.10 #14 · Pre-order Now! Sony FE 16-35/2.8 GM and FE 12-24/4 G
GMPhotography wrote:
Really they shouldn't be until it ships. Maybe because your in Canada?
Who knows... but I wanted to point out that it's not always true that B&H doesn't charge your credit card until they ship.
It's a moot point anyway, since local stores will order/pre-order stuff for me without any advance payment, so there's little incentive to deal with a store that wants all my money up front.
p.10 #16 · Pre-order Now! Sony FE 16-35/2.8 GM and FE 12-24/4 G
GMPhotography wrote:
Sounds like a vacation is in order to the states. Lol
I really hate seeing our Euro friends getting beat up on this stuff. Not to get into the politics at all but it's just not fair
To be honest it's par for the course these days, and luckily I have a used 12mm voigtlander in the bag at the mo. So i'm going to sit on it for a while until we get some decent user reviews.
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p.10 #17 · Pre-order Now! Sony FE 16-35/2.8 GM and FE 12-24/4 G
molson wrote:
Who knows... but I wanted to point out that it's not always true that B&H doesn't charge your credit card until they ship.
It's a moot point anyway, since local stores will order/pre-order stuff for me without any advance payment, so there's little incentive to deal with a store that wants all my money up front.
Cliff,
It is something that B & H started to do with orders to Canada a few years ago. When I order from the States they don't do it, but from Canada they do. I think it had to do with fast changes in exchange rate and getting burned by that, but I don't know. I don't think they do it if you use a US dollar credit card--both RBC and BMO offer those. I work in the US, but my family is in Toronto so I am back and forth all the time and have to change money and know a fair number of the tricks to optimize that. PM me if you think I can ever be of help.
p.10 #18 · Pre-order Now! Sony FE 16-35/2.8 GM and FE 12-24/4 G
a 3 mo lead time between announcement and release - this is going to be painful listening to the back and forth
Fred, i half-expected you had the GM in your hands last wk and Sony was going to surprise us by giving an advance copy to someone who could do a legit review.
but 3 mo of "conversations" about speculation on performance, etc and what Sony "should" have done.....this could be painful.
the pre-order A9 thread is over 60 pages already - i'll make the over/under on this thread at 120 pages before the GM is released.
p.10 #20 · Pre-order Now! Sony FE 16-35/2.8 GM and FE 12-24/4 G
Dr Tone wrote:
Did a quick currency conversion for the 16-35. Works out to $100US more here in Canada.
considering that the FX rates ($/CAD)have fluctuated about 8% in the past year (btw, CAD/JPY twice that), that's not a big deal - not to mention the bid/ask on retail FX probably explains all of the $100 variance.
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