Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I could lose a day in there just by getting lost! :-) Regards, Dick On Oct 13, 2010, at 11:22 AM, LeoWesson wrote: > My wife would not be happy in that store (but I could loose a day there)! > > Thanks! > Leo Wesson > 817.733.9157 > www.leowesson.com > > > On Oct 12, 2010, at 15:57, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net> > wrote: > >> When I was in Tokyo a few weeks ago I had to check out the camera stores, >> of course, and I had heard Yodobashi was the largest and had everything. >> Yodobashi turned out be not just a camera store but a giant >> everything-electrical store, rather like an over sized Best Buy here in >> the States. Washing machines, stoves, A/Cs, stereo gear, radios, fans, >> ... yada, yada, yada, as Jerry Seinfeld might say. >> >> I went to two of them, one in Shinjuku; the other in Akihabara. They >> both occupy full city blocks and are eight stories high. Every available >> surface was covered with ads and posters, even the stair and escalator >> steps, and street hawkers just outside the main entrance, young gals, >> shouted out the bargains to be found inside. >> >> The Akihabara store had the most cameras and seemed to have complete >> stocks, even the 8mm Lumix fisheye that's just starting to show up here. >> No surprises in the Nikon or Leica sections, though, just one of >> everything you might want. >> >> All the visual cacophony left me dizzy. Make sure you're sitting down >> before looking. :-) >> >> The pictures start here: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2010_tokyo/P1010889.jpg.html >> or >> http://tinyurl.com/3xyn7fo >> >> GF-1 20mm f1.7 Pancake. >> >> C&C always welcome. >> >> Regards, >> >> Dick >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information