Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:45 AM 12/23/2001, you wrote: > > Unfortunately old buddy this has to go back to your court for the answer. > > But before I'd sell the Leica, I'd cut back on food and other good things > > and buy film! :-) And I'm serious about that one, it's not tongue > > in cheek. > >LOL, but that is the truth! It isn't long before folks in this group are >thinking about how they might afford something Leica if they skip breakfast, >Starbuck's coffee, cable tv.... > >For me, I am less willing to part with the few hours I'm not working each >day, so I allow someone else to do the wet part of the darkroom work. Then I >scan and do the rest. And during the long scans and prints, I read. > >John, one other way to shave a few dollars off costs: check B&H for >shortdated or outdated film. If it is slow film, it should be fine. I see >Fuji Velvia there from time to time available as short-dated. Local store just had a good amount of outdated (3/2000) Velvia in 120 for $2/roll. They'd kept it cold and it works just fine. They also sell the XP2 disposables most of the time too. - -- Craig Zeni - REPLY TO -->> clzeni at mindspring dot com http://www.trainweb.org/zeniphotos/zenihome.html http://www.mindspring.com/~clzeni/index.html Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change ready. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html