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Is that still on? I didn't receive an email?

Can’t afford to do otherwise!

The Pyxis and Pyxis 12K price changes were initially right in line with the Chinese tax hike. Then a day or two later, the Pyxis 12K price dropped to the Aussie rate. BMD said they shifted enough to Australia to make that a thing. They had also made a comment that they build some of their equipment in China and some in Australia. At a guess, I'd say they focus on the high end where there's ostensibly more profit margin in Australia. That or they just figured nobody would bother auditing them if they claimed it. I'm sure that a big part of it was that nobody was going to buy Pyxis at $4k and the Pyxis 12K at $6600 was about $1,100 less than UC12K and unlikely to be purchased by anybody since anybody looking to spend $7k on a BMD camera probably already did with UC12K. Like me. I went on a crazy buying spree in the last month since I knew the tariffs were coming. Now my credit card bills hate me (which is translating to my bank account hating me), but I do have some fancy gear now. Anyway. None of that detracts from your point about all of the prices being pure chaos. In the reddit small business forum that I linked above, a bunch of people were complaining that foreign suppliers (mostly Chinese) were refusing to even do business with them, at least partly on the basis of insane and unpredictable US tariffs.

Well with one country being run by a tit and the other country selling so much tat, it is quite apt that these tit for tat exchanges will go on for quite a while yet.

There are legion scenes in The Thick Of It where they absolutely nailed the Tory party but this one reigns supreme.

Whilst watching YouTube with my popcorn last night the thought did occur that Blackmagic probably can't exactly upend their manufacturing over night and move stuff to other countries on a whim, let alone Sony... and given how unstable the Fascist Regime of American Trade (FRAT) policies are, it would probably be a pretty silly business decision anyway to make any decision at all based at a time like this based on the real life Apprentice USA episodes airing daily that can come up with real laws that are either permanent or about as long-lived as a non-chlorinated Liz Truss lettuce. Even the FRAT cabinet itself is almost as unstable as the economic circumstances they've created, with Elon probably on his way out in a similar manner to this...

I'll believe it when I see it 😉

All of this uncertainty is just stupid. I'm so glad I made all my business decisions re. kit before all of this kicked off. It amuses me to still look and speculate on a few things, but I won't be buying or changing anything this year and therefore can't be hit by any of this stoopidity, in CameraLand anyway.

Zero issues. To be fair, my issues have not so much been with MPB but with DHL regarding pick ups and deliveries. Because so many drivers are sub-contractors these days and get paid peanuts, in more rural areas, they skip as many of the more distant collections or deliveries with the latter often being dumped at some collection point 10-15km away, or undelivered with claims that the recipient was not in to sign. But in recent times, it seems these sub-contracts have been taken over by the post office and they simply deliver or collect on their normal rounds. MPB themselves have downgraded me on a couple of items I have sold to them but have equally, upgraded quite a few. Prices can be a bit all over the place and based on what I am not sure. At one point a year or so back, Canon R3's were well over 5k and as a result, I decided against and bought something else...only for the prices to go under 4k within weeks. I pondered that for a while and made a business case for Canon, but all units were sold out by then and when they had new stock (I set up an alert), back over 5k again! I had same condition S5ii trade price of around 1k one week and below 700 the following week... My 3 lenses that completed this years kit though, all exactly as expected and will be in use in a few weeks time.

Sorry @eatstoomuchjam I can see how I’ve muddied the waters there as I was just illustrating how components of a system would attract different rates. The Ursa Cine 12K and its media module would’ve been a great example of that if it was “Chinese” enough to get hit and as BM didn’t hike the price to reflect that then I’m guessing it isn’t. But it might be later on today when the next random move happens. And then rescinded the next day etc etc

When BM announced the PYXIS price hike, it was an increase in price that was in line with it being manufactured in China. So they themselves must have considered it would be hit. Subsequently, it now isn’t in line with that even though the tariffs remain on China so logically (ironic to have logic mentioned in this nonsensical trade war) BM have subsequently changed where it will be made as they do have manufacturing in several countries. The “substantial transformation” aspect of the rules of origin calculation also give a pathway for mitigating tariff impact as I said the other day by them separating the hardware and the software of their cameras as they are just a box of cheap bits without the software. Clearly by no longer having the PYXIS price increased in line with the China tariff, BM have found another way from what their original intention was via either route and they must be confident it will survive a challenge. As they don’t have a definitive shipping date they were able to do this without having a ton of stock inbound to the US and they will also be able to absorb any delay incurred in the change of plan by just extending the actual release date. It’s not like the customers will complain about a delay if the result is the price not being hiked and, of course, it’s BM so no one was expecting it to ship on time anyway !

So, how did it turn out? I might order from them (delivery to France also), but not really sure...

What happens next is limitless exploitation of the planet's resources for the personal gain of the dictators of the various regimes. War and selfish overuse of resources are clearly not good for the planet. The people in charge couldn't care less about the world or its environment. Some European leaders have tried to show a different path but now are told to arm with 5% of their GDP (which is IMO ridiculous and can only lead to further harm). With current technology, a set of dictatorial powers fighting it out for resources will lead to damage on a previously unseen level.

Why's that? I thought BMD did enough manufacturing and assembly for it in Australia that it would be an Aussie tariff instead of Chinese. During the initial round of tariff increases, they only changed the price by 10%.

Who will take America's place on the global stage. Clue... It won't be Belgium.

Is this global re-alignment ultimately going to be a bad thing? As an American I do wonder if things might improve for humanity if or time on the global stage concludes. False optimism? I'm not a fan of human exploitation and hyper consumerism. Environmental abuse is disheartening. I don't suspect the USA would curb any of it. Would the next global power do so? I really don't know. Such a bummer that such promising ideals of this new nation were never met, nor could be. Would have been nice to keep trying.

He is a liability. The tariffs could be back at any moment, he's giving the market a jump scare like he's in Scream 3. Which means if you are China or Japan with trillions invested in the US and in dollars, you are likely to start selling and putting the money somewhere else. Personally I am hoping they give it to me.

Here is the list of the new exemptions. https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCBP/bulletins/3db9e55 The general HTS code for cameras is 8025. So they are not included in the list. As it currently stands, if you buy the Ursa Cine 12K then you will be hit with 150% for the camera but not the media module. All of this is “as it currently stands” because he’s probably not finished his morning double cheeseburger yet so is almost certainly subject to further “strategic alterations” and all the new tariffs are removed over the next two weeks. I’m surprised they didn’t disappear in real time while I was reading the document.

Not locally owned any more but RED are still there. And with significantly less cringe.

I just read that computers and phones from China are now exempt from the tariffs. Anyone think cameras will also get on that list? Maybe I'm mistaken, but I don't think there's an actual camera maker in the USA.

It's more than half, just not by enough. Minority rule. As all totalitarian states are. Plus, there's a lot of the sane ones that like to claim they "don't do politics" Well, politics is about to "do" you. And, you know, this fascist playbook we're seeing here in the USA is a book that is wide open. It's easy to read because it's simple. The ones that are attracted to that are insatiable. And the book has been used numerous times by bad people because it works. What's happening here is neither new or abnormal. These folks and their followers are ridiculous people that are gross, small, mentally horrible, and should be shamed for their terrible attitudes, but they've built political momentum and they're very close to reaching their orbit. The journey leads no where good. Not even for them. Finally, I like shooting f8 on an M43rd sensor. It's "Spielbergean cinema"! (gotta stay relevant to the website after that rant; cleanse the mental palette)

I really thought I'd die before the down fall of the USA. Mind, I figured the downfall was inevitable, like all things, but I suspected it would be late 21 st century, not early -- while I'll be checking out in the mids; could've missed it. Bleh.

In the testing process we discovered some interesting special sauce, hence I have held off on the release to go through that as well... but this week it will be out along with some of the extras too. Get your ALEXA LUTs ready 🙂

China holds nearly $1 trillion in US debt and could tank the bond market if they wanted to. Indeed, they now might. I wonder if Drump and his cronies even realised this basic economic fact before deciding on their trade war bullying move. Or maybe it's a mistake to believe they even care about the country... And it's all about enriching themselves personally with some stock market manipulation. Either way things could be about to get very nasty for the world economy. Buy a camera now before the new prices hit.

Yeah, I don't think you'd see such blind faith in such complete bollocks here. Ever since I was a kid in the 80s I've always thought the glamour, the rock'n'roll, the blockbusters etc was always covering up a dark seething mess of ignorance, power and violence. It's a shame that my instinct was right. The amount of seemingly normal people warbling on about missions from god etc is scary. There seems like a huge disconnect from any reality and people just lap up what they are fed. Of course I realise that half of the US population is sane and probably very scared right now. I really hope they find a way to turn this all around asap without things getting worse.