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Birger Lens Mounts - Shipping / Confirmations

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Erik, I emailed you my order confirmation and card authorization; then I went and re-faxed my order form with all the corrections and changes. Right at this moment, I'm tying a copy of both the email and the order form to a carrier pigeon who should be landing in Massachusetts in 2.5 hours. This pigeon's been on crack for a while, so forgive any probable delay :-)
 
Thanks. forgot they were in boston.

donatello said:
guessing on CA sales tax ... they do not charge CA sales tax ...
which leaves you with the option of paying directly to CA in full yourself or pay the portion above the 5.25% use tax under 6378 ....
if you have a account with CA state board of equalization you pay it whenever they have you scheduled to pay ?? ( mine is in July ) ..if no account then call them ( they'll probably be in shock that somebody wants to pay ) and ask how do you pay the % above 5.25% ....

just so you're aware .. in CA if you paid CA sales tax on equipment you bought you do NOT have to charge sales tax when you rent it out ... if you did NOT pay CA sales tax then you are suppose to charge CA sales tax on all rental receipts for that equipment ...
under 6378 you do not have to pay the 1st 5.25% CA sales tax on purchase ... you pay the remaining 2-3.5% ( depending on area you live) = then you do not have to charge sales tax if you rent out the equipment bought under 6378 ...
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Monday end of day...

Monday end of day...

Been a tough fought couple of days...

The cable problem is resolved. See attached pictures. We built 10 cables this morning, all were production quality, by the fifth we felt we were up to production speed... grey doesn't look so bad. Problem solved.

On thursday of last week our pick and place machine started dropping components. There are approximately 65 components on the board pictured, so there isn't a chance in hell we were going to hand place. On friday the machine wouldn't even home the z-axis. About five minutes ago this problem was solved. The laser sensor was out of alignment unfortunately took a technician in New Jersey, an engineer in Switzerland, and an engineer in Boston, a hell of a lot of time to find and correct the problem. On the plus side nothing actually was broken; and we now know this machine inside out.

I am without my star technician tomorrow, so we will run boards through the machine to make sure all really is well, butwe will not be doing final assembly or shipping until wednesday.

Amy ran through emails last on sunday evening. She will not be back on this until wednesday. Hold tight. 1 June deadline was a kick in the pants more than a hard deadline. Please get back to us if you have not heard anything from communications sent prior to the end of May.

Picture is: the ten cables built today that proved to us that we resolved the issue; one semi placed board from last thursday; and 240 unplaced boards, that we will start running tomorrow.

There are always issues... but I think... knock on my oversized wooden desk... that we are in production and through the last of the issues. Latest shipping estimate is wednesday. Don't expect another update until then.

These delays suck. For you and me both.:waaa:
 
Those look like quality components to me! I'm impressed. Can't wait to get the mount. I'm confident it'll be a well-engineered and built product.

Thanks, Erik.
 
Looks good Erik. Does this delay means knobs are catching up in the meantime or getting further behind?
 
Good to know... I agree these delays suck for everybody.
 
erik, these little updates go a long way towards keeping the natives happy. thanks. can't wait for the mount, it's pretty revolutionary what you're doing. Almost as revolutionary as RED.
 
anyone know yet if the birger mount will support image stabilization?
 
Caleb Heymann said:
anyone know yet if the birger mount will support image stabilization?
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Guess it will, but don't count the IS of EF-lenses is that useful in anything else than still images. At least, that's my experience with the Canon XL-series cameras. Hopefully it will ne different, but we'll see ...
 
Well, Erik has said so. I mean, workable.
 
Wednesday update...

Wednesday update...

Pick and place machine is running. Built a few boards to prove that we are out of the woods. Should have more interesting things to say on thursday. It was a good day.
 
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