Here is another man that is not quite right in the head.

[Wayne R. Scott]

Check this link it is in Thai but the photos are worth several thousand words (and probably dollars also).

http://www.pantip.com/cafe/gallery/topic/G1953242/G1953242.html

Wayne

 

[Tim]

Drool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[back alley]

is that a private collection or a well stocked store?

 

[Marc Jutras]

If that is a private collection, it's way beyond GAS. It's right up there with Imelda's shoe locker!

 

[parks5920]

Gotta be a collection, it looks like there is a kitchen table in the background of one of the shots. If it a store, it's unreal!

 

[egpj]

Iss so beautiful...

 

[Film dino]

I'll have the SWC please!

 

[RayPA]

GAS knows no limits, neither country, race, nor creed. This man is truly our kin.

 

[Film dino]

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00D5sj

A thread from the Photo.Net Leica forum "discussing " the collection & Mr. Surat's phtography

 

[Scarpia]

How did they break into my dream?????
Kurt M.

 

[gc1]

Yikes!! It's the store of no return!! You walk in and you'll not walk out with your wallet intact!

 

[tedwhite]

Now I know why some of the stuff I want is so hard to find.

 

[rbiemer]

Darn Babel fish doesn't translate Thai
I think the place looks like a store, but wouldn't bet either way.
Those lenses in post/image 22 are for half frame cameras, right?
If that's a store, I now have another reason to want to go to Thailand aside from the food!
Thanks[I think] for the link!
Rob

 

[reagan]

Do you think he ever looks out the window to see if the postman is coming with a package?

 

[popitz]

that, my friends, is heaven on earth...

 

[Heath]

Looks like museum to me. It deffinitely puts my collection to shame.

Heath

 

[Roman]

And the 'collector', Mr. Surat O. is a great photographer, too, like I already said at photo.net, I recently saw his exhibition at Westlicht here in Vienna, great classic street-photography.

Roman

 

[Sonnar Brian]

That is an incredible collection. The Nikon F with 5cm F2 Nikkor-S is very early, just over the 1st 1000 made.

You can tell he is big on Leica, even had a lot of Voigtlanders, but not many Nikon RF's are shown in his collection. An S4 would look great next to that early F.

 

[Kevin]

Gotta be a collection, it looks like there is a kitchen table in the background of one of the shots. If it a store, it's unreal!

That would be typical Thai store. Customers would like to sit and have some drink and food while they discuss cameras and prices. If you really want, I can ask my Thai stepmother to translate, or get you something when she returns from Bangkok in September.

You can also see a video camera installed in one of the pics. Unfortunately my written Thai is so bad now that I cannot make out where this store is. My hunch would be Bangkok, of course.

The King of Thailand is a passionate photographer, in case you did not know.

Kevin

 

[Kevin]

There is a silver Leica-M in one shot with a strange-looking lens on it that resembles a viewfinder screen. What is that ???