Hi guys, I am following this topic from the beginning and two weeks ago finally ordered my first S500.
My first contribution to this topic isn't a positive one...
Just got this mail from Longse:
My dear customer: Very urgent information about SONY SENSOR, you need know, pls pay highly attention to:
Japan had an earthquake on April 14, this thing directly causes SONY factories in Japan stop working, and from April 14 to today, they have not produced SONY SENSOR any more.
This news cause much trouble about our cameras, because most of our products use SONY SENSOR.
In the following 4 months, SONY SENSOR will be very lack of, and LONGSE can not sell below resolutions because of without SONY SENSOR, pls note:
1) For IPC:
SL200 : (IMX291 + Hi3516D (H.264/H.265)
S400 : OV4689 + Hi3516D (H.264/H.265)
S500 : IMX178 + Hi3516A (H.264/H.265)
Pls choose other resolution cameras to buy.
2) For HD analog camera:
All sony sensor resolutions (AHD CVI TVI) camera.
Pls choose to other sensor resolution cameras to buy.
Thanks for your kind attention.
Above message is very important to your purchasing plans, pls pay attention to, thank you so much.
If you received this email, pls reply to us, let us know you got the important information.