Bad News from Canon

Sorry all as I said before I really hope you get your camera soon... tomorrow would be great :P But I am very sceptical.
 
How does this not say anything?

Just received an email at 7:15pm local time from the merchant asking me to call and verify the order (XH A1). The merchant is a large national brick and mortar chain with stores in my town. The call center lines are said to be answered 24 hours a day, so I called the 1-800 number at 9:00pm local. It was answered by an agent, I gave my order number, bill and ship to address. I did not have to give out my credit card number again, so I know it is legitimate. When I placed the order with this merchant, they confirmed their policy as posted on the website that they do not charge the credit card until they are ready to ship. But the agent said they are ready to ship. They are contacting the credit card company for verification with which I made prearrangements. The agent said the merchandise will ship Monday, October 21st. The release date I thought is not until October 25, but...Monday is what I am told. I specified next day air on the order so if true, Tuesday will be the day. If I don't receive a tracking number by Monday, in fact I will call 1-800 number again to confirm or deny...fingers crossed.
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Monday is October 23rd. BTW, change the thread's title. I can't believe how it's possible to have this one when the news are quite the opposite! :angry:
 
Tom updated his post, looks like it might be delayed. Still speculation, but the fact is his didn't ship today like he was told it would. This could be a huge problem for me...*grief*
 
Yeah, I just never trust rumors, nobody should. But yes, sometimes rumors do infact turn out to be true. Here's the truth I got from Canon:

Dear Mr. *******:

Thank you for writing to us. We value you as a Canon customer and
appreciate the opportunity to assist you with available information on
the XH A1 camcorder.

We have been informed the estimated ship date to Canon Authorized
Dealers is Oct. 30, 2006 instead of today. We apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause.

We hope this information is helpful to you. Please feel free to contact
us again if you have any other questions or concerns.

Thank you for choosing Canon.

Sincerely,

*****
Technical Support Representative
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I sent for and received this from Canon support. They're gonna be late, but only a few days late. Let's see how fast customs can get them through.
 
I ordered mine through B&H a couple of weeks ago... wondering when I will receive mine? I went ahead and preordered knowing this was pretty much the camera for me. I have been using Canon since 2000 but have never made the switch from SD to HD. I do hope that I will have that A1 in my grubby hands sometime in the next two weeks... then it's on to various places all over Arizona for some shots to post links to for all to see.

*says a prayer for Canon (B&H) to ship quickly.*

:grin:
 
We have been informed the estimated ship date to Canon Authorized
Dealers is Oct. 30, 2006 instead of today. We apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause.
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What exactly does Ship to dealers on 30th mean, dealers will have them that day? They will be sent that day? From where? (Meant as a question to Canon on the vagueness of their email to meta4).

Anyway as I said in my initial post the delay reported to me was only ever a few days. I didnt start this thread as a RUMOUR.... the info was second hand but I trust my dealer to tell me the truth and as they are very close to Canon here I trust what they are telling me. The thread was merely intended as a warning to some that may be expecting their cam on a particular date to be used on a job or to be taken on travel. As it turns out, as expected, the info I was given was correct.

Believe me it would just as easy to withhold any information I get and not have to cop a bashing along the way.
 
In case you didn't catch my sarcasm, ncje, I'm on your side. I think being in Japan makes your sources a bit more reliable than a US dealer. I'm looking forward to seeing what you can do with this cam. Please keep the info coming.:beer:
 
I apologize for the bashing, I got a different message from my dealer. But yes, you were right about the delay. We all appreciate your info.
 
All good!

Some good news from Redrock though yesterday. My M2 adapter with all the bits and pieces will be here on Friday according to Fedex Global express tracking.

Woot!
 
But still don't forget to give us some non m2 footage, we wanna see what this baby can do on it's own!
 
There are some examples posted on the Web and Redrock's forum. Like with any 35mm adapter, it's different world than camera alone. Of course, you loose 10..20% of resolution with the adapter (my educated guess), but you gain so much of artistic quality.
 
Adapter arrived today. All ready to go. I will do different shots with and without... on the first :P
 
So, where do we stand after all? What is the official release date? When will the DEALERS have the cameras ready to be sold? I'm calling the guy at the store every freaking day. I thought the price would be around 3700€ but the guy told me it's around 3000€. I'm really praying for him to be right. I would still have some money left for a 35mm adapter. But I really wish the guy had said that before (he was the one who initially told me it would be 3700€)...I sold my M2 specifically so that I could afford the A1 (and because a big project I had was canceled).
 
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