Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, on the bright side ... the stores in Scandinavia seem to be thriving. In Oslo I can walk in, buy an M7, M6, Leica O (and get committed), Voigtländer and any of the lenses, any kind of film (except 620, 127 and, oddly enought 220), brand new Nikon F3 ... you name it. Smack dab downtown, thriving processing business (smart enough to be early out printing those digital films people have), old fashion salesmen that seem to be imported from New Jersey (fast talkers), know their stuff though. And that's only one shop, the other one is about four blocks away. I can buy digital in the one at very good prices, better than any of the postorder places in Scandinavia. It's refreshing. Norway is a good place for photographers, both when it comes to shopping and when it comes to taking pictures of fabulous nature scenes. I'm not being patriotic ... I'm Swedish, not Norwegian (hurts like *%¤¤ to give them this credit) ... It's just a nice place to be for photographers. Competition is tough. The Norwegians are good. Daniel On Sat, 20 Sep 2003, bdcolen wrote: > This hasn't got a damn thing to do with what downtown has become - it > has to do with a. digital; b. competition from high volume retailers - > not necessarily on the web; and c. general lack of interest in high-end, > specialty film cameras. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of > Afterswift@aol.com > Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 11:17 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Now Departing...Your Favorite Specialty Camera > Store > > > > In a message dated 9/20/03 6:08:18 AM, leicauser@ntlworld.com writes: > > << This is sad news. I bought my M7, in January this year, from Steve > Serota > > and I live in the UK! > > > Joe Chan >> > > << This is sad news. I bought my M7, in January this year, from Steve > Serota and I live in the UK! > > Joe Chan >> > ------------------------------- > I reckon the smart Leica retailer will design a formidable Web page and > operate out of a small warehouse in Queens. Downtown in large cities > will be for > boutiques and bistros and banks and theaters. I watched the decline of > the > dedicated photo stores in NYC for two decades. It just came to a head > with digital > and Web distribution. > > br > -- > 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