[Leica] photokina is no more

[Don Dory]

To further Jim S's answer, the retailers that would go to Photokina have
all but gone extinct.  A small vendor or someone with a new idea could rent
a booth and perhaps break out orders.  No smaller retailers, no traffic for
the new business so they go away.  The gorillas(B&H) in the US have
everybody come to them.

As to the public seeing the new stuff, the "paid" influences do that
through various media.  Of course the hoi poloi don't actually get to touch
anything.

On Fri, Nov 27, 2020, 1:42 PM Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com> wrote:

> Over the past several years my friends have called Photo Plus expo the
> computer show, since the major improvements have been with sensor and other
> electronic technology.  What isnt replaceable are all the interesting
> vendors selling display equipment, books, specialized lenses and other
> related items.
>
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2020, 2:32 PM Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Well, times are changing - the internet, the I-Phone, etc. Who would like
> > to make it to a car show when they’re all the same, and have already been
> > advertised the world over  …
> >
> > This being said, some people might miss the
> > Donners/waffles/burgers/Bretzels or Bier here oder I fall um there … I do
> > not.
> >
> > Amities
> >
> > Philippe
> >
> >
> >
> > > Le 27 nov. 2020 à 16:56, Doug Herr via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a
> > écrit :
> > >
> > > https://www.photokina.com <https://www.photokina.com/>
> > >
> > > :(
> > >
> > > Doug Herr
> > > Birdman of Sacramento
> > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/>
> > >
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