A week ago, on 20th of June, I received an email from Solmeta stating that the unit has been received and repair will start soon. Also the shipping time back to Germany has been announced (10-15 working days). Getting such short status updates is very reassuring for...
I expect that everybody who is into photography will encounter this situation once in a while. You receive a message, a phone call or an email which goes roughly like this: “Hey, I want to buy a new camera because my old one broke. Can you recommend one ?”...
I got two additional original Nikon batteries. This alone is not worth a post, so I would like to reference to a very early post on this blog. I experienced an annoying effect when using third party batteries with the MB-D10 battery grip. The effect only occurs when...
The Nikon D300s offers several modes in which you can shoot. Here one can see the difference between a consumer camera and a pro camera. The consumer cameras have those cute settings like “portrait”, “landscape” and “macro” in...
What a corny post title. But what a not-so-corny new toy I have here ! I got myself an Eye-Fi SD card. Eye-Fi cards have a built-in WLAN antenna, meaning they can stream the photos you took wirelessly to your computer. Or iPhone or iPad, if you are on the road. The...
Quite quickly Solmeta responded to my repair inquiry. They regret the malfunction and offer free repair. I was given a repair return form and instructions on how to mail the item. To China that is. Now I packed a bubble wrap envelope and will post the thing tomorrow....
