John sent me this:
I just got an email from the Chinese company MX Camera who sought startup funding through Indiegogo for their Owl drop in filter adapters for Canon, Nikon, and M43. I paid for 1 adapter but haven’t heard anything since March so I assumed the money was gone. Now they are asking for $25 dollars for shipping. I’ll bite the bullet and see if it’s just a fishing scam or the real thing.
http://www.mxcamera.com/owl.html
Full info on the adapter on that 43rumors post.
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Well, just be careful saying that Hongkong company a Chinese company. They might not be happy 🙂
Hong Kong is part of China, last I checked.
That’s definitely china’s opinion.
Unfortunately it’s quite normal for these crowdfunding creators to just stop giving updates shortly after the funding round has ended. If you’re fortunate enough it is because they’ve put all their focus on realizing the concept and setting up a small production line of some sorts. Hardly any of them really anticipates what it really takes and are overwhelmed with the amount of work that goes into it and get kinda swamped in it.
Also, there are lots of setbacks along the way and nobody likes to give people bad news, even if transparency and honesty is much better than keeping in limbo.
Anyhoezels. I’ve been part of about 50+ campaigns and so far only one threw in the towel (but refunded the money to the backers). Most campaigns with rewards have been delivered with a understandable small delay (it’s not an exception, it’s the standard). Just a handful that are really really far behind schedule, like more than half a year or even more than a whole year (but still giving off signs of life). Think I had two that actually were ahead of schedule. Which I kinda didn’t understand. Okay, you want to make people happy. But I bet one could find something to improve if you’d go over it a few more days/weeks??
Haven’t looked into it the specific campaign mentioned. But, I would go and take my chances!
one of these adapters would be great for super wide angle lenses. the size of a lens filter required for a super-wide lens’ viewing angle becomes ridiculous! I would specifically use it on my zd 7-14 if it could adapt.