new55 kickstarter has begun

[Brian C. Miller]

There are no safeguards. If enough people pull out of the project and it drops below $400,000, then the project doesn't get funded. If it winds up at $399,999, then the project is dead.

[cabbiinc]

Everyone's getting a shirt right? No? Well get on it then!!!

[feppe]

There are no safeguards. If enough people pull out of the project and it drops below $400,000, then the project doesn't get funded. If it winds up at $399,999, then the project is dead.

This is incorrect. From Kickstarter TOS:

Backers may increase, decrease, or cancel their pledge at any time during the fundraising campaign, except that they may not cancel or reduce their pledge if the campaign is in its final 24 hours and the cancellation or reduction would drop the campaign below its goal.

I wonder if any of the whales left are stuck because of that term. Two with 9k pledges, funding at 408k...

[Frank_E]

One can surmise that some friends of the promoters jumped in for the purpose of helping their buddies get this off the ground and then jumped out once it hit the funding level. That doesn't bother me. I jumped in (late) in order to help it jump the funding hurdle which it has, so I am happy. This has been a very high mountain for them to climb. Four times higher than the Travelwide Kickstarter (which I also backed). I am glad they reached their target. I got into the LF photography game late in life. Never shot 55 but have admired projects shot with this film (e.g. Christopher Thomas: New York Sleeps) so I am hoping I get a chance to try this type of film also. So I am now anxiously awaiting delivery of my box of film (yes I do have a 545 film holder…).

[Andrew O'Neill]

I have to agree with Frank... but that is fine by me! Whatever it takes! Four hours to go!

[Larry Kellogg]

Cool, so we're protected! I guess I can go to bed because people can't drop their pledges to below the required amount.

[Andrew O'Neill]

Less than an hour to go!

[Andrew O'Neill]

It's over!

[Vascilli]

I calculated yesterday that this campaign alone has resulted in something like over 20,000 sheets of film being preordered. I think the implications of that is what excites me the most.

[DaveS]

Exciting times