My Nizo 6080 finally came!

[Greg Crawford]

We would tell you what happened to your camera, but then we would have to shoot you.

[img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img] Good luck on your film

[Levi]

Well, I'm planning on shooting a feature length film on super 8 next summer(more on that later). So, I decided to get a Nizo 6080. I bid on one on eBay, I was the second highest bidder, but the highest bidder backed out for some reason and I got it. I payed on May 15, the guy sent the camera on the 19 (from Germany) and I recieved it yesterday the 19 of June. It took a month. And you should've seen the box when I got it. It was wet, ripped up, dirty, the addresses had almost worn completely off. The camera's in mint condition, I just need to get an eyecup and a UWIII. I'm also going to get it crystal synched by the film group.
Just thought I'd share my story.
Oh yeah, and I'm going to experiment with a Century Optics 16:9 adapter.
Corey Doyle

[Matt Pacini]

I've seen a lot of horror stories with stuff coming from Germany.
I don't know if it's a coincidence or what, but it seems every time I hear one of these, it's from Germany.
My friend bought a Bauer 715XLS from a German guy, and when the box arrived, it was actually ROUND!
It had been beaten up so bad there were no corners, it was a cardboard sphere.
Really scary!

Matt Pacini

[regular8mm]

A Cannon 814 XL E arrived in a 'softened' box, but was alright deep inside the stuffing. My first film with it arrived today. There be pictures!

[c_77]

I have ordered a Nizo from Germany, an Elmo from Australia, a Canon and a Sankyo from Canada with no problems.

But don't ever buy cameras that are even slightly malfunctioning. I did this with the Nizo and it had a broken power zoom that I'd figured I wouldn't use. Then when I tried using it for some rare sound film it did not record properly. I wasted some good footage!

The lesson here is only buy cameras that are 100%. Whether it's from a close friend or a stranger in another country, a small problem will become a larger one eventually!