[Leica] Kentmere 400

[Sonny Carter]

Yes, and used Leica seem to have doubled in price in the past two years.

On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 5:32 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> Easily known I'm out of touch with film - $68 a roll seems just a teeny
> bit steep!
>
> But the Japanese are mad on their cameras, aren't they? Then I looked at
> their cameras for sale and saw this
>
> https://showa-store.com/collections/camera/products/olympus-om1-black-auto-s-50-1-8-lens
> and its $2,080 price and truly was boggle-eyed with disbelief, as I have
> five or six of those. Then I realised that Showa wasn't Japanese, but
> Hong Kong based with prices in HKD. What a let down! That said
> considering I bought many of my camera collection in various charity
> shops for peanuts, there certainly seems to be a market for good
> condition SLRs.
>
> Douglas
>
>
> On 22/07/2021 22:08, Lluis Ripoll via LUG wrote:
> > Thank you Marty! It’s interesting, if you can test the Oriental film I
> would like know your opinion, I’ve found this:
> >
> > To Buy
> > https://showa-store.com/products/seagull-oriental-400-35mm
> >
> > Comments:
> >
> https://toivonenphoto.com/blog/2018/1/5/budapest-oriental-seagull-400-in-d76-11
> >
> >
> https://www.filmshooterscollective.com/analog-film-photography-blog/under-the-radar-oriental-seagull-400-renato-repetto-10-10
> >
> > Cheers
> > Lluis
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> El 21 jul 2021, a les 11:11, Marty Deveney via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> va escriure:
> >>
> >> Oriental Seagull is apparently made for the Japanese market by
> Harmann.  It
> >> is hard to get outside Japan.
> >>
> >> There is a reasonable list of extant film manufacturers here:
> >> https://wiki2.org/en/Photographic_film#In_production
> >> We just went into a Level 5 response (basically lockdown) so I have
> time to
> >> think before I do anything.
> >>
> >>
>
>
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