At a local monthly camera show I've spoken to a fellow who has a business
connection going the other way... he buys mostly Leica and Rollei, stuff,
and other 'classics' and sends them to a partner in Tokyo for resale. A very
nice Japanese gentleman, always wears a suit and tie, unfortunately I can't
help but feel that some of those Leica's should have gone to me, even though
I couldn't buy them right now...
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...
on 8/19/04 10:37 AM, Dean Tyler at dtyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I read that article and found it found it interesting. Maybe I should get
> into the import/export business?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walt Wayman [mailto:hiwayman@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 12:36 PM
> To: Oly List
> Subject: [OM] One man's trash is another man's treasure
>
>
> In the September issue of Shutterbug there's a piece on the used camera
> market in Tokyo. I find it a little amusing that any camera considered a
> "classic" there has to have been made in Germany, or at least in Europe or
> the U.S. (Yeah, I'll take a Medalist, please, if you've got one.) Looks
> like just more of the grass is greener, familiarity breeds contempt, we make
> it here and we know it ain't special, etc., etc.
>
> There also was mention in the article, however, of ubiquitous
> "Nicanolympaxes." Since they're so common, they should be cheap. Could the
> next person in Tokyo please pick me up one of those?
>
> Walt
>
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
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