Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I ordered the glassless negative carrier from B&H and had it within a week! Tina At 07:36 PM 10/16/96, you wrote: >>>Are the Focomats still available? I heard that they were >>>discontinued. >> >>From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> >>They ARE discontinued but there are still some unsold units floating >>around. And even the V35 is readily available used, though even used >>the price is quite hefty. >> >>Marc > >As Marc says, there are still some in the pipeline. But I wouldn't be >too complacent if you're thinking about buying one new. I happened >to be in the highest-volume Leica shop in Tokyo today (the rather >unfortunately-named Lemon Camera), and besides the floor display >model they had only one left in stock. > >Parts were already becoming a problem even before the >discontinuation, the salesman told me. He showed me an unfilled >back order for glassless negative carriers dating back to last >December. > >Adrian Tanovic >Tokyo > Images by Tina Manley images@infoave.net (803)328-8271 FAX: 328-6802