Nice looking and very large shop. Too bad it's gone.
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/31/2014 3:18 PM, philippe.amard@xxxxxx wrote:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Lumix/Dreaming-1120402.jpg.html
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> this was Arpi, Barcelona in the good old days, now derelict.
> I bought a ZD 50-200 and the 7-14 I used for that test shot from them - great
> stuff! and Alice had got her E510 on the same day ;-)
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> Message du : 31/01/2014 19:59
> De : "Chuck Norcutt " <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> A : "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sujet : [OM] Camera Heritage Museum, was: Nathan's PAD 29/1/2014: two
> Brussels landmarks
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> Probably the reason it looks like a camera store is that it used to be a
> camera store. From their "about" page: "The camera museum is housed in
> what was known for 40 years as the Camera and Palette store at 1 W
> Beverley St. Staunton, VA." I believe the operator of the museum is the
> now retired proprietor of the former camera store. If you look up the
> address on Google street view it will leave you in front of sign on the
> side of the building with the original store name. You have to move
> left into the intersection to see the front of the building.
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> Most of the gear in the museum comes from the donation of two large
> collections. They also accept much smaller donations. If he gets
> duplicates he selects the best in terms of cosmetics (most don't work or
> work well) and attempts to sell the rest to keep the place solvent.
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> Just down and across the street a short distance is a very interesting
> bank which I was told was a place I should stop and take a look. I
> walked in with my camera and asked if it was OK for me to take pictures
> inside. The answer was: yes, and many others do too. Perhaps not of
> much interest to Europeans but for Americans it's unusual to see a
> small, local bank dating from 1865 and a fine example of the better
> buildings of the time. I hope to post a few of those later.
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> Chuck Norcutt
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> On 1/31/2014 12:12 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
>> Thanks, Chuck. It looks more like a shop than like a museum. I found a
>> Minox B in the 3rd shot, my first serious camera . . .
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>> Chris
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>> On 31 Jan 2014, at 15:56, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
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>>> I've known about the Camera Heritage Museum in Staunton for at least 5
>>> years. I pass by it on Interstate highway 81 at least twice a year on
>>> my way to and from Florida. I wanted very much to know what was inside
>>> but had never been able to stop there. It seemed that I always managed
>>> to go by it on a Sunday or at some other time when it wasn't open. But
>>> I managed it last September and got 5 shots of the interior.
>>> I've left full size
>>> images here in case you want to peer inside the shop also. Despite the
>>> expansive looking pano of the shop's interior on their homepage the shop
>>> is really very small and overflowing with gear. They also have a lot
>>> more they're unable to display yet.
>>
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