Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/25

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Subject: [Leica] I may buy another film camera...
From: bd at bdcolenphoto.com (B. D. Colen)
Date: Sat Nov 25 15:32:48 2006

Speaking of another film camera...has anyone done any business with Sherry
Krauter in the past year - Golden Touch? Is she still in business, and do
you have her latest email/phone? My son has not been kind to my M6 and 35
1.4. :-(


On 11/25/06 6:21 PM, "Justin Viiret" <jviiret@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> On 26/11/2006, at 6:02 AM, Philippe Orlent wrote:
> 
>> That's why I bought a Fuji GS645 (after a remark about it from
>> Sonny) from KEH last week. They rated it 8+, so in fact it's
>> virtually new.
>> It gets pretty hard to find 120 film though. Kodak Portra 160VC is
>> the only thing I found closeby. I was hoping to find Fuji Reala
>> 100, but might have been too much to ask.
> 
> I've just bought one of these, too (for while my M3's overseas, being
> repaired), and I'm enjoying it immensely -- I love shooting in
> portrait orientation "by default", the negs look great (no scanner
> for 120 yet, but I'm thinking about it!) and it's an easy camera to
> like. I've fumbled a roll while unloading it once, but I'm sure I'll
> get used to it.
> 
> Most of the pro labs left in Sydney still sell 120, though I haven't
> been able to find Neopan 400 over the counter yet. Perhaps ebay's the
> way to go -- at least in Australia, I can get rollfilm cheaper than
> store prices from a couple of enterprising local sellers...
> 
> jv
> 
> --
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> 
> 
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