That is a hard one for these folks to understand. Actually camera stores as I remember them are few and far between. Decades back a camera store was run by a shutterbug for shutterbugs. They were not there for mom to drop off the snapshots of the kids to get developed, those went to the corner drug store (something else that has all but disappeared). It was a place for enthusiasts to shop. Want some exotic chemical to mix your own developer with? They had it. Need a series six to five point five step down ring? They had it. Want to handle a Hassleblad? They had one in stock.
Then some corporate bean counter types realized there were a lot more moms shooting the new kid than enthusiasts, and that was the beginning of the end. The bought out the shutterbug type stores and used the name for a mall store. Enthusiasts can order from B&H or Freestyle and no need to stock all that expensive stuff that may only sell in a year or two. Turn over was the name of the game. Now the moms are going to Wal-Mart, they have turn over down pat, and the corporate run mall camera stores are disappearing. But I hardly miss them, they had very little that I was interested in. Glen Tortorella wrote: > Exactly!--the key factor is the camera store. I live in relatively > small town. It does not even have a camera store. Up north, a town > of this size might have a camera store. I gather there are not many > avid shutterbugs around here... > > Glen > > On Aug 25, 2007, at 2:16 PM, William Robb wrote: > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Glen Tortorella" >> Subject: "Rings" for Spotmatic F >> >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> How difficult would it be to find a pair of those triangular lanyard >>> "rings" that come with the Spotmatic F--the ones that connect the >>> strap to the sides of the body? >> Depends on where you are. If you don't have one of the increasingly >> rare >> good camera stores in your area, then it might be very difficult. >> You might >> be better to look for good quality round spit rings instead. >> >> William Robb >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
