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Subject: [Leica] Camera store in Santa Fe
From: jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)
Date: Sat Mar 3 17:36:26 2007
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I carry a lot of film. Twenty to thirty rolls and the first word out  
of my mouth is, "Professional." No delays for me though they do have  
to swap it and test for explosives. Takes about 3 minutes.

John Collier

On 3-Mar-07, at 5:49 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:

> I'm going to have to practice cajoling them into hand-inspecting  
> it. I tried
> once at the airport in Seattle and they detained me long enough to  
> separate
> me from the rest of my party. Their strategy worked. I haven't  
> asked for
> hand inspection since then.
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> http://400tx.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of  
> John
> Collier
> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 6:40 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Camera store in Santa Fe
>
>
> I would phone first to make sure they carry stock. Why not even pay
> for it in advance and have them hold it for you. There may be a run
> on the stuff what with all the Leica loons coming to town.
>
> I always request a hand inspection of my film in the US and Canada
> and have not been refused yet. They try to dissuade you, especially
> with slow film, but I just explain how many different times my film
> will pass through screening and they relent.
>
> John Collier
>
> On 3-Mar-07, at 4:47 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
>
>> I did a quick mapquest to see how far a camera store was from my
>> motel (the
>> cheaper one, you know, where everyone is staying) in Santa Fe.
>> Here's what I
>> found, in mapquest language:
>>
>> Total Est. Time: 1 minute Total Est. Distance: 0.32 miles
>>      1:      Start out going SOUTH on OLD SANTA FE TRL toward E ALAMEDA
>> ST.  <0.1 miles
>>      2:      Turn RIGHT onto E ALAMEDA ST.
>> 0.2 miles
>>      3:      Turn RIGHT onto GALISTEO ST.
>> <0.1 miles
>>      4:      End at 216 Galisteo St
>> Santa Fe, NM 87501-2126, US
>>
>> It is 1 minute by car, and probably 10 minutes by foot to this place:
>>
>> http://www.camera-darkroom.com/
>>
>> They claim to have a large stock of collectible cameras. I'll let the
>> airport blast my FP4+ and will get my TRI-X there.
>>
>> Jeffery Smith
>> New Orleans, LA
>> http://www.400tx.com
>> http://400tx.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>>
>>
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