Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> While China is now a technologically > sophisticated country, if a camera breaks in Inner Mongolia, I doubt > that you will be able to get it repaired over the weekend. I would > take a lot of color print film, Colour negative film is easily available in China: mostly Kodak, sometimes Fuji too, generally ISO 200. ISO 100 is less common, ISO 400 is fairly rare. The quality of the material is sometimes questionable (old/stored in full sunlight). B&W and slide film are very difficult to find. Best will be to bring everything yourself. Avoid processing in China unless you find a big, professional-looking Kodak lab in a major city. Quality standards tend to be very low. I used to get my negs back dirty and kinked. Prints were often awful. Batteries, except for the most commonplace modern digital P&S cameras, are hard to get. You may need an adaptor for a recharger. European plugs often work. Adaptors are fairly easy to find. Rubber bands will help to provide good contact between a plug and a rotten socket (fix the plug to the socket at an angle with tension). Reliable camera repair service is virtually nonexistent, except for Beijing, Shanghai and possibly a couple of other big cities. Oliver _______________________________________________________________________ Viren-Scan f?r Ihren PC! Jetzt f?r jeden. Sofort, online und kostenlos. Gleich testen! http://www.pc-sicherheit.web.de/freescan/?mc=022222