Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Sonny, We have a Post Office...we have a Pizza place...we have a town center with a "General Store", and a few farm stands...not even a traffic light here. That's the limit of commercialism in this town. In the next town over, there is a rotary...with a McDonald's, Wendy's and KFC. That town has a gas station...come to think of it, we do too, but it's only open when the guy isn't sleeping... Austin > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of (SonC) > Sonny Carter > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 12:20 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] re: how easy/expensive is digital > > > Ah, in a town the size of Natchitoches, if you go to the football game on > Saturday, Church Sunday morning, and Walmart in the afternoon, you'll see > everyone you know over the weekend. > ~:>D > > Sonny > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 11:06 PM > Subject: RE: [Leica] re: how easy/expensive is digital > > > > Sonny, > > > > What's "Walmart"? > > > > ;-) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of (SonC) > > > Sonny Carter > > > Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 11:57 PM > > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] re: how easy/expensive is digital > > > > > > > > > Austin, Our Walmart will print from memory sticks and cards, > right here > in > > > pop 19,000 Natchitoches. > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com> > > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > > Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 10:39 PM > > > Subject: RE: [Leica] re: how easy/expensive is digital > > > > > > > > > > Hi Mark, > > > > > > > > > Here in our backwater suburb of Seattle you can just take your > digital > > > > > "film" (Compact Flash, SmartMedia, etc) to the local camera store > > > (Ballard > > > > > Camera), stick it in the front-end machine for the Noritsu photo > > > printer, > > > > > pick the images you want printed 4 x 6", and they'll come > > > back to you at > > > > > about the same price as film, printed digitally onto real photo > paper > > > (and > > > > > you don't have to print the whole roll.) > > > > > > > > I believe those will be more prolific over the next few years...but > it's > > > > still a trip to the store, then the time to select/print > > > etc...but I like > > > > the idea. It's a lot cheaper than printing them your self, > that's for > > > sure. > > > > > > > > We don't have anything like that near where I am, 30 miles West of > > > > Boston...at least that I'm aware of. Wish there was...and my guess > is, > > > our > > > > local photo store (Harvard Camera) will eventually have > > > one...eventually... > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Austin > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html