Re: [Rollei] Re: Your Choice: Tele or Wide?

[Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh >]

Bob

A unique person and personality!  No one has ever had a bad word about
Peter Gowland and the products of his shop or studio.

I would love to be able to visit him again, but driving thru LA is out
of the question for me.

Jerry

Bob Shell wrote:

> On Wednesday, June 30, 2004, at 11:40  AM, Fox, Robert wrote:
>
> > A joke at the local pro shop down the street here in DC is the 4x5
> > Gowlandflex TLR (talk about beastly size!) they have for sale. The
> > asking price is $1,200! Most of the staff down there have agreed with
> > me
> > privately that they will never sell it at anywhere near that price.
> >
>
> Oh, that's just the baby.  Peter made them in 5 X 7 and 8 X 10 as
> well!!  He used to shoot with them hand held.
>
> Look at the bottom of this page for the 8 X 10!!  It weighs 30 pounds.
>
> http://www.petergowland.com/camera/
>
> BTW, if you wanted a 4 X 5 Gowlandflex you could buy a reconditioned
> one from Peter for less than that shop is asking.
>
> I love browsing around in Peter's site.
>
> Bob

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