Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry Steinberg wrote: >I am most interested in Leica contacts in Japan, as I am now looking to = buy >another M6 body. Could you please tell me if it is possible to buy Leica >direct from these Japan dealers? > >Any information regarding these or other Leica dealers in Japan, and the = best >method to purchase these products overseas would be greatly appreciated. > >Larry As far as mail order business with the Japanese stores go I have no = personal experience. I just know that Japan is not as advanced as the = US. They have not even reached the yet primitive level of us here in = Europe. Mu advice is that you look for a Japanese camera or photo magazine. = They are full of camera adds. And with the right investigative mind = those are not so hard to understand. Leicanese is as you know a very = global language. And the prices are always written in Arabic = numerals. That=B4s the same as we use! The very best Japanese camera magazine IMHO is ASAHI CAMERA. But the = more popular one that goes for the younger crowd is CAPA. That one is = also more easily available abroad. Ask your Japanese neighbor about = the nearest Japanese book shop. Claes