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Old July 8th 08, 07:29 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format,rec.photo.equipment.35mm
Alan Browne^
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Default 120 film near SFO

Hi,

I'll be arriving at SFO next week.

Is there a good store with 120 near the airport?

Velvia 100, 100F, E100G, ...

Thanks,
Alan

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Old July 8th 08, 09:51 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format,rec.photo.equipment.35mm
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Default 120 film near SFO

In article ,
Alan Browne^ wrote:

Hi,

I'll be arriving at SFO next week.

Is there a good store with 120 near the airport?

Velvia 100, 100F, E100G, ...



Depends on what you mean by "near", but the nearest might be Keeble and
Shuchat in Palo Alto: http://www.kspphoto.com/activepages/main.html; a
little further away, but maybe easier to get to, in SF itself, is (of
course!) Calumet:
http://www.calumetphoto.com/ctl?ac.u...reLocDetail&ac.
comp.locID=SF. They both had 120 film when I was last there, but I
haven't been to K&S for a while so they may do only digital now. And
there's my fave photo store in Berkeley, Looking Glass
http://www.lookingglassphoto.com/ which still does film, but it's not
near the airport in any sense.

Other than, I don't know -- I haven't done film in years -- but I
suspect there's not much near the airport itself...

Hamish
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Old July 8th 08, 10:16 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format,rec.photo.equipment.35mm
David Nebenzahl
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Default 120 film near SFO

On 7/8/2008 1:51 PM Hamish Reid spake thus:

In article ,
Alan Browne^ wrote:

I'll be arriving at SFO next week.

Is there a good store with 120 near the airport?

Velvia 100, 100F, E100G, ...


Depends on what you mean by "near", but the nearest might be Keeble and
Shuchat in Palo Alto: http://www.kspphoto.com/activepages/main.html; a
little further away, but maybe easier to get to, in SF itself, is (of
course!) Calumet:
http://www.calumetphoto.com/ctl?ac.u...reLocDetail&ac.
comp.locID=SF. They both had 120 film when I was last there, but I
haven't been to K&S for a while so they may do only digital now. And
there's my fave photo store in Berkeley, Looking Glass
http://www.lookingglassphoto.com/ which still does film, but it's not
near the airport in any sense.

Other than, I don't know -- I haven't done film in years -- but I
suspect there's not much near the airport itself...


There' a store much closer than any of those--Kaufmann's in San Mateo
(http://www.kaufmannscameras.com). They used to have another store in
San Bruno, which is *very* close to SFO, where I used to shop when I
lived there, but unfortunately it closed in 2006.

I agree with you; Looking Glass is my favorite also. Say hi to Bruce
(Kaplan, owner) next time you're there.


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Old July 9th 08, 12:12 AM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format,rec.photo.equipment.35mm
Lawrence Akutagawa
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Default 120 film near SFO


"David Nebenzahl" wrote in message
s.com...
On 7/8/2008 1:51 PM Hamish Reid spake thus:

In article ,
Alan Browne^ wrote:

I'll be arriving at SFO next week.

Is there a good store with 120 near the airport?

Velvia 100, 100F, E100G, ...


Depends on what you mean by "near", but the nearest might be Keeble and
Shuchat in Palo Alto: http://www.kspphoto.com/activepages/main.html; a
little further away, but maybe easier to get to, in SF itself, is (of
course!) Calumet:
http://www.calumetphoto.com/ctl?ac.u...reLocDetail&ac.
comp.locID=SF. They both had 120 film when I was last there, but I
haven't been to K&S for a while so they may do only digital now. And
there's my fave photo store in Berkeley, Looking Glass
http://www.lookingglassphoto.com/ which still does film, but it's not
near the airport in any sense.

Other than, I don't know -- I haven't done film in years -- but I suspect
there's not much near the airport itself...


There' a store much closer than any of those--Kaufmann's in San Mateo
(http://www.kaufmannscameras.com). They used to have another store in San
Bruno, which is *very* close to SFO, where I used to shop when I lived
there, but unfortunately it closed in 2006.

I agree with you; Looking Glass is my favorite also. Say hi to Bruce
(Kaplan, owner) next time you're there.

I'll throw in Photographers Supply on the north side of Bryant St in San
Francisco between Second and Third Streets.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/photographer...an-francisco-2


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Old July 9th 08, 02:01 AM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format,rec.photo.equipment.35mm
Hamish Reid
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Default 120 film near SFO

In article m,
David Nebenzahl wrote:

On 7/8/2008 1:51 PM Hamish Reid spake thus:

In article ,
Alan Browne^ wrote:

I'll be arriving at SFO next week.

Is there a good store with 120 near the airport?

Velvia 100, 100F, E100G, ...


Depends on what you mean by "near", but the nearest might be Keeble and
Shuchat in Palo Alto: http://www.kspphoto.com/activepages/main.html; a
little further away, but maybe easier to get to, in SF itself, is (of
course!) Calumet:
http://www.calumetphoto.com/ctl?ac.u...reLocDetail&ac.
comp.locID=SF. They both had 120 film when I was last there, but I
haven't been to K&S for a while so they may do only digital now. And
there's my fave photo store in Berkeley, Looking Glass
http://www.lookingglassphoto.com/ which still does film, but it's not
near the airport in any sense.

Other than, I don't know -- I haven't done film in years -- but I
suspect there's not much near the airport itself...


There' a store much closer than any of those--Kaufmann's in San Mateo
(http://www.kaufmannscameras.com). They used to have another store in
San Bruno, which is *very* close to SFO, where I used to shop when I
lived there, but unfortunately it closed in 2006.


Ah, Kaufmann's! Of course, I have that typically snobby Berkeley / City
view of the world that ends somewhere around South City and restarts at
Palo Alto :-).


I agree with you; Looking Glass is my favorite also. Say hi to Bruce
(Kaplan, owner) next time you're there.


I haven't seen Bruce there for quite some time, unfortunately (but I
don't go there very much at the moment -- I'm too afraid I'd probably
end up spending all that money I'm trying to save for the Epson 9800
:-)). Is he still the owner? There was some change fairly recently...
I've been going there on and off since the days when Peter was the owner
and it was down near Alcatraz. A few changes over the years :-).

Hamish
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Old July 9th 08, 02:03 AM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format,rec.photo.equipment.35mm
Hamish Reid
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Default 120 film near SFO

In article ,
"Lawrence Akutagawa" wrote:

"David Nebenzahl" wrote in message
s.com...
On 7/8/2008 1:51 PM Hamish Reid spake thus:

In article ,
Alan Browne^ wrote:

[...]

I agree with you; Looking Glass is my favorite also. Say hi to Bruce
(Kaplan, owner) next time you're there.

I'll throw in Photographers Supply on the north side of Bryant St in San
Francisco between Second and Third Streets.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/photographer...an-francisco-2


Good lord -- they're still in business?! That's good news. I used to go
there regularly, but since I went all digital a bunch of years ago I
just sort of lost touch...

Hamish
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Old July 9th 08, 02:10 AM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format,rec.photo.equipment.35mm
Paul Furman
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Default 120 film near SFO

Hamish Reid wrote:
In article ,
"Lawrence Akutagawa" wrote:

"David Nebenzahl" wrote in message
s.com...
On 7/8/2008 1:51 PM Hamish Reid spake thus:

In article ,
Alan Browne^ wrote:

[...]
I agree with you; Looking Glass is my favorite also. Say hi to Bruce
(Kaplan, owner) next time you're there.

I'll throw in Photographers Supply on the north side of Bryant St in San
Francisco between Second and Third Streets.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/photographer...an-francisco-2


Good lord -- they're still in business?! That's good news. I used to go
there regularly, but since I went all digital a bunch of years ago I
just sort of lost touch...


And Pro Camera...
http://www.yelp.com/biz/pro-camera-r...-san-francisco


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Old July 9th 08, 10:15 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format,rec.photo.equipment.35mm
Alan Browne
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Default 120 film near SFO

Alan Browne^ wrote:
Hi,

I'll be arriving at SFO next week.

Is there a good store with 120 near the airport?

Velvia 100, 100F, E100G, ...

Thanks,
Alan


Thanks to all who replied.

So far, only Calumet has all the film types I want in stock and have
reserved them without pre-payment for me.

I've got to call Keeble & Shuchat yet. That would be pretty convenient
as we're driving south, not north when we get the car.

Cheers,
Alan


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Old July 10th 08, 12:07 AM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format,rec.photo.equipment.35mm
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Default 120 film near SFO

Alan Browne wrote:
Alan Browne^ wrote:
Hi,

I'll be arriving at SFO next week.

Is there a good store with 120 near the airport?

Velvia 100, 100F, E100G, ...

Thanks,
Alan


Thanks to all who replied.

So far, only Calumet has all the film types I want in stock and have
reserved them without pre-payment for me.

I've got to call Keeble & Shuchat yet. That would be pretty convenient
as we're driving south, not north when we get the car.



They have a collection of cameras lining a few walls, and a small
exhibit area. Two store fronts within a block or so of one another.
Calumet is fine, but a bit dry and chain-ish.

I think you'd like K$S.

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Old July 10th 08, 02:48 AM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format,rec.photo.equipment.35mm
Paul Furman
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Default 120 film near SFO

John McWilliams wrote:
Alan Browne wrote:
Alan Browne^ wrote:
Hi,

I'll be arriving at SFO next week.

Is there a good store with 120 near the airport?

Velvia 100, 100F, E100G, ...

Thanks,
Alan


Thanks to all who replied.

So far, only Calumet has all the film types I want in stock and have
reserved them without pre-payment for me.

I've got to call Keeble & Shuchat yet. That would be pretty
convenient as we're driving south, not north when we get the car.



They have a collection of cameras lining a few walls, and a small
exhibit area. Two store fronts within a block or so of one another.
Calumet is fine, but a bit dry and chain-ish.

I think you'd like K$S.


Calumet's SF store is kind of a cool industrial warehouse artist loft
thing, strictly pro supplies, equipment rental, overpriced studio space,
I get my ink & paper there but yes it's definitely a chain.

K/S is a pretty big old time camera shop in a nice old-town small-town
area in Palo Alto with a heck of a lot more interesting stuff to gawk
at. I went there for an m42 screwmount adapter once.

Adolph Gasser is an old relic South of Market near the financial
district with a film counter downstairs, lots of locked glass displays
on the main floor & the repair window upstairs. I went there for years
for specific slide films when I was doing landscape architecture work at
offices downtown.

Photographer's Supply is a bare bones film counter packed between the
warehouses South of Market. This is where the art students buy film with
spare change they just panhandled g, and pros.

Pro Photo I haven't been to but sounds like a great quirky mess of a
shop. Lots of studios in that area: Dog Patch, around the other side of
Potrero Hill. I talked to one guy on the phone before & some friends
like them.

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