DFW camera show

[colyn]

Saturday and Sunday Sept. 8-9 at the Grapevine convention center..

[crawdiddy]

I have no financial interest in this show, other than as an interested attendee:

January 26 & 27, 2008
Grapevine Convention Center
1209 South Main Street, Grapevine, TX
Open to the public
Adults $5.00 admission
Children under 12 enter free with adult
Saturday 10am - 5pm and Sunday 10am - 3pm

Do any other RFF members plan to attend? I expect to be there Saturday morning. Afterward, I may be enrolling in anti-GAS 12-step program.

I would be interested in meeting some of you face-to-face if possible. I'll be the geeky guy loitering around Leica/Canon RF gear. Oh wait, there could be other geeks....

[crawdiddy]

btw, I'm much nicer in person than my online persona. everyone says so.

[venchka]

Rats! Stuck in Houston AND pennyless. AND made a vow not to buy anything in 2008. Vow broken last Saturday, by the way. One is never really done!

[crawdiddy]

Rats! Stuck in Houston AND pennyless. AND made a vow not to buy anything in 2008. Vow broken last Saturday, by the way. One is never really done!

I don't know what's worse-- being stuck in Houston, or being pennyless! Hehehe. Just kidding.

I shouldn't be buying anything either. But who knows, maybe I'll sell a Canon 7. I have 1 too many.

[colyn]

January 26 & 27, 2008
Grapevine Convention Center
1209 South Main Street, Grapevine, TX
Open to the public
Adults $5.00 admission
Children under 12 enter free with adult
Saturday 10am - 5pm and Sunday 10am - 3pm

Do any other RFF members plan to attend? I expect to be there Saturday morning. Afterward, I may be enrolling in anti-GAS 12-step program.

I would be interested in meeting some of you face-to-face if possible. I'll be the geeky guy loitering around Leica/Canon RF gear. Oh wait, there could be other geeks....

If there's any Leica gear I'll be there.

I've been told I'm too old to be a geek though...

[crawdiddy]

If there's any Leica gear I'll be there.

I've been told I'm too old to be a geek though...

Great! I'll be looking for you.

[Ducky]

Write me in too. I'll plan on 10 am Saturday. I'm also an old guy, probably too old but as long as I can get a cup of coffee I'll be OK.
I guess we can firm up plans later.

[crawdiddy]

Excellent!

[colyn]

I'll be there Saturday morning and probably Sunday..

[alexM]

Excellent!

I'll be Saturday at 10am.

Why don't you hold a poster "Rangefinder Forum" so we could recognize you.

[crawdiddy]

I'll be Saturday at 10am.

Why don't you hold a poster "Rangefinder Forum" so we could recognize you.

I'm asking the organizer about a message bulletin board. I have a feeling we can work something out.

Looking forward to meeting you all.

Dan aka crawdiddy

[Pascal]

I am hoping to make it there on saturday... looking forward to meeting RFF members there..

TY

[colyn]

I am hoping to make it there on saturday... looking forward to meeting RFF members there..

TY

If you see someone with a double stroke M3 hanging on his shoulder that'll be me.. I'll probably have a IIIf RD in my vest also..

[shadowfox]

Colyn, would your M3 happen to have a reddish leather covering?

[colyn]

Colyn, would your M3 happen to have a reddish leather covering?

That's my single stroke M3. It has the Indian Red leather from cameraleather.com. I had 2 of them covered in Indian red but sold one. My double stroke has black Aki-Asahi leather.

[Pascal]

Would anyone be interested in getting a table at the show.

Last I heard from Don, a Table was $60, and tables were still available.
So if anyone has stuff for sale, perhaps we could get a table over there and get rid of some of the stuff we no longer use. The only issue might be manning the table for two days.

[crawdiddy]

I might have a couple of items to sell, but I'm planning to market them to exhibitors, rather than attendees.

I agree with your assessment-- manning the table might be a problem.

Btw, I traded emails with Rick Vogan. His table will be the first one when you walk in the door. I will leave a note with him, with my name and RFF handle (crawdiddy), and arrival time. Others can do the same, and it may improve our probability of meeting each other.

I don't think it will be too hard to find each other. I was at this show a year ago, and there weren't hordes of people attending. These shows don't draw nearly as many in our post ebay world.

[Ducky]

Well, scratch Ducky. Looks like I picked up a bug from the grandkids. They do like to share. I'll be looking for reports.
Enjoy the show.

[crawdiddy]

Sorry to hear it, Ducky. Take care.

[colyn]

Well, scratch Ducky. Looks like I picked up a bug from the grandkids. They do like to share. I'll be looking for reports.
Enjoy the show.

I don't have any grandkids....yet...but I do have a daughter who was bad about passing around bugs when she was little..

Get well soon..

I was somewhat surprised to see several vendors with Leica and Canon R/F gear. However I ended up with a Nikon D200 before leaving.

Going back Sunday to see if any bargains pop up..

Met Crawdiddy. A nice guy..

[crawdiddy]

I traded a Canon 7 for a nice Canon P (plus "dealer incentive"). I must say, the viewfinder does not disapoint. I've read lots of favorable comments about how nice it is in terms of size, brightness, and the etched framelines. I'm shooting a roll of the highest quality $2 Walgreens film, even as we speak. Oh yeah, I also picked up a brand new LTM body cap.

I was tempted by an Olympus Pen FT, but out of cash at that point.

I ran into colyn, who was clutching his boxed D200, and t2creative, peddling some gear around to various dealers.

It was good to meet some RFF'ers face to face.

[Pascal]

I made it to the show today and it seemed like the tables are getting scare with each passing year.

Rick and his dad were perched at his usual table right by the enterance and I did see some guys hudled together looking at each other's camera's - not sure if you guys were RFF members.

I did find a couple of OM lenses for cheap and picked up an OM 55mm f1.2 from the Woodmere camera table. Just got back home and checked it out and it looks like an excellent copy of this lens. Sharp wide open, but not as contrasty as the OM 50mm f1.2 version.

Surprisingly, this 55mm f1.2 version is not silvernosed like the one's I have found previously on ebay. However, it does seem to be multicoated (brownish tint when light is reflected off the elements). So now I am confused if the 55mm f1.2 was ever multi coated or not. Gives me something to do for the rest of the day - find out if any of the OM 55's were ever multicoated.

Found some other nice deals for an OM1 body, but refrained. Now I wish I had spent the $100 on the OM1. :bang:

I did see a nice copy of the Olympus PenFT - small enough to pass for an RF body, but refrained.


Will start saving up my pennies until Spetember.... when the show returns.

[Thud]

I went to the DFW camera show today also. I was disapointed, maybe I'm jaded remembering the NYC shows from the 80's and the Calif. shows in the 90's. The stuff was thrift shop stuff. When I got there there were more dealers then people. But I did run into 2 people I dealt with in NYC when I lived there and I did pick up a book on Camers of China. All in all would rate it a 4 out of 10.

[Pascal]

Anyone going back to the show 9/13 and 9/14/08 - this coming saturday and sunday

[colyn]

Anyone going back to the show 9/13 and 9/14/08 - this coming saturday and sunday

I'll be there..