UR-E6

Tomas Lansky said:

I have been searching and searching and searching for the UR-E6
since January 2002.
Obviously I haven´t found it (I wouldn´t be writing this message if
I would have). Nikon Support has basically been mocking me (and
probably many of you) by replying (after my fourth angry e-mail)
"While the demand for the UR-E6 has exceeded the available shipments,
we've sold several thousand of these rings to date. To assure
delivery,
we would suggest you place an order with one of our authorized
dealers."
Very funny comment from them. The idea that they sold "thousands of
these rings today" is in my opinion a big white (or not so white)
lie.

For a company that I have given a lot of money in the past (the
cp5000 was the 16th coolpix I bought for me or friends and family)
this is shameful.

This is not funny at all because my style of photography and my
"signature" became over the years fisheye or semi-fisheye photos. I
have really been deprived of many invaluable shots for four months
now because I was supid enough to trust Nikon.
And, worse of it, there seems to be no end in sight for this
drought and the lies Nikon has been telling its customers.
(I have orders pending for some time at several dealers in the US
and even in Germany, where I go sometimes to work. No luck until
now and nobody has good words on Nikon about them handling this
self-afflicted situation).

My questions to the forum are two:
1) anybody interested in co-signing an angry letter to the
President and CEO of Nikon USA?
2) where can I get a UR-E6 ???


thanks for any ideas.
(and thanks for the patience of reading this rant)

tomas

--
innovate or die.
and death is not an option.

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Tomas Lansky said:

I have been searching and searching and searching for the UR-E6
since January 2002.

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Tomas Lansky said:

2) where can I get a UR-E6 ???

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Tomas Lansky said:

I have been searching and searching and searching for the UR-E6
since January 2002.
Obviously I haven´t found it (I wouldn´t be writing this message if
I would have). Nikon Support has basically been mocking me (and
probably many of you) by replying (after my fourth angry e-mail)
"While the demand for the UR-E6 has exceeded the available shipments,
we've sold several thousand of these rings to date. To assure
delivery,
we would suggest you place an order with one of our authorized
dealers."
Very funny comment from them. The idea that they sold "thousands of
these rings today" is in my opinion a big white (or not so white)
lie.

For a company that I have given a lot of money in the past (the
cp5000 was the 16th coolpix I bought for me or friends and family)
this is shameful.

This is not funny at all because my style of photography and my
"signature" became over the years fisheye or semi-fisheye photos. I
have really been deprived of many invaluable shots for four months
now because I was supid enough to trust Nikon.
And, worse of it, there seems to be no end in sight for this
drought and the lies Nikon has been telling its customers.
(I have orders pending for some time at several dealers in the US
and even in Germany, where I go sometimes to work. No luck until
now and nobody has good words on Nikon about them handling this
self-afflicted situation).

My questions to the forum are two:
1) anybody interested in co-signing an angry letter to the
President and CEO of Nikon USA?
2) where can I get a UR-E6 ???


thanks for any ideas.
(and thanks for the patience of reading this rant)

tomas

--
innovate or die.
and death is not an option.

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ISOMatrix said:

Have you looked at the "CoolFix" alternative? Those who have swear
by it. Due to it's variable positioning it can eliminate vignetting
on certain lenses and allow full zoom on the tele's.

http://members.rogers.com/nextphoto/order.htm

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Ken. said:

Tomas Lansky said:

I have been searching and searching and searching for the UR-E6
since January 2002.

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I ordered the ur-e6 from bhphoto about 2 weeks ago and it was put
on backorder. It came last week! I got the ur-e5 from J&R last week
too. Someone posted that it was in stock there and sure enough it
was delivered to my house 2 days later!

I guess you can say I got lucky.

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Tim Curtis said:

Tim Curtis said:

2) where can I get a UR-E6 ???

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I got mine from B&H yesterday. Keep trying them, they will get more
in soon I am sure. I did not pre-order by the way. They have an
option to notify you when an item comes into their stock. I used
that feature and ordered it as soon as I got that e-mail from them.
They were out of stock by that afternoon. I did not have to wait
for more than a week for them to get into stock the first time.
Good luck in your search.

http://www.pbase.com/cavertim
Tim Curtis

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Carlos Restrepo said:

To me in these case the choice is clear, don’t bother to buy it,
instead buy the "Coolfix Fixed Adapter UR-E56" it is $45 and it
replaces both UR-E6 and the UR-E5 adapters.

I wish we had another option with the MB-E5000.

Best regards

Carlos Restrepo

Tomas Lansky said:

I have been searching and searching and searching for the UR-E6
since January 2002.
Obviously I haven´t found it (I wouldn´t be writing this message if
I would have). Nikon Support has basically been mocking me (and
probably many of you) by replying (after my fourth angry e-mail)
"While the demand for the UR-E6 has exceeded the available shipments,
we've sold several thousand of these rings to date. To assure
delivery,
we would suggest you place an order with one of our authorized
dealers."
Very funny comment from them. The idea that they sold "thousands of
these rings today" is in my opinion a big white (or not so white)
lie.

For a company that I have given a lot of money in the past (the
cp5000 was the 16th coolpix I bought for me or friends and family)
this is shameful.

This is not funny at all because my style of photography and my
"signature" became over the years fisheye or semi-fisheye photos. I
have really been deprived of many invaluable shots for four months
now because I was supid enough to trust Nikon.
And, worse of it, there seems to be no end in sight for this
drought and the lies Nikon has been telling its customers.
(I have orders pending for some time at several dealers in the US
and even in Germany, where I go sometimes to work. No luck until
now and nobody has good words on Nikon about them handling this
self-afflicted situation).

My questions to the forum are two:
1) anybody interested in co-signing an angry letter to the
President and CEO of Nikon USA?
2) where can I get a UR-E6 ???


thanks for any ideas.
(and thanks for the patience of reading this rant)

tomas

--
innovate or die.
and death is not an option.

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--
Carlos

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Tomas Lansky said:

thanks for the advice.
i´ll have to go that route probably, although i will continue to
hate nikon (and write the CEO a VERY angry letter, not that he
would care, but sometimes they are embarrassed enough to reply) for
this!

tomas

Carlos Restrepo said:

To me in these case the choice is clear, don’t bother to buy it,
instead buy the "Coolfix Fixed Adapter UR-E56" it is $45 and it
replaces both UR-E6 and the UR-E5 adapters.

I wish we had another option with the MB-E5000.

Best regards

Carlos Restrepo

Tomas Lansky said:

I have been searching and searching and searching for the UR-E6
since January 2002.
Obviously I haven´t found it (I wouldn´t be writing this message if
I would have). Nikon Support has basically been mocking me (and
probably many of you) by replying (after my fourth angry e-mail)
"While the demand for the UR-E6 has exceeded the available shipments,
we've sold several thousand of these rings to date. To assure
delivery,
we would suggest you place an order with one of our authorized
dealers."
Very funny comment from them. The idea that they sold "thousands of
these rings today" is in my opinion a big white (or not so white)
lie.

For a company that I have given a lot of money in the past (the
cp5000 was the 16th coolpix I bought for me or friends and family)
this is shameful.

This is not funny at all because my style of photography and my
"signature" became over the years fisheye or semi-fisheye photos. I
have really been deprived of many invaluable shots for four months
now because I was supid enough to trust Nikon.
And, worse of it, there seems to be no end in sight for this
drought and the lies Nikon has been telling its customers.
(I have orders pending for some time at several dealers in the US
and even in Germany, where I go sometimes to work. No luck until
now and nobody has good words on Nikon about them handling this
self-afflicted situation).

My questions to the forum are two:
1) anybody interested in co-signing an angry letter to the
President and CEO of Nikon USA?
2) where can I get a UR-E6 ???


thanks for any ideas.
(and thanks for the patience of reading this rant)

tomas

--
innovate or die.
and death is not an option.

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--
Carlos

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--
innovate or die.
and death is not an option.

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Carlos Restrepo said:

Ps why don’t we start another new message with a petition to be
heard, there is as lot of people in this forums and combine they
are Nikodians Buying power

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Carlos Restrepo said:

I haven with Nikon person all my life, and once with Canon due to
the lack of D1 available for me, well that did not last long 150
pictures after the damn thing die on me with the shutter stock in
the open position, I came back to the store and I was able to get a
D1 that they were holding a Client that did not show up.

From my experience in this forum I can tell you that Nikon's
machines are better that others, Nikon needs to polish their
relation and market strategy, why release a camera with no
accessories available, why show at the PMM accessories and things
that are vapor ware so far and the most important thing, they need
to let people know that they are supporting us.

Right now I'm willing to bet that Nikon will not address any of the
issues we discuss on this or any other forums.

Best regards

Ps why don’t we start another new message with a petition to be
heard, there is as lot of people in this forums and combine they
are Nikodians Buying power

Carlos

Tomas Lansky said:

thanks for the advice.
i´ll have to go that route probably, although i will continue to
hate nikon (and write the CEO a VERY angry letter, not that he
would care, but sometimes they are embarrassed enough to reply) for
this!

tomas

Carlos Restrepo said:

To me in these case the choice is clear, don’t bother to buy it,
instead buy the "Coolfix Fixed Adapter UR-E56" it is $45 and it
replaces both UR-E6 and the UR-E5 adapters.

I wish we had another option with the MB-E5000.

Best regards

Carlos Restrepo

Tomas Lansky said:

I have been searching and searching and searching for the UR-E6
since January 2002.
Obviously I haven´t found it (I wouldn´t be writing this message if
I would have). Nikon Support has basically been mocking me (and
probably many of you) by replying (after my fourth angry e-mail)
"While the demand for the UR-E6 has exceeded the available shipments,
we've sold several thousand of these rings to date. To assure
delivery,
we would suggest you place an order with one of our authorized
dealers."
Very funny comment from them. The idea that they sold "thousands of
these rings today" is in my opinion a big white (or not so white)
lie.

For a company that I have given a lot of money in the past (the
cp5000 was the 16th coolpix I bought for me or friends and family)
this is shameful.

This is not funny at all because my style of photography and my
"signature" became over the years fisheye or semi-fisheye photos. I
have really been deprived of many invaluable shots for four months
now because I was supid enough to trust Nikon.
And, worse of it, there seems to be no end in sight for this
drought and the lies Nikon has been telling its customers.
(I have orders pending for some time at several dealers in the US
and even in Germany, where I go sometimes to work. No luck until
now and nobody has good words on Nikon about them handling this
self-afflicted situation).

My questions to the forum are two:
1) anybody interested in co-signing an angry letter to the
President and CEO of Nikon USA?
2) where can I get a UR-E6 ???


thanks for any ideas.
(and thanks for the patience of reading this rant)

tomas

--
innovate or die.
and death is not an option.

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--
Carlos

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--
innovate or die.
and death is not an option.

Click to expand...

--
Carlos

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Tomas Lansky said:

I have been searching and searching and searching for the UR-E6
since January 2002.
Obviously I haven´t found it (I wouldn´t be writing this message if
I would have). Nikon Support has basically been mocking me (and
probably many of you) by replying (after my fourth angry e-mail)
"While the demand for the UR-E6 has exceeded the available shipments,
we've sold several thousand of these rings to date. To assure
delivery,
we would suggest you place an order with one of our authorized
dealers."
Very funny comment from them. The idea that they sold "thousands of
these rings today" is in my opinion a big white (or not so white)
lie.

For a company that I have given a lot of money in the past (the
cp5000 was the 16th coolpix I bought for me or friends and family)
this is shameful.

This is not funny at all because my style of photography and my
"signature" became over the years fisheye or semi-fisheye photos. I
have really been deprived of many invaluable shots for four months
now because I was supid enough to trust Nikon.
And, worse of it, there seems to be no end in sight for this
drought and the lies Nikon has been telling its customers.
(I have orders pending for some time at several dealers in the US
and even in Germany, where I go sometimes to work. No luck until
now and nobody has good words on Nikon about them handling this
self-afflicted situation).

My questions to the forum are two:
1) anybody interested in co-signing an angry letter to the
President and CEO of Nikon USA?
2) where can I get a UR-E6 ???


thanks for any ideas.
(and thanks for the patience of reading this rant)

tomas

--
innovate or die.
and death is not an option.

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Tomas Lansky said:

I have been searching and searching and searching for the UR-E6
since January 2002.
Obviously I haven´t found it (I wouldn´t be writing this message if
I would have). Nikon Support has basically been mocking me (and
probably many of you) by replying (after my fourth angry e-mail)
"While the demand for the UR-E6 has exceeded the available shipments,
we've sold several thousand of these rings to date. To assure
delivery,
we would suggest you place an order with one of our authorized
dealers."
Very funny comment from them. The idea that they sold "thousands of
these rings today" is in my opinion a big white (or not so white)
lie.

For a company that I have given a lot of money in the past (the
cp5000 was the 16th coolpix I bought for me or friends and family)
this is shameful.

This is not funny at all because my style of photography and my
"signature" became over the years fisheye or semi-fisheye photos. I
have really been deprived of many invaluable shots for four months
now because I was supid enough to trust Nikon.
And, worse of it, there seems to be no end in sight for this
drought and the lies Nikon has been telling its customers.
(I have orders pending for some time at several dealers in the US
and even in Germany, where I go sometimes to work. No luck until
now and nobody has good words on Nikon about them handling this
self-afflicted situation).

My questions to the forum are two:
1) anybody interested in co-signing an angry letter to the
President and CEO of Nikon USA?
2) where can I get a UR-E6 ???


thanks for any ideas.
(and thanks for the patience of reading this rant)

tomas

--
innovate or die.
and death is not an option.

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John Flak said:

Tomas Lansky said:

I have been searching and searching and searching for the UR-E6
since January 2002.> Hi:

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Try EBAY --------- there are currently 3 on sale - 4-27 3:20pm
central time

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Andrew Lincoln said:

I know it's not an answer to Nikon's apparent lethargy in the USA,
but the adaptors are freely available here in the UK - I got mine
within 24 hours.
It would probably be worth importing as the postage cost would not
be very high. Just do a Google search for Coolpix 5000 uk and
you'll find several stockists.
Andrew

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Bimo said:

I (if I may say we) always found what we want (except MB-E5000 of
course). I'm also impressed by the service from NSC (Nikon Service
Centre).

I brought my CP5K down last Tuesday in the afternoon, stated that
my camera have 4 stuck pixels, freezes under extremely hot weather
(sun) and dusty and noisy lens.
I called them up on Wednesday morning, told them that I have to
make a trip and need my camera on my weekend. Thursday morning
they called me up and ask me to come to collect.

Now my camera has zero dead/stuck pixels and a brand new lens.
Haven't do any torture test, though.

But, I am happy.

Now, where is this MB-E5000?

Tomas Lansky said:

I have been searching and searching and searching for the UR-E6
since January 2002.

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Tomas Lansky said:

hello bimo

i´m happy for you and impressed by nikon.
at least it works somewhere .
so you say they have enough UR-E6 adapters for sale?
how much is the price in singapore?

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Tomas Lansky said:

what is a good online retailer based in singapore which has it?
why not ship it around the world?

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Tomas Lansky said:

(btw, i loved singapore when i was there some years ago. (except
for the no-chewing-gum laws, )

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Tomas Lansky said:

thanks, be well

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Tomas Lansky said:

tomas

Bimo said:

I (if I may say we) always found what we want (except MB-E5000 of
course). I'm also impressed by the service from NSC (Nikon Service
Centre).

I brought my CP5K down last Tuesday in the afternoon, stated that
my camera have 4 stuck pixels, freezes under extremely hot weather
(sun) and dusty and noisy lens.
I called them up on Wednesday morning, told them that I have to
make a trip and need my camera on my weekend. Thursday morning
they called me up and ask me to come to collect.

Now my camera has zero dead/stuck pixels and a brand new lens.
Haven't do any torture test, though.

But, I am happy.

Now, where is this MB-E5000?

Tomas Lansky said:

I have been searching and searching and searching for the UR-E6
since January 2002.

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Tomas Lansky said:

hi andrew

great suggestion.
and i´m surprised because they have had the same availability (=
none) in germany for the past four months.
whats the best price and place you could recommend?
(i´ll do the search too)

thanks

tomas

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