Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Exhibition note + Italy & Japan travel hints
From: Edward Meyers <aghalide@panix.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 20:46:12 -0400 (EDT)

On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Ken Iisaka wrote:

> Garbutt, Robert wrote:
> 
> > In Tokyo I am particularly interested in stocking up on paper.  Where should
> > I look for Oriental Seagull.  It is becoming next to impossible to get it in
> > Australia, and then only in 8x10.
> 
> Havne't seen it around in Tokyo.  Perhaps it is sold under a different brand
> name.
> 
> The place to check out is the basement of Yodobashi Camera in Shinjuku.
> 
> 
As I understand it Oriental Seagull is out of business in Asia. The name
still remains in the U.S., but the paper is not from the old factory.
I'm told that it comes from another source. Or something like that. Ed