hi everyone

do they realy ship the guides?

and what is with this homepage?

will the guide give us all te info for buying EVERYTHINg that is needed to make this thing? rails? GG? Diopter?

I've done my order long time ago, but got no messages about the guides shipping.
Should I subscribe something ? (I didn't find any newsletter link on the website).

Did someone forgot to mail me just beacuse I'm a spaghetti heater ? :D

Yes it will give you the name of businesses where you can purchase every part for the micro35... i believe the GG you have to get from james, but im not 100% sure on that. i know james is setting up some deals with places to sell the rail systems as well. The achromat used for the micro35 will be available online im pretty sure. Keep in mind alot of stuff was improved with the micro35 after the guide was printed, so there will be some type of members area on their website where you can get the rest of the information that was not able to be printed im pretty sure.

You don't HAVE to use the gg supplied, but why wouldn't you? it comes with the guide, and a lot of time was spent on the manufacturing process for it.

Since there has been many updates to the guide(since they were printed long ago), it seems there will be an online update are for members. But will we be able to start gathering our supplies and start building our adapter if the information has changed? It would seem foolish to begin, if the recipe and ingredients on the guide are first drafts and we have to wait for this new member area. If this is the case, how long until the update area is ready? thanks!

James - maybe you know something more than me, but I have no information that suggests what's in the guide has changed substantially if at all. The core design has not changed.

Brian, I'm probably wrong. I just guessed since there are going to be updates, since the adapter had "improved" since the guides we're printed, that maybe the directions or parts would be altered.
Me just want micro35 too! In the meantime, I am becoming a little obsessive about it.

I purchased the guide this week... "Just like I told every one I would", so now will the guide ship this friday like you said they would? Meaning I should get it next week! Also has anyone recieved their guide yet? Thanks

there will be an area on the micro35 messageboard he is putting all together, for the updates and stuff. just hang tight!

James - lol. We are ALL anxious to get this going! I have 4 lomo primes I purchased (and a fifth one on the way), a DVX and no way to hook them together...yet!

Hey Craig,
Just wanted to let you know that we processed your guide order the day it was received (instead of waiting for Friday...).

Thanks!

james
www.micro35.com

James I ordered a guide more than 5 weeks ago. I live in the England - when will it get there?

Alex

Hey Alex!
You should get it next week!

james
www.micro35.com

I'm getting my guide, I'm getting my guide....I'm gonna be a happy camper... BUT now I need a camera, cause mine just broke two days ago... hhhmmm now what? Anyway ....At least I'll have my guide; At least I'll have my guide... Latter

Am I missing something here guys, but have we even seen some final footage from this thing? I haven't, and if not why are people going and buying guides already?

And information is so lacking it seems. Is it a static GG device, moving, what? There is bugger all information anywhere on this thing, and the website is appalling for info.

I'm very interested but not too happy in plonking down a lot of cash for something that I'm not sure is decent.

Some high res footage would be nice - even some in DV format.

Aaron

Hey Aaron!
Welcome to the Micro35 Project!

It might do you some good to read through some of these forums first. Most of the questions you've asked have been answered in one thread or another.

Thanks Aaron and glad to have you!

james
www.micro35.com

Thanks James. I don't mean to sound grumpy I just think that if you're selling these things (The pictures of the unit look wonderful by the way) that the website could have lots more information on it, without people having to search through forums. Even a simple FAQ and some recent video images would be a start.

I'm tossing up between a guide and a finished rig so I need to know info about how much cheaper it is to DIY (If it is in fact cheaper) or not. It also seems that the design has changed a lot over time so I don't want to have to read, and discard info from the threads.

Do you know how long it will take you guys to get some footage up of the finalised unit in action?

Cheers
Aaron

No problem Aaron!

As I've recently posted (got to get that one in there. :) ..), our new website will be launched in the next week.

It will have PLENTY of great useful information regarding the project, products, productions, and much more!

Talk to you soon!

james
www.micro35.com

can someone on here tell me what Lomo lenses to buy? I don't want zoom lenses I am looking for FAST primes and it seems the Lomo glass is good quality? what to buy for the dvx? I guess what I really need is a primer on Lomo what's good what's not what is a good price what is high and how do you tell if it's good glass?

oh and I location to buy from!

Awesome, thanks - that sounds like just what I'm after.

Aaron

Ive been seeing this LOMO around lately and am wondering what it is?

I searched the main forum for 'LOMO' and found quite a few threads, from there I did a google for 'Russian Lomo Lenses' and found a number of sites with additional info:

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~smort1/lomos/lomos

http://www.cineused.com/anamorphic.html

http://www.cinematography.com/forum2004/index.php?showtopic=3837&hl=

http://www.cinematography.com/forum2004/index.php?showtopic=1207&st=15

Aaron -

btw, it IS a rotating gg design, and some unique design elements result in no grain (!)

Personally, I'm waiting for the finished rig. Like you I'm a little antsy, but I don't want to build this thing out and f it up and then have to wait even longer!

Has anyone gotten their guides yet? Please post immediately when you do get yours :)

Hopefully, we will get them today. I was hoping I would see the UPS guy pull up yesterday, but no luck :(

Daniel - if you don't get your guide today I am going to write James personally and ask him to expedite yours!!!

Ive been seeing this LOMO around lately and am wondering what it is?


There is a lot of info already on the lomo lenses in the different forums here. I encourage you to search it out.

Also if you search "konvas 2m" on eBay you will see a bunch of lomo lenses as well.

Let's keep on topic for this forum please

hi James

Are you realy ship the guides?
Do you have a delivering date for the european Customers?

thank you

Daniel, leave the UPS guys alone! The guy you're looking for is wearing Blue!


j

James and co.

Here's an idea - let us "subscribe" to a site where we can download a hi-res PDF of the Guide so we don't have to wait for the men in blue?

That way, you guys can update the guide to reflect latest developments on the micro35...

anyone second the motion?

Daniel - if you don't get your guide today I am going to write James personally and ask him to expedite yours!!!

Does that mean you already got yours? :o

No guide today. With any luck it will be here tomorrow.

Already been asked. Hes worried of theft, its not going to happen.

Yeah, cause it would be impossible for any customer to just pdf the document themselves *rolleyes*

No guide for me today. Order status for ALL paid customers and/or a shipping notification via email is really in order here. Especially since I paid for my guide on Feb. 25th. After 2 months I'd like to know where my guide is.

Well it's not like anyone can't rip a DVD, but distributors still put copyright encoding on them. We all have to do what little we can to make it that little bit tougher for those who don't respect original works, because that little bit can easily cut out most people who won't bother going the extra step.

Let's all respect James' desire to not do PDFs and leave it at that.

I offered this as a solution in light of some recent posts (I think Cory?) that suggested there were a lot of changes made to micro35 design in recent weeks AFTER the guides had been printed. It was suggested that Guide owners would have to log in to a website to get some sort of "update" to their guide...

Dana,
Your guide like everyone elses as of last Monday is on the way. An email launching the new site and directions for guide customers will be sent out this week.

***Updated***
I wanted everyone to know what the shipping schedule was over the last two weeks.

Shipment 1 - April 14th, USPS
Shipment 2 - April 18th, USPS
Shipment 3 - April 20th, USPS

All international orders were shipped 'USPS International Air'

I won't go into how many guides were shipped, but seeing the shipment schedule should give you a good indication that it wasn't a 'few'. We should have plenty of input on the building process once this 'Global Build' starts! ;)

Thanks everyone and sorry for the delay!

************

Thanks!

james
www.micro35.com

Thank you James,
I appreciate you sharing that information with me and the rest of the guide buyers who are all anxiously awaiting your plans so that we can build these amazing devices.

-Dana

James,

At what postal rate were these sent? That would give us a better idea of when to expect them.

I ordered mine on Jan. 24. As of tomorrow, it will 3 months since ordering and a week less than that since the original ship date of February 1st. I think it's understandable that everyone who preordered is getting a bit touchy about when they are arriving.

Thanks,

Brett

Is the printed guide being revised to reflect latest changes? What is the "upgrade path" if you order a printed guide and there end up being some key revisions due to enhancements/improvements?

Just curious if it somehow makes sense to WAIT a little longer before ordering a guide - ie. will things be "finalized" soon for kit and full-rig release?

Hope my question makes sense?

thanks for your hard work...

Mark

Also, are all parts for building your own micro35 now "shipping?" Ie. if I get my guide ordered and it comes say Monday - is there anything to stop me from ordering a part or two that prevents complete assembly of the micro35 after a day or two? I guess I'm wondering if there are any "bottlenecks" left now that the guide is shipping?

Hope this question is helpful...

thanks!

No guide today :(

Let's pray for monday.

Mark - I am still mystified as to why anyone thinks the guides are out of date.... Do you have some reason to believe this? All that I've seen from posts is that certain parts' manufacturing process or materials have been improved, but the design has not changed. Maybe I am missing something here....

Mark - let's defer this conversation about guide updates to the other forum. Again, I have not seen nor heard anything that suggests the guides are out of date...

I think Cody alluded to this, Brian?

I think he suggests in one of the posts that a number of changes were introduced by James AFTER the Guides went to print, hence his speculation that there would some sort of email update?

I HOPE the Guides don't change too much - ie. I hope the printed Guide will remain a "de facto" guide for making the Micro 35!

Just interpreting what was posted by someone else!

from Cody Dullock:

"Yes it will give you the name of businesses where you can purchase every part for the micro35... i believe the GG you have to get from james, but im not 100% sure on that. i know james is setting up some deals with places to sell the rail systems as well. The achromat used for the micro35 will be available online im pretty sure. Keep in mind alot of stuff was improved with the micro35 after the guide was printed, so there will be some type of members area on their website where you can get the rest of the information that was not able to be printed im pretty sure."

Brian, I take it that when Cody suggests "a lot of stuff was improved" after "guide was printed" that includes design considerations?

James could weigh in on this, I guess... I suppose he might know a thing or two about it? *wink wink*

Brian - direct question for you - have you received your Guide?

Mark

They'd better come tomorrow or riots may break out. :)

you guys are so ancy to get this guide you're going to poo yourself when you finally see how simple and effective the design is! I've seen dryland, its not a myth! Compared to my homemade mini35 that i made with info gathered from the 4 million posts on this site, the micro35 is like a gajillion times better... a better analogy would be comparing in terms of a camera i guess-the cheapest 1ccd camera to the nicer 3ccd camera, yet the price is still about the same. i was just suggesting that there were changes to make the build a little easier from what i heard... but nothing to keep you from building it by all means. sorry to direct your thoughts in the wrong directions guys. I know this seems like that xmas gift that couldnt come any sooner, but hold on guys... its totally worth the wait.

Thats just my .02 cents...

The guides were supposely sent to the press about a month or more before James said the product was finally done and working on X model. So I'm pretty sure there already are or will be updates available very soon for certain models.

Mark - direct answer: no, I have not received my guide yet.

Thanks, Brian! It just seemed from some of your posts of late that you seemed quite certain about status of certain things - I remember Daniel Skubal wondering too if you had received your guide since you had mentioned "expediting" with a written email to James - so again, I thought maybe you had rec'd your guide...

Okay, so we're all in the same boat here...

thanks!

I know Larry McKee shot the Ancient stuff and there was a guy Ryan who posted a bit saying he was working with James and had some impressive micro35 footage...

Cody, you too are part of the micro35 team? You sound quite informed on the status of developments and other things... anything else you can tell us?