Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] WTB
From: Mark Kronquist <mak@teleport.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 16:00:47 -0600

where is this store?  Mark

> From: "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com>
> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 16:04:15 -0400
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us, leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] WTB
> 
> Feli:
> 
> There is an older camera store in town that I frequent.  They have a drawer
> full of old caps for binoculars and lenses.  They will just let me dig
> through the caps until I find one that fits.  Most of the time they just
> give it to me.  The owner has just sold the land the store is on and will
> be closing it next month.  I will miss their great service and selection
> they had.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> At 11:30 AM 2/5/2002 -0800, Feliciano di Giorgio wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> Actualy that's what I did with the one for my Elmar. Only these guys
>> want $45 bucks for the Summitar cap. Speaking of caps, you know what
>> drives me crazy? That the same store, which is more then willing to
>> sell you thousands of dollars of lenses and camera bodies, won't give
>> you the time of day when you walk in for something as simple as a $5 cap
>> or bottle of D76.
>> 
>> So, last night I scraped the whole idea and made my own lens cap from
>> some
>> styrene sheet plastic and felt. I also found a different store to
>> squander
>> my money in.
>> 
>> 
>> feli
>> 
>> 
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>> 
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