Here's some good news! I have my A1 in my grubby, sweaty, and feverish hands! Thanks B&H!
I am charging the battery now... but I do hope to post some stuff later. I live right on a mountain in Phoenix, AZ... lots of great desert landscape. I will also be in LA this weekend, so maybe I can shoot there, too. Hoping to get something up for all of you sometime in the next couple of days.