On 4 Feb 2005, at 18:40, Joshua Lohuis wrote:
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> 4. Being in a large city, I have been craving wide angle capability
> since arriving here. I have been waiting and hoping for something to
> turn up at the flea market or elsewhere, but I have reached the end of
> my rope. Does anybody have a spare or unused wide angle zuiko they
> would like to sell? On a long shot; does anybody have a spare or
> unused lightmeter they would like to put for sale?
>
I may have a wide-angle, which I could bring next I head to Japan.
Contact me off-list, and let's see if it may interest you.
> Thats it for questions, I thank everybody in advance for getting
> through this terribly long post. If there is anything I can do for
> anybody in terms of my location on the globe please don't hesitate to
> ask. This could include a list of items to watch out for at the flea
> markets and camera shops I visit, or access to some of the cheaper
> stores (scanners, and such).
Heh, that's a courageous offer to this crowd.....;)
> Akihabara is an electronics heaven packed
> with the lastest electronics at very cheap prices. The first few times
> I went it was to the more foreigner geared areas, with bic camera and
> laox running the show. On subsequent visits I discovered the area that
> contained the real deals, brand new laptops in milk crates stacked up
> outside for a couple hundred dollars each, and the excitements go on.
>
The trick, I've found, is to get a japanese friend who too is a
gadget-head. His girlfriend will hate you, but he'll love to -- for
once -- be browsing shops and share excitement over some piece of
photo-equipment or electronics. Plus, he'll know where the deals are,
and be able to bargain down the prices for you ;) Also, after a day of
gadget-browsing, you are going to need to find the good local
watering-holes ;)
> Anybody living or visiting Tokyo please contact me anytime, there are a
> few places you must visit (including the restaurant I work at, free
> meal ;-)
Hey, I'll be in Japan again already in May, I think. I probably will
spend some time in Kobe (uhmm...beef), then in the greater Tokyo area.
If you're around, then lets have a zuikoholics anonymous meeting there.
I'll buy the beer...;)
>
> Thanks again for any help. JL
>
>
> PS Please excuse my english, I havent conversed or written at a native
> level for 6months, and it is proving to take alittle while to get back
> into it ... as I read over this it didn't seem to flow
>
Heh, I haven't spoken Danish -- my native language -- in some 4-5
years. I cannot phrase a coherent sentence any more in that language;(
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