Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/03

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Subject: Re: [Leica] MEETING THE FRENCH LEICA LEADERS : DEBRIEF.
From: Mikiro <arbos@silva.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 20:07:58 +0100

At 2:13 pm +0100 3/3/00, dominique pellissier wrote:

>Salut Miriko,
>
>In Nancy (120km W from Strasbourg ) i've seen a  R8  with a 28-70, a
>M6 ttl alone without any M lenses. That's all for a city of 100,000
>inhabitants with a distribution area of 1,000,000. 20 years ago there were 3
>leica retailers. Today : one.
>Near Strasbourg have you tried Photo-Passion ?( Pfaffenhoffen, 0388070423).
>No shop but a phone/fax only... The man buys and sells with a huge spread.
>In fact he buys in France used items and he solds them in Germany.

Dominique,
I did not know this "shop".  It is a shame that people should lose a lot
with Leica trades in France!  New stuff is ridiculously expensive, while
used stuff is sometimes very reasonably priced.


Mikiro
Strasbourg, Europe
http://arbos.silva.net