tarnis wrote:Looks like my new issue is battery life, don't have enough of it to pause when a cloud goes over head. 6cell battery netbook here I come.
tarnis wrote:The laptop...either need a laptop with better battery life or schlep a generator as wellI knew I'd have this problem, Laptop was bought for its 3D performance not what I'm trying to do with it now. It's heavy to carry with everything else anyways.
claudevh wrote:Hi Frank,
(I suppose that your link was the next one ...http://www.autopano.net/forum/p40618-2009-03-11-19-56-59#p40618 The link of a post is upper left date ...)
claudevh wrote:- the Ursa Minor BT solution is more than expensive !:(
claudevh wrote:- it was not possible to pay via Paypal till now (thank's to you, allready corrected )
- the site is nearly 100 % in German or Hugarian or ... not in English and not in French ...
claudevh wrote:- we don't know how is it working for the Worldwide delivery
claudevh wrote:- we don't know the technology used (BT class 1 or 2) and this is mandatory for some of the users
claudevh wrote:With all respect to Teleskop Austria (I am one of their customer since years and I was the first to introduce them for the good price they make for the Merlin), I regret really that they don't yet understand what will be the "added value" for them and our members to propose kits ready to use like variants:
1. Merlin Head: 3 variants, One could be Merlin only, the second Merlin with the normal tripod, Merlin with the table tripod.
claudevh wrote:2. Ursa Minor: with 2 variants , one could be the "direct cable connection", the other the BT Module
claudevh wrote:3. The replacement Crown.
claudevh wrote:4. A adapted transport box including all that stuff + Camera, optics + Nokia or Netbook.
claudevh wrote:This "flexible kit" will have the additional advantage to cut the shipping costs !
claudevh wrote:And that all with interesting pricing in function of the content of the kit ...
I am sure that they will strongly increase their sales and this will be all benefits for all the members of the forum who will be happy to get good prices and all from one supplier ...
claudevh wrote:Frank, considering that you have good contacts with them, could you made a temptative approach to them?
bigwade wrote:Andrew, to be hounest.
If I was in their shoes and if selling things like this
http://www.teleskop-austria.at/prod.php?tid=13&lng=de#goto-skypod-vi
is their core business, I wouldn't care that much about the 159 euro Merlin.
mediavets wrote:The market for the BT-TTL module must be reasonable, yet having developed it, they seem to have made no effort to make the product available via retailers in other countries.
I can think of at least three astroscope retailers in the UK who could market and sell it.
There must be quite a few in North America too.
bigwade wrote:Andrew, to be hounest.
If I was in their shoes and if selling things like this
http://www.teleskop-austria.at/prod.php?tid=13&lng=de#goto-skypod-vi
is their core business, I wouldn't care that much about the 159 euro Merlin.
Even if I could sell 5-10.
What's the profit on a Merlin for that price, tell me.
What can you expect more for that amount.
But hey, I'm not Teleskop Austria and I have just invited the guys by mail to reply here.
grtz!
teleskop-austria wrote:hello dear Autopano friends,
let me humbly apologize for being absent the last weeks, we're just in a lot of projects...}
1.for APP members there will be a 10% discount regarding the BT module, so you get it for €89.-
2.I regret English translation of our website is not yet planned, as the vast majority of our customers speaks German/Hungarian/Slovenian/Romanian. Please don't hesitate to write email in any language (preferably English, if you don't speak any of the mentioned languages) and ask any questions you need to know. Japanese is also an option... I understand English must be done sooner or later. I will talk to Lajos to do it for Merlin and BT Interface first.
3.shipping costs for Merlin: Austria 5.- / EU 13.- / Europe non-EU 16.- / US 22.-
Regarding the crown replacements, there doesn't seem to be much demand, since no one (except bigwade) answered my call how many will be needed. It's always possible to send us a email containing a precise drawing for a customized part like this, and we will produce for a reasonable price.
The BT interface is BT class 1.
Dear Claude as soon as I have some free time here I will check out the Papywizard/Merlin combination, I promise.
Last month, when I was in the jungle in Panama
mediavets wrote:3.shipping costs for Merlin: Austria 5.- / EU 13.- / Europe non-EU 16.- / US 22.-
Wow - are we talking Euros? - do you wrap it in gold foil and deliver in person by hand? Those costs are excessive IMO.
SpeedyPan wrote:No Problem, Paul.
It is made of 5 discs I cut from 4mm perspex. The four 5mm holes are for 5mm alloy sticks, which made it easy to glue the four discs together. The 2.5mm holes were drilled up to 3.3mm and got a M4 thread. The manfrotto rail is screwed on this threads.
I know... I could have used one 5mm disc and one 15mm disc, but 4mm perspex was all I had available
Best, Helmut
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