The AF100 Book - availability and ordering info

I got my book a few days ago, and it has been a HUGE help ramping up to speed with this camera. I am not someone approaching the AF100 with an extensive knowledge of previous HD camcorder technology, nor have I been a user of the HDSLR's on the market. The articles on the front end of this book are great for people trying to solidify a knowledge of basic concepts, and the rest of the book gives a clear guide as to how to use all of the attributes of the camera.

A great decision by Jan & Panasonic to include this with the purchase. Gives people like me a lot of confidence as we move into professional videography.
 
I should be getting my camera in from B&H sometime within the next two weeks. Will the book be in the box.. or is it still a card mail in system??
 
The mail-in cards were in the first batch. It is presumed that all o fthose first batch have already been delivered, and the dealers are out of stock now, so any new deliveries should have it in the box already.

Thanks for letting me know about the videokit link! Should have distribution throughout Canada arranged hopefully sometime this week, and it will go live on Amazon.com sometime this week as well, which should over delivery to most countries.

Thanks for all the great reviews, I'm glad you folks are finding it helpful!
 
I have asked Lemac in Australia about the book and they said that they should be able to order them soon (australia). I'm stinging to get this book, have to wait for Lemac whilst checking Amazon daily to see if it's available:)
 
Matt smith said:
I have asked Lemac in Australia about the book and they said that they should be able to order them soon (australia). I'm stinging to get this book, have to wait for Lemac whilst checking Amazon daily to see if it's available:)
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I expect Lemac will carry it soon; they carried my HVX Book a couple of years ago. It will be available on Amazon here in the US, and I'm certain that they will ship to Australia; thing is, when I send stuff directly to Australia it takes, on average, THREE WEEKS(!) to get there. And that's just silly. And any faster shipping costs 3x as much or more, so ... the ideal situation would be to have dealers in the country who you can just go and pick it up from.

Canada distribution is coming, it should be available through all Canadian authorized Panasonic dealers very soon.
 
Must say the book is great no trouble getting it here in the UK. I have seen the Panasonic demo movie, I have read the book and now will get an AF101 this coming Friday.
 
Hi Barry,

Do you think the book will go on Amazon soon, they ship to Australia and I usually get express so it takes about 10 days. I cant wait to get into the details, I love reading about the products to get the best out of them
 
I got the book with the camera and there's some great stuff. However. What's missing are some common set-up procedures, which are also not in the manual. I tried installing the scene files per the CD and it doesn't do anything. Looking at the text files themselves, they show settings that the camera won't even do. eg. A Iris Level 19 in the DYNRNG Scene. None of the settings go over 9. Missing something?
 
I am a seasoned shooter and editor (ie. not a beginner) and can tell you that this book is awesome no matter what camera you are shooting with! Great job Barry.
 
Barry_Green said:
No, but I'm pretty sure you can order it from Amazon.com and they'll ship to NZ.
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Thanx Barry. I will get it from Amazon. (I know they will ship to NZ.)

Side note: amazes me how many American sellers on Ebay wont ship out side of the continental U.S. Is it really, really difficult or something just too hard for them to manage a simple postal transaction!
 
I got my copy yesterday from DV-stuff U.K., at 69 pounds (don't have a pound sign on my keyboard) it must be the most expensive book in Australia, but it looks good!

Funny thing was, when I picked up my camera from John Barry last Monday, their evaluation copy of the book was on the table right next to my camera, but the salesman wouldn't sell it to me!

Cheers,

Vaughan
 
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