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Michael H. Stevens · January 28th, 2008, 05:11 PM

Got my EX! from B&H today. Surprised at how low the serial number was. I think all US numbers start from 100000 and mine was 100133. What's yours?

Mike

Jim McQuaid · January 28th, 2008, 06:06 PM

How long between placing your order and getting your shipment? I'm thinking of placing an order with B&H now to take advantage of the 8GB card offer, but concerned that it would be delivered after the offer expires....!

Michael H. Stevens · January 28th, 2008, 06:12 PM

I ordered three (3) working days ago - Wednesday, BUT I noticed after I ordered the website said they were out of stock. Send them an email if they say they have none.

Jamie Baughman · January 28th, 2008, 08:35 PM

Michael and Jim -

I too ordered mine (over the weekend) and when I submitted it said that it was in stock. Once the order went through though, it said it was backordered.

I think what happened (and was inferred by the customer service rep I talked to) was that when they opened up for business after the weekend they had all these EX1 orders queued up from the weekend and not enough cams to distribute.

I then got an email from BH today saying that they were back in stock...but...when I checked my order now, the only thing with a tracking number is my extra card :(.

Turns out mine was held up for verification. I had to call in to verify that it was in fact me who was getting the cam and not someone who was pretending to be me. Only problem was that I didn't know that I needed to do that...I just called about the backorder issue and was told "oh, I see that your order is being held in our verification department." I wander when I would have found that out if I hadn't called about the backorder??? So you might want to call about that too...

I was hoping that it would all ship today, but no dice...but it does sound like it's in stock.

I'm hoping that I'll have mine by the weekend.

Paul Kellett · January 29th, 2008, 03:58 AM

0400594,supposedly from 2nd batch.No problems so far.

Dennis Joseph · January 29th, 2008, 09:13 AM

How can you figure out which batch is which. I'm looking to purchase the EX-1 but from all the vignetting and backfocus issues I am hearign about I think I might hold off till mid March to hopefully get rid of the old batch and maybe if SOny is wise enough they could have started sending out a better performing batch into the market. I would wait till June But I still want to meet the deadline for teh second free 8 gig card. What do you guys think?

Mark David Williams · January 29th, 2008, 09:41 AM

My serial number is 400513

Michael H. Stevens · January 29th, 2008, 10:20 AM

Note UK numbers start from 400,000 where as US numbers start from 1,000,000.

Eric Pascarelli · January 29th, 2008, 10:26 AM

My US serial starts with 100,000.

It's 100122, a "vignetter" by the way.

Paul Cronin · January 29th, 2008, 10:28 AM

First camera arrived 22 Dec is 100795. Second arrives this week.

Craig Seeman · January 29th, 2008, 11:04 AM

I got mine on Dec 20 and the serial number is 100808. The dealer allowed me to look through his delivery batch and pick the highest serial number. It does not exhibit the "hard corner" vignetting issue which I did see in the dealer's first 2 cameras (1 demo, 1 rental) he got a month earlier.

Michael H. Stevens · January 29th, 2008, 11:08 AM

MY ERROR. A mistype. US serial numbers start with 100,000 NOT a million. Mine is very low at 100133, in fact just 11 more than Eric's. Does it vignette? Not really had a close look yet.

Jamie Baughman · January 29th, 2008, 11:08 AM

Mine's also set to ship from B&H today. I'll post Serial# as soon as it gets in.

Thanks

Charles Young · January 30th, 2008, 01:46 PM

I ordered mine from B&H before Christmas.

Got it in hand first week of January.

SN. 101386

Need to do a quantitative evaluation for vignettinng problem but have not noticed it yet.

Piotr Wozniacki · January 30th, 2008, 02:15 PM

Mine is 0400653; looks like completely new batch!

PS: No vignetting, Dennis!

January 28th, 2008, 05:11 PM	#1
Michael H. Stevens Major Player Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Palm Desert, California Posts: 311	What's Your Serial Number? Got my EX! from B&H today. Surprised at how low the serial number was. I think all US numbers start from 100000 and mine was 100133. What's yours? Mike

January 28th, 2008, 06:06 PM	#2
Jim McQuaid Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Durham, North Carolina Posts: 61	Order delay time? How long between placing your order and getting your shipment? I'm thinking of placing an order with B&H now to take advantage of the 8GB card offer, but concerned that it would be delivered after the offer expires....!

January 28th, 2008, 08:35 PM	#4
Jamie Baughman Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 180	Michael and Jim - I too ordered mine (over the weekend) and when I submitted it said that it was in stock. Once the order went through though, it said it was backordered. I think what happened (and was inferred by the customer service rep I talked to) was that when they opened up for business after the weekend they had all these EX1 orders queued up from the weekend and not enough cams to distribute. I then got an email from BH today saying that they were back in stock...but...when I checked my order now, the only thing with a tracking number is my extra card :(. Turns out mine was held up for verification. I had to call in to verify that it was in fact me who was getting the cam and not someone who was pretending to be me. Only problem was that I didn't know that I needed to do that...I just called about the backorder issue and was told "oh, I see that your order is being held in our verification department." I wander when I would have found that out if I hadn't called about the backorder??? So you might want to call about that too... I was hoping that it would all ship today, but no dice...but it does sound like it's in stock. I'm hoping that I'll have mine by the weekend. __________________ Jamie Baughman

January 29th, 2008, 03:58 AM	#5
Paul Kellett Trustee Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Bristol UK Posts: 1,273	What's your serial number ? 0400594,supposedly from 2nd batch.No problems so far. __________________ Round 2 GH5,FZ2000

January 29th, 2008, 09:13 AM	#6
Dennis Joseph Major Player Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 206	Batch number How can you figure out which batch is which. I'm looking to purchase the EX-1 but from all the vignetting and backfocus issues I am hearign about I think I might hold off till mid March to hopefully get rid of the old batch and maybe if SOny is wise enough they could have started sending out a better performing batch into the market. I would wait till June But I still want to meet the deadline for teh second free 8 gig card. What do you guys think?

January 28th, 2008, 06:12 PM	#3
Michael H. Stevens Major Player Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Palm Desert, California Posts: 311	I ordered three (3) working days ago - Wednesday, BUT I noticed after I ordered the website said they were out of stock. Send them an email if they say they have none.

January 29th, 2008, 09:41 AM	#7
Mark David Williams Major Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hertfordshire UK Posts: 414	My serial number is 400513

January 29th, 2008, 10:20 AM	#8
Michael H. Stevens Major Player Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Palm Desert, California Posts: 311	Note UK numbers start from 400,000 where as US numbers start from 1,000,000.

January 29th, 2008, 10:26 AM	#9
Eric Pascarelli Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 498	My US serial starts with 100,000. It's 100122, a "vignetter" by the way.

January 29th, 2008, 10:28 AM	#10
Paul Cronin Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 4,048	First camera arrived 22 Dec is 100795. Second arrives this week. __________________ Paul Cronin www.paulcroninstudios.com

January 29th, 2008, 11:04 AM	#11
Craig Seeman Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA Posts: 3,841	I got mine on Dec 20 and the serial number is 100808. The dealer allowed me to look through his delivery batch and pick the highest serial number. It does not exhibit the "hard corner" vignetting issue which I did see in the dealer's first 2 cameras (1 demo, 1 rental) he got a month earlier.

January 29th, 2008, 11:08 AM	#12
Michael H. Stevens Major Player Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Palm Desert, California Posts: 311	MY ERROR. A mistype. US serial numbers start with 100,000 NOT a million. Mine is very low at 100133, in fact just 11 more than Eric's. Does it vignette? Not really had a close look yet.

January 30th, 2008, 01:46 PM	#14
Charles Young Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Heeney colorado Posts: 103	I ordered mine from B&H before Christmas. Got it in hand first week of January. SN. 101386 Need to do a quantitative evaluation for vignettinng problem but have not noticed it yet.

January 30th, 2008, 02:15 PM	#15
Piotr Wozniacki Inner Circle Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Poland Posts: 4,086	Mine is 0400653; looks like completely new batch! PS: No vignetting, Dennis! __________________ Sony PXW-FS7 \| DaVinci Resolve Studio; Magix Vegas Pro; i7-5960X CPU; 64 GB RAM; 2x GTX 1080 8GB GPU; Decklink 4K Extreme 12G; 4x 3TB WD Black in RAID 0; 1TB M.2 NVMe cache drive Last edited by Piotr Wozniacki; January 30th, 2008 at 03:36 PM.