Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Its not the money. My local "real" expensive dealer does no better. I think they draw on the same labor pool. Mail order is too slow, and I have lost film in the mail. I am thinking of doing my own again, after a break of about 35 years. But what I really want is a digital camera that handles like a Leica (or even a Konica AF or a Contax G2 or a Canon P) with the color management of a Canon G3 and the noise characteristics of a Nikon D100. Wait till next year, I guess ;-) On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 23:37:49 EST, Grduprey@aol.com <Grduprey@aol.com> wrote: > In a message dated 1/24/2005 9:57:41 PM Central Standard Time, > clive.moss@gmail.com writes: > I guess that another reason I jumped in is that I have just finished > scanning a roll of film that was develop and scratched almost beyond > repair by my local Walgreens, and I want a camera that handles like a > Leica, > Clive > > I guess my question is, Why buy a leica and then have the film developed at > Walgreens? Where the people have little or no training in how to handle > and > properly process your film. Every now and then my wife talks me into > trying a > less expensive processing at one of the cut rate stores, after the results > come > back and looks like crap, she then decides the more expensive and properly > trained dealer I prefer to use is indeed worth the extra money. -- Clive http://www.pbase.com/chmoss