Rebekah wrote: > Glen, what is "around here" for you? > > rg2
Thank you, Rebekah. It can't be said too often, on a world-wide list like this one ~ the words "around here" is meaningless. It takes so little extra effort to add "...in Western Australia" or "Timbuktu" or "Peoria." Then we know... Thanks, keith whaley -- > On 8/25/07, Glen Tortorella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Well stated... >> >> On Aug 25, 2007, at 4:46 PM, graywolf wrote: >> >>> 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
