Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Johnny and others, A little word of caution about the 'Nicholas' vendor. He is not a man of morals. My dad was 'stung' by him, very nearly lost a whole Voigtlander camera system to him and eventually had to settle for a substitute, much poorer, camera in return - short of suing the guy. He will intimidate and use abuse in order to defraud. I am sure that at times others have found him OK to deal with but I wouldn't reccomend him though his stock list is often intriguing. Ffordes (who have a web site) I can thoroughly reccomend, in fact they have some excellent deals at present, e.g. 15 Super Elmar-R (ex-demo) for 1750 GBP, new price 4250 GBP. There is also a 4th camera shop near (outside) Pied Bull Yard, not hard to find. And another nice old Leica dealer (I forget the name, R.G.Lewis?) not far away north of Holborn station on the underground. Jem - -----Original Message----- From: Johnny Deadman [SMTP:deadman@jukebox.demon.co.uk] For much cheaper and, to me, friendlier establishments, try FFordes (www.ffordes.co.uk) or a strange little shop on Camden High Street called 'Nicholas' (+44 020 7916 7251). You need to give the owner a call as he keeps most of his stock off-premises, but he has some truly amazing stuff ranging from 16mm Aaton cameras to whole b/w movie processing lines - as well as the Leica stuff - tucked away. Johnny Deadman