Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Last year I was going through Owens Valley on a three day junket. As I was concerned about running out of film I spied on a Camera store in downtown Bishop. I looked over the stock and managed to get the last 4 rolls of TMY. He said that people don't come around asking for it like they used to. Considering what a hot spot this area is for the analogue shooter, that was disturbing to hear. Slobodan Dimitrov On Nov 25, 2006, at 3:21 PM, Justin Viiret wrote: > Hi there, > > On 26/11/2006, at 6:02 AM, Philippe Orlent wrote: > >> That's why I bought a Fuji GS645 (after a remark about it from >> Sonny) from KEH last week. They rated it 8+, so in fact it's >> virtually new. >> It gets pretty hard to find 120 film though. Kodak Portra 160VC is >> the only thing I found closeby. I was hoping to find Fuji Reala >> 100, but might have been too much to ask. > > I've just bought one of these, too (for while my M3's overseas, > being repaired), and I'm enjoying it immensely -- I love shooting > in portrait orientation "by default", the negs look great (no > scanner for 120 yet, but I'm thinking about it!) and it's an easy > camera to like. I've fumbled a roll while unloading it once, but > I'm sure I'll get used to it. > > Most of the pro labs left in Sydney still sell 120, though I > haven't been able to find Neopan 400 over the counter yet. Perhaps > ebay's the way to go -- at least in Australia, I can get rollfilm > cheaper than store prices from a couple of enterprising local > sellers... > > jv > > -- > Justin Viiret <justin@sprawl.com.au> :: http://jv.sprawl.com.au/ > Jack of some trades. > Sydney, Australia > Mobile: +61 412 222 585 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information