Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/28
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Give my best to Adrian! I remember he
was a firm holdout against digital and
then got swept up by the iron hand of
the market place. Very appropriate for
Beijing!
rgds
Peter.
--- Bryan Caldwell <bcaldwell51@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> Adrian Bradshaw took me to this place last fall.
> It's really quite
> amazing. Under one roof are about 400 separate
> little shops, all
> related in one way or another to photography. There
> are dealers in
> new brand-name equipment, dealers in Chinese-made
> "copies" of brand-
> name goods, and even shops that sell nothing but
> make-up for models
> or wedding photo albums. I picked up a Chinese
> camera bag that looks
> remarkably like a Domke (but is actually better
> built) for about US
> $12.00.
>
> I'm afraid I can't help you with directions, but
> I'll be in Beijing
> in two weeks and hopefully will visit again with
> Adrian.
>
> Bryan
>
>
> On Jun 28, 2005, at 12:27 PM, Peter M. C. Choy
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >> BTW, there is a shopping mall in Beijing called
> the
> >> Photo City - I
> >> understand there are 400+ camera dealers within.
> >>
> >
> > Do you know where it is? Next time I go to
> > Beijing I'd make a point to check it out.
> >
> > Peter.
> > SF, CA
> >
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