(for those not furiously following the Birger thread:) The Biger mount is shipping!

[Martin Weiss]

…and hell still is warm...


The first non-beta-test units of the famous Birger Canon mount are now actually shipping. A number of Red owners have now received their tracking number.

:sorcerer::shiftyph34r:!


EDIT: Between September and December of 2008 only a handful of mounts did get shipped. Late December the situation worsened with RED saying that only installations done by Birger would not void the warranty. Birger is working on a solution.
In the meantime, Andy Lesniak has started shipping dumb mount versions of his Canon mount.

[Brandon Fraley]

whoa, and pigs are still flightless?

[Mitch Gross]

How dare you post this outside of the Birger thread! It is everyone's duty to slog through all 1,000,000 posts on a daily basis to see what's up.

[Nils J. Nesse]

I remember when i was in Barcelona almost a year ago. I was checking out at the Hotel Arts (http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/Barcelona/Default.htm) and my credit card was Declined, and I was trying to figure out why, and I thought, ahhh, probably Birger has charged me and shipped my Nikon mount with knob and bluetooth control.

I was so young and naive.

[Jeff Kilgroe]

whoa, and pigs are still flightless?

Yes, pigs are still flightless... However, unconfirmed sources are reporting that Satan was just involved in a snowball fight.

Seriously though.. Congrats to Erik / Birger Engineering! This has been quite an adventure.

[Darren Orange]

Yea...pigs are but does this count?

Flying/Jumping Pig (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_WWbWBRV-c&feature=related)

[A. Bastaki]

yeah.. some will be biting their nails and eating their own po0p for not waiting on birger.

Birger rocks!

[Jim Hoffman]

Cool - but I want to make sure people install them and they work well. I'm excited and hope this is true.

What is the word on the warranty with the new changes?

[Joel Kaye]

yeah.. some will be biting their nails and eating their own po0p for not waiting on birger.

Birger rocks!

I'm kinda waiting till I've got one with a working knob that gets me through a shoot before get too excited. I'm still wondering if a VF FF with a Nikon mount is the way to go.

I imagine having a Birger and a VF FF would be the ultimate in flexibility.

[Martin Weiss]

What is the word on the warranty with the new changes?
Birger leaves the warranty intact.

[Paul Lee]

Cool!
For those us us who have missed the last few seasons of the Birger Mount Show, can some nice person please give me the low-down on a few questions:
-What family of lenses does it support (EF, etc.)
-What is actually shipping (knob/wireless, etc.)
-Price
-How does one actually order the thing/get in touch with these guys?

Many thanks!

[Tom Lowe]

My god... maybe I will start paying attention to these threads now~!

[Martin Weiss]

Tom, don't hold your breath yet.

The situation has been downgraded to Amber, with just a few mounts trickling out and knobs missing. First when the mounts ship in the dozens with working knobs will the really exciting times come.

BTW: Here's a quick way of doing a reality check on the Birger Shipping Mount Situation: http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?p=292391#post292390

[Roberto B]

yup..

[Martin Weiss]

...and that optimism was almost 3 months ago... And, what, a dozen mounts shipped since then?

[michael zaletel]

Does anyone else make/sell a Canon mount? This is insane!

-shooter

[dVonAllmen]

Does anyone else make/sell a Canon mount? This is insane!

-shooter

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=17454