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You know what though, if the kid had the balls to post a photoshopped pic of the two only photos of Sr., Jr and/or the III, he would regain a little of my respect back...

Seriously, this is just getting sad now. This kid obviously really does enjoy this forum and he obviously cannot keep up with the plethora of lies he has told over the years. I've been relatively active in this forum for the past year and I never even knew there was allegedly 2 people... I always thought there was only one. However, I do remember a time when Enrahim posted some gh4 footage, but I have yet to see anything else from him. You would think the owner of a media company and a 1dc would upload some test footage somewhere... Hell I upload every boring, poorly colored footage I do so I can see it in multiple screens and get better... But nothing from Ebrahim. I think @Oliver Daniel suggestion would be a quick and easy way for Ebrahim to clear this up. Clear this up... Or come up with a better story, because the sad, victim is boring and hardly worth the narrative of these past 16 pages.

Facts are good, that takes one of my conspiracy theories off the table. What did Western Union say when you contacted them? Was the money wired to an official hub or to a store that offers western union services?

My point was... Which I don't believe a hundred percent either, is that the whole thing is a scam, a made up story. There was no western union transfer. Have we even seen a western union confirmation slip? What did western union say when they were contacted about the fraud? I don't know, this scam by someone claiming to be a Ebrahim Saadawi probably did occur but at this point with this weirdo woven web, I believe anything is possible.

Wow. This is absolutely hilarious. Not for the scammed, I really feel for you guys, but that this dimwit even exists in the world... Even if it is the third world. The crazy thing is... There is more to this story... More fake names... More half truths... More scams. What a dummy. Seriously... No crime was committed?! What a dope. Or maybe we're the dopes, because I partially believe that this whole fucking thing is fake and it has been from the start. There is no Ebrahim Saadawi to find because he never existed because he was made up by somebody, and not somebody in Egypt.

Yeah it is low, but it's no worse than the VL5e and I have had zero issues with it affecting focus or exposure. I really just use it as a guide for framing, especially since this camera has the best peaking and zebras I've ever used... Plus the Ikan monitors have a full set of their own exposure and focus tools that work really well... Peaking, histogram, false color... When I started looking for monitors for the BMMCC, I couldn't find one, in that price range, that has false color... But by no means am I an expert in monitor features. I wish someone would make something similar to one of those small hot shoe EVFs that Canon makes with HDMI input.

Good assessment and I do want to add one thing about the BMMCC... The buttons and menu system aren't that bad, you do get used to it fairly quickly, but since they are in the front of the camera, you fly blind but there are only 5 of them, so you do get the hang of them fairly quickly. But with that said, I am contemplating selling it, but I'm unsure. I've been using the Ikan VL5e monitor which is a 5" monitor and although fairly small, it's bigger than what I am looking for, the VL35 just came out, which is a 3.5" monitor that I had planned to get to go even smaller, but now I'm not sure if I should just sell the whole damn thing or put another $250 into and see if the smaller monitor will make all the difference. It is really frustrating to love an image so much but hate her "personality."

Yeah this is getting more and more tangled with every post. So, the logical conclusion is that the grandson did it for whatever reason, he needed some money, he got caught up with the wrong people... Whatever. And now, if the OG Ebrahim even exists, he is covering up for the kid, knowing the kid could get into BIG trouble for this since multiple international laws have been broken. Most likely OG Ebrahim has reached out to an attorney and will end up not paying because, that is some form of admission of guilt. But in reality, until OG Ebrahim confirms his identity through some form of video chat or by uploading a video of himself discussing the matter, there is no other explanation but to assume he never existed... Or has passed away since he joined this forum. Unfortunately there is probably little legally to be done, I'm sure the Egyptian authorities have more important things to do and I doubt Interpol will look into it... If they even have any authority or connections in Egypt. So unless there's a link to this kid and some bigger criminal enterprise, involving other fake forum members on this site and other sites... Doubtful anything can really be done. But this is seriously some interesting shit... If Ebrahim was here, he'd ask me to watch my language... Fuck 'em.

You know this isn't a horrible idea. Whoever is behind this scam is a lowlife piece of shit. I don't like the idea of low life pieces of shit bringing me down, so why not turn this whole thing into something positive? If not, a group project... Maybe a micro short contest? This site should have contests anyway. Of course the way this is turning out Ebrahim would probably end up winning...

Out of "Likes" for the day... So Like.

I think another thing to consider is that it doesn't begin and end with ES... Have there been other scam sales from different sellers... Or attempts?

You should have made this a video PSA... That would've been brilliant.

Yeah, I am truly sorry this happened to all parties involved and there are really only two things we, as a community, can do about it... Spend some time and try to put the pieces together and laugh at the ridiculous meta movie narrative. When one comes upon diversity you can laugh or cry... I'd rather laugh. And in some ways we are all victims here... Ebrahim was/is a valued member of this community with a lot to share. And with this news, should I still be interested in the Canon 10-20mm that he was so eager to pedal? Is the C100 In fact more filmic than the C100 ii. Are the taxes to send to Egypt really as large as he claimed... I mean 24,000 USD for 1DC... Is that true... Or has that been part of the overarching scam? I don't know. In the very beginning of this mystery, I was one of the first to state that it doesn't make sense for him to spend all this time for such little gain, but maybe this scam is a small piece of a bigger pie that targets niche forums... Maybe there are other forums involving cooking or birdwatching or any other insignificant hobby that these people target. Really... There is nothing that Ebrahim wrote that couldn't have quickly and easily been copy and pasted from dozens of other sites. And a lot of criminals spend more time and effort to break the law than they would if they just got a real job. But with all this being said, Occam's Razor is probably the most realistic possibility and the earliest theories are the closest to the truth. But theories are fun, stories with twists and turns and conspiracies are fascinating and why I enjoy movies and filmmaking so here's another... What if there WAS an original Ebrahim but since he joined, maybe sometime last year, he passed away and the grandson has assumed his identity? I think there was a break in time when Ebrahim wasn't around for a while. But to my original point... If you can't see the humor in life, in both its triumphs and tragedies... then you are a boring turd.

Yup. No truth will be good enough at this point.

The proprietary software by Pomfort works with Mac only, but any software that can extract the DNGs from the cards will work... With Windows too. Look at of pg. 38 of the manual. http://www.digitalbolex.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/d16-user-manual-1.0.pdf

That is so tasteless and I love it.

Let us know what he says.

Especially since Ebrahim looked way hotter in the pictures he sent me.

But seriously. I'm afraid at this point, for a lot of people on this forum, the truth is irrelevant. I almost believe the entire story is made up. No disrespect intended to Tim but I don't really know anybody here, and there are really only two truths we know... Tim fell for an African Western Union scam and Ebrahim, if that's his real name, used the same words (names) for both his login and password and then told everybody on the forum. And someone close to him, all fingers point to his grandson, has stolen people's clips and used them in his own reel, but was smart enough to never actually say they were his. If any of this is true I wish everyone the best because it sucks. I get why Tim would take Ebrahim's word for it considering he is a well respected member of this forum. And this is so strange that I even can believe that this is actually Ebrahim conversing on the forum now and he has zero knowledge of any of this. This whole debacle seems like a case for Peter Sellers. Also, has anyone noticed that Zach Goodwin has been eerily silent lately... Just sayin.

Haha. You can't even keep a straight face. Please do not close this thread. The truth must be told. This could be an international crime syndicate.

Has anyone remotely considered the possibility that Ebrahim and Timotheus are the same person and this is an elaborate ploy to get even more money out of people?

Ed David... Never knew a cause with half-baked facts he didn't like since 1981.

There could be hundreds of Ebrahim Saadwahis in Egypt, so the name probably has little consequence here. From our end, the only real action would be for Andrew to go back and compare ip addresses.

This ^ If you're working on controlled sets, it would be fine. Even with the annoying buttons, the Micro is pretty straightforward. But I shoot mostly exteriors and the rig is just big enough that you don't feel comfortable just tossing it in the bag and moving to the next location. So, I inevitably break it down to drive 5 or 10 minutes down the road. Also, the battery life is annoying. I swear the damn things drain just by sitting within 3-5 feet of the micro. And it continues to drain while the camera is powered off... and practically just as fast. The added monitor turns the tiny camera, that should be a small handheld beast into a near shoulder riggable camcorder. But with all that being said, the image is just gorgeous. I'm getting better imagery with old beat up c mount lenses than I was getting with my G7... Obviously with less resolution but with a ton more organic character.

... All on the next episode of Soap.