Re: Demise of film cameras in Dixons

In a message dated 08/08/05 15:20:43 GMT Daylight Time, gws1@columbia.edu
writes:

> Just saw BBC NEWS24. Dixons, quite a large chain of stores here in the
> > UK
> >>> have announced that film cameras are finished. When current stocks of
> >>> film based cameras are sold, they will cease their retail and sell only
> >>> digital.
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OK, Dixons are not the the only source of cameras of any sort. They are a
very small retail outlet compared with the rest. Who cares?
           I am still using an old Zenith C bought forty years ago, not in
Dixons. I do remember buying a folding Voigtlander Bessa 6X9 second hand in
Dixons, way back. It cost me three pounds fifty. Subsequently sold it to a
collector for one hundred pounds. Havnt had many breaks like that. What do Dixons
know about cameras?
            How about some discussion about ultra low tech photo imaging?
Like printing on cheap lining paper $1 per roll of hundred foot etc., There
surely must be quite a few subscribers to this list who are not especially worried
about the latest trends in the commercial photo world.
                Photography is a great way of keeping on the ball.
       Good luck and best wishes to all members. We shall survive.
                                   John Grocott-Photographist - London
Received on Mon Aug 8 09:20:51 2005