This is good news in at least 3 ways. One ...fotodiox is listening to customers and takes criticism sincerely. Two....they have an advantage in designing the mkll because now they know how difficult it is. And 3....the .5x is the first one of these that's been announced ...which as most m43 users know, would be outstanding if it works.

So, since fotodiox is reading this forum I want to send them this message : build it and we'll come ! ....and most people will be happy to pay the higher price . And we need other mounts like FD

@fotodioxpro, I have a bunch of question....

If I hold on to my Mark1, and am not satisfied with the quality of the free mark2 can I get my money back by sending them all back to you?

If after the 14 day return period expires and I need to return the mark1, ( say a competitor brings a MFT to Nikkor out), can I get my money back?

Instead of holding on to someones money for 3-4 months, why not offer us, who ordered the mark1 and return it, the mark2 at the same price, this way releasing our funds back to us?

I am currently shooting an event tonight where I planned to use the Visilex. Instead it is sitting at my studio. No time to beta test and no way I'm taking it on a paying job after the samples I saw. That's just reality.

sad news :( fotodiox should refund your shipping fee. It's their fault.

Early adopters take a certain risk, and are of course rewarded when they get to use a truly great product before anyone else. Almost all first generation products have bugs; I think Fotodiox has made a generous offer, and, of course, you can get a refund. I understand people are annoyed about the shipping, but that is the basic fact of ordering online. This thing has a lens in it--if you buy a cheap lens, should you be shocked that it is not a Leica? Look forward to the next version.

Special thanks to those who bought it and posted right away so others did not have to go through this.

If I hold on to my Mark1, and am not satisfied with the quality of the free mark2 can I get my money back by sending them all back to you?

I think that this is the main question here.

If I hold on to my Mark1, and am not satisfied with the quality of the free mark2 can I get my money back by sending them all back to you?- Yes, we will gladly refund the full product price, minus the shipping fees.

If after the 14 day return period expires and I need to return the mark1, ( say a competitor brings a MFT to Nikkor out), can I get my money back?- The only way we will refund the Mark I, after the 14 day return period, is after the Mark II is out and you are not happy with the Mark II.

Instead of holding on to someones money for 3-4 months, why not offer us, who ordered the mark1 and return it, the mark2 at the same price, this way releasing our funds back to us?- There was a long discussion about what we were going to do, and after everything, we decided to give the free Mark II to everyone who took the risk and purchased the Mark I. The Mark II will cost more, and doing it this way will actually be giving our customers more for their money. Yes, the Mark I did not work like expected and we recognize it- it works more like a creative lens.

I think we have to admit few companies in todays world are as forthcoming as that. I look forward to the mkll . thanks

What choice do they have? They decided to sell a flawed product, not telling that the image quality will suffer badly from it. Just to make quick money before Metabones or others release these adapters. That's not really what the term 'Pro' stands for Fotodiox...

With the caveat that I didn't order one of these, it feels like Fotodiox are doing mostly the right thing here. It's extremely uncommon for any company to offer free shipping on returns or refund of shipping for the original shipment. That's a risk you take in ordering a product. I think it's great when a company is willing to admit they made a mistake and take measures to correct it and I applaud Fotodiox for reaching out to the community like they're doing. It's not inexpensive, but it goes a long way to improving customer loyalty.

wait for what?

Wait until a few more of these things are on the market and a few people test them out. I wouldn't preorder or order without proof positive anymore.

Do they at least win the award for the worst optical element ever sold in the industry? We should start giving out Razzies...

Not even usable at f8...

I see they are going to try and sale the first.version again at a discounted price. This solidifies the direction this company is going IMO. I would just stay away from anything in the future if this is their business model.