Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: Bill Erfurth <m6rf@yahoo.com> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 05:26 Subject: [Leica] Replies to Travel Made Easy post > I am buying pro color slide film > for less than half of what you are > paying. So, $5.50 times 200 is $1100. What about the risk of getting it fogged by x-rays? And how do you keep it all refrigerated? > Where do I find the time to locate these places? It depends on where you are, but at least in a city like Paris, they seem to be on every street corner. > When do I have the time to drop the film off > and pick it up? You drop it off on the way to some monument or landmark, and you pick it up on the way back. > How do I remember where the place is? I don't know. How do you remember where your hotel is? > And, most important how do I tell the > good one-hour places from the bad ones. That is a potential problem, but most places can at least develop negatives well enough. There is far less room for error than there is with prints. > Second, is I always take my film to the same lab. > They do it the way I want it done and we never have > problems Is there something about the way you have the film developed that needs to be customized? > Here again Anthony, I am dealing with time. How do I > find a place that sells the M6 battery? Putting a fresh battery in is fine. They don't wear out quickly, and they are insensitive to x-rays. > Some parts of Europe a a real bargain. Cloths & shoes > are of higher quality and much less expensive than they > are in the US. Generally, eating out is less expensive. Clothing and shoes? Food? I'm talking about the important stuff: camera equipment and film! -- Anthony