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.

Really, stop bashing manufacturer.

I think he's just referring to the continued complaints. I mean, It's really dog-piling at this point. Not that those involved don't deserve it. If I had pulled the trigger on this thing and got what you guys got, I would be livid. But I think we've all made our point. Stick that thing in the oven. It ain't done cookin'.

Has anyone else heard about the Light Cannon II? A possible release date for it?

@shian If you think it's bad here, you should definitely avoid the Magic Lantern forum where people are still showing up to bring up their brilliant idea that you could get some extra bandwidth by writing to both CF and SD simultaneously on the 5DIII. It's so simple they can't believe that there aren't already multiple threads suggesting it (though to be fair, most of those threads have scrolled to page 2 now)!

@vicharris They are sitting on an expensive pile of inventory which can't be sold for its original purpose. Why would you have a problem with them selling it to people for an alternative purpose which it does pretty well? Seems like a decent way to avoid taking a total bath on their production costs.

Some people have reported bubbles in the glass. Not good for anything! I know companies do this sort of stuff all the time. There's a drug company that was trying to come up with a cure for cataracts and turns out, it makes eyelashes grow instead. Boom, Latisse or whatever it's called. And yep, that shit is still dangerous for your eyes. Turns em brown. But back on topic, just wanted to hear other people thought :) BTW, they're still selling the original product. If it was me I would have pulled everything down immediately to minimize damage.

One more thing, has everyone received a refund that sent their adapter back? I sent mine last week and haven't received anything and they are not responding to my correspondence. Not too surprised on that one though since I've been pretty vocal about the situation.

@jobless same situation here (I'm from Italy). The only way would be to open a dispute on PayPal for a complete refund (shipping expenses included). As for me, I think that after all the best option is to accept the offer and get the Mark II version for free.

No, but I would loose too much money if I return it (import taxes and shipping back). This way I can at least hope to make a decent deal. There is always the chance to return both adapters (losing either way taxes and shipping), though I think that it wouldn't be possible to make a PayPal dispute in that case (too much time after first shipping/payment?)

@jobless I already talked to them about this. Not going to happen. Another reason to walk away from this adapter.

Listen, I'm not going to get into any of that here because I said I would not. You can say what you want, really I don't care anymore. The fact that your company knowingly sold a defective product to consumers and I had to pay out of my pocket for that irritates me beyond all belief.

BTW, thanks for the refund.

@oscillian

Really?

@vicharris You did - on July 10. I'm still not sure why anybody would be upset that they're marketing it as a soft focus adapter - they invested a bunch of cash in a product that they can't otherwise recoup - and the thing probably works out to be a mediocre soft focus adapter which is a huge step up from a piece of shit speed booster. I have no use for such a thing (for stills or video), but if someone else is willing to pay for it, cool.

@eatstoomuchjam You're right technically that if the product has value as a soft focus adapter...then it has value. But I agree with @vicharris in that it's a bit odd for a company to produce a product to do one thing (go wider and faster, all with proper standard focus) and then when the company fails to achieve it...then decides to say the product is really meant to do something else. Most would consider that pretty "slimy"...at best "slippery"...but either way it's dishonest and shows a willingness to just do anything regardless of reasoanble business ethics.

And for those that want to argue that all companies only care about money...I can't really argue against that...but as a customer I prefer a company that is honest, delivers good products and services, and I'll happily pay more. A company that promises to sell an inexpensive product and then fails to deliver has wasted customer's time. Trying to then desperately re-label product is lame. I don't know much about this company's history - maybe they do great products...but if I came across one of their products now, I'd be hesitant to buy. Hopefully they do create an inexpensive speed booster. Doing that and acknowledging that they rushed version 1 to market too quickly, would be a way to redeem their reputation. Plus I'd like a cheap speedbooster!