[Leica] Philly Photo Show Snooze--but a Film Buy

[jshul at comcast.net (Jim Shulman)]

Went to the photo show this AM in Trevose, PA.  

Several years ago, say about 2000, it was filled to the rafters with cameras
and equipment for sale.  The show took up an entire ballroom, plus the main
hotel corridors, and three separate ante-rooms. 

Today, that same show was a grand total of about twenty five dealers.
Several tables were empty.  There was almost nothing I saw of any interest
(save for a neat 1930s GE Iron, mint in box, and a fellow selling metal rear
M-lens caps for twelve bucks.  One table featured fishing reels (I'm not
kidding). A few oldster photographers going table to table, flogging their
M3/Summicron 50 setups, with scant interest (or little interest in paying
what they thought the cameras were worth.)

So, for those LUGgers who stayed home this AM photographing their
breakfasts, a wise choice.

However, hope y'all show up here on Nov 18th for the Leica Day lunch.  I'll
post another reminder closer to the date.

Jim Shulman
Bryn Mawr, PA


PS.  For those five of us still shooting film, there is a bargain to be had:
www.jandcphoto.com is running a moving sale, with 25% off for orders over a
hundred bucks.  If you were thinking of getting Efke/Adox high silver b/w
film, they have it in 25, 50 and 100 speeds in 35mm.  No, I'm not on their
payroll, but I did just lay in a supply, which is supposedly en-route.