Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>>... Alastair Firkin talks about the amount of film he intends to take = along.. >>.. upon which Alan Brown gives the very wise advice: >> Is that enough film? Or are you going to buy more film while in Japan? >> You can never have too much film. > >my 2 cents: >When I was in Japan 2 years ago I had a hard time finding slide film at >all; had to find a "pro photo shop" in a back road (that was in Kyoto, not >exactly off the beaten track, zillions of tourists around). When I found >one it turned out that Fuji film cost more than double the price I paid >back home (in Germany, that is). Makes you wonder... My Japanese friend >offered the explanation that in Japan, hardly anybody shoots slides = because >due to the minuscule size of the average flat, they'd need 15 mm lenses = for >their slide projectors! >-- Dieter > >Dieter Stoll D-72127 Kusterdingen, Germany >dstoll@tuebingen.netsurf.de Home fax: +49-7071-368520 Dieter, In front of me I have the latest Japanese price list for color film - = negative as well as slide. There is no doubt the prices are more than = competitive with ours in Europe. Not quite as low as the American = mail order companies, but what about US$7 for a 36 exposure roll of = Velvia? This particular price list is issued by the large Tokyo store = Yodobashi Camera in Shinjuku. Their film department is like a giant = supermarket in the shop=B4s basement. I doubt you can get even the = AGFA slide film cheaper in Germany! Your friend=B4s explanation why the Japanese don=B4t shoot slide is = just silly! The Japanese do indeed use a lot of slide film. Their = sense - and demand for - quality is more than well proven by their = avid interest in all Leica products! Claes