[Leica] Re: Photo Village's move is a good sign

[jls at runbox.com (Jeffery Smith)]

I've had nothing but good experiences with Photovillage.

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From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of B. D. Colen
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 4:28 PM
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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Photo Village's move is a good sign


BTW - I've dealt with Rich Pinto and Photo Village and would do so again in
a heart beat - he's a great guy and totally reliable. But before you read
the 'tea leaves' on the Photo Village move, you might take a look at the
Photo Village website and note the predominance of digital equipment - one
can still sell high end film cameras, but it's the rare, rare dealer who
isn't shoving the digital stuff out the door these days to support the film
habit. ;-)

B. D.

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From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of B.
D. Colen
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 5:20 PM
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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Photo Village's move is a good sign


Define a few years, Bob.
http://www.wilhelm-research.com/4x6_permanence_preview.html
I don't know about you, but 104 years for color and 115 for black and white
will do it for me. (Hell, I'll settle for 50 - that means I'll be long dead
and my youngest child will be 71 before someone will need to worry about the
longevity of my prints.) What a shock that a Leica dealer warned you that
digital prints would only last a "few years." LOL
:-)

B. D.


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Thinkofcole@aol.com
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 4:54 PM
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Subject: [Leica] Re: Photo Village's move is a good sign


    I am not yet familiar with PhotoVillage but anybody who spends a year --

and what must be lots of money -- to airfreight four TONS of camera stuff
from 
Paris to New York and then commits himself to what must be a serious 
investment in Manhattan must have confidence in the strength of the
traditional camera 
market -- regardless of all the talk on the LUG site about digital cameras. 
   The digital world is upon us, of course, but by coincidence I was talking

today with a Leica dealer in Wisconsin who remarked that digital cd's and 
photographs both have a life span of just a few years while traditional
photos 
have already have had a life span of well over a century. This Photo Village

investment in the future does not assure us that Leica as a company will
survive 
-- as some skeptics doubt --but it surely makes me feel that somebody knows 
something. -- bob cole _______________________________________________
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