"Rings" for Spotmatic F

[keith_w]

Rebekah wrote:
> Glen, what is "around here" for you?
> 
> rg2


Thank you, Rebekah. It can't be said too often, on a world-wide list like this 
one ~ the words "around here" is meaningless.
It takes so little extra effort to add "...in Western Australia" or "Timbuktu" 
or "Peoria." Then we know...

Thanks,

keith whaley

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> On 8/25/07, Glen Tortorella <gtortorella at pngusa.net> wrote:
>> Well stated...
>>
>> On Aug 25, 2007, at 4:46 PM, graywolf wrote:
>>
>>> That is a hard one for these folks to understand.
>>>
>>> Actually camera stores as I remember them are few and far between.
>>> Decades back a camera store was run by a shutterbug for
>>> shutterbugs. They were not there for mom to drop off the snapshots
>>> of the kids to get developed, those went to the corner drug store
>>> (something else that has all but disappeared). It was a place for
>>> enthusiasts to shop. Want some exotic chemical to mix your own
>>> developer with? They had it. Need a series six to five point five
>>> step down ring? They had it. Want to handle a Hassleblad? They had
>>> one in stock.
>>>
>>> Then some corporate bean counter types realized there were a lot
>>> more moms shooting the new kid than enthusiasts, and that was the
>>> beginning of the end. The bought out the shutterbug type stores and
>>> used the name for a mall store. Enthusiasts can order from B&H or
>>> Freestyle and no need to stock all that expensive stuff that may
>>> only sell in a year or two. Turn over was the name of the game.
>>>
>>> Now the moms are going to Wal-Mart, they have turn over down pat,
>>> and the corporate run mall camera stores are disappearing. But I
>>> hardly miss them, they had very little that I was interested in.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Glen Tortorella wrote:
>>>> Exactly!--the key factor is the camera store.  I live in relatively
>>>> small town.  It does not even have a camera store.  Up north, a town
>>>> of this size might have a camera store.  I gather there are not many
>>>> avid shutterbugs around here...
>>>>
>>>> Glen
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 25, 2007, at 2:16 PM, William Robb wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Glen Tortorella"
>>>>> Subject: "Rings" for Spotmatic F
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How difficult would it be to find a pair of those triangular
>>>>>> lanyard
>>>>>> "rings" that come with the Spotmatic F--the ones that connect the
>>>>>> strap to the sides of the body?
>>>>> Depends on where you are. If you don't have one of the increasingly
>>>>> rare
>>>>> good camera stores in your area, then it might be very difficult.
>>>>> You might
>>>>> be better to look for good quality round spit rings instead.
>>>>>
>>>>> William Robb