On 2007-10-25, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
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Jean-David Beyer wrote:

He presumably makes a corrector lens that has zero power but all the same
distortions so that it corrects a single cell. I ordered one when he first
announced it over 10 years ago, but he is yet to ship me one, so I cannot
say how well it works.

Didn't he in fact run his company out of business by taking prepayments
and deposits for work that wasn't, in fact, ever done? I tried off and
on for several years to get a replacement back (graflok style) for my 4x5
trad and wondered why he wasn't responding to my inquiries but now I feel
lucky he didn't -- since I took the camera in to L&R for repairs a few
weeks ago and discovered there were no spare parts available (luckily
I didn't need any) I've talked to several other people who were persistent
enough to get in touch with Ron over the past few years and, if they ordered
anything, ended up wishing they hadn't...

I have never been dissatisfied with the quality and workmanship of his
products. Most things were delivered promptly. The Convertible Plasmat
Set took a couple of years, though. But I definately got it and I use
it to the exclusion of everything else except the 90mm f/8 SuperAngulon.

The big problem was the corrector, and the problems were not entirely
his. After what I thought was too much delay, Ron offered to refund my
money, but I would rather have the lens than the money, so I have held
on. Now it seems he is trying to rectify this and is taking few or no
new orders until the backlog is taken care of. He also suggests he is
thinning out his product line to make things more manageable. This may
also reflect a drop in business due to the digital machines and bicycle
craze supplainting the photography sport.

I have _never_ had a question of his honesty.

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