Importing Mamiya into US

[Andy Finney <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Under Section 526 (a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, the importation of any
foreign-origin merchandise ... "

What price free trade and GAT now then? This'll have 'em rioting in 
the streets again  ;-)

It'd be a laugh if this piece of isolationist legislation had been 
repealed since wouldn't it? Trade mark legislation is 'supposed' to 
prohibit (or at least inhibit) commercial importation ... not goods 
for personal use. This one shouldn't have survived the US joining 
WIPO IMHO (and other FLAs).

BTW: The next piece of bad news is that, having been to Singapore 
this week, electronics and camera equipment is no longer the bargain 
it was. We checked out several items and found the prices pretty much 
the same as on a UK high street.

BBTW: Nikon's tech support lived up to their reputation (thanks 
Rolland) by successfully playing telephone tag on their terms which 
made it difficult for me to get more information on the 990's 
infrared ability. The last message did say that a D1 filtered IR to 
50% at 600 nm which seems OK but they didn't say what the 
characteristics were for the 990. This does suggest that D1 and 950 
colour images will be improved a bit by shooting through an IR 
blocker since the concern was for unreal skin tones. I believe there 
can also be 'bloom' when a very bright light gets into your scene, 
such as a flash reflection.

... and Rolland, I hope you can get your hands on a 990 and let us 
know how practical it is to remove the IR blocker without screwing up 
the camera operation or CCD surface.

Cheers

Andy
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