Re: [Leica] SoCal Camera Stores.

[S Dimitrov <sld@earthlink.net>]

It's more like time stood still in there. Still a bevy of manual focus
cameras on the shelves. The darkroom section is locked up and you have
to be assisted in that area. Frank and his wife and daughter were all
bundled up in old sweaters. It felt like a seen from Blade Runner in there.
I'm sure it gets photo students from Cal State LA and LA City College in
there. But it sure ain't like it use to be.

 Slobodan Dimitrov


Roland Smith wrote:
> 
> I used to go to Frank's for hard to find things such as items for Omega
> enlargers.
> 
> It looks as if time has passed this store by.   Frank will not help you
> locate things that other members of the family say is in inventory.
> 
> What has happened to them?
> 
> Roland Smith
> Oakland, California
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "S Dimitrov" <sld@earthlink.net>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 4:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] SoCal Camera Stores.
> 
> > Ooh, I was there yesterday. I was covering a picketing of a store called
> > Fashion 21 by garment workers next door, so I decided to walk in and
> > browse. It was enough to make one weep. I've been there in it's heyday,
> > when the store was busier than hell. I bought my first new Leica there,
> > a CL. Now it's a dust covered shop,  almost a though it was a movie
> > prop, with Frank and the rest of the family looking like they were
> > collecting cow webs. Truly a shame.
> >
> >   Slobodan Dimitrov
> >
> >
> > Mark Kronquist wrote:
> > >
> > > Franks Highland Park Camera is occasionally open as well
> > >
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