[Leica] Slightly OT: Lobby K&S to carry the Epson R-D1 (Note for Northern California people)

[richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)]

At 08:57 PM 4/8/2005, Christopher Driggett wrote:

>I was in my local camera dealer this afternoon (Keeble $ schucket, Palo 
>Alto, CA)  buying a Leica 90mm f/2 ASPH APO lens and they were all a buzz 
>about my R-D1. I talked to them about why they did not carry the camera 
>and they

You were? I went in there to buy a box of E-6 chemical this afternoon :-)

>said only Sammy's in LA and B&H carried them. I informed them that I drove 
>to the city (S.F.) and bought mine from Calumet.  They seemed shocked. 
>They said after handling the camera they were going to contact Epson to 
>try to get a couple in.  Now all you penninsula, South Bay people please 
>call K&S and tell them you want your R-D1! (Refering to the old MTV 
>commercial about calling the cable operating and saying I want my MTV)
>Cheers,
>Chris

They saw in a few months ago when I took them in, but there are many 
salespeople there. They said at that time they may contact Epson then too, 
but I don't think anything came out of that.


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