p.1 #2 · A photo of my favorite camera store (hey John McF!)
John, it must be cool to have a decent shop. There's just not that many around anymore Years ago, when I lived in Jacksonville, FL, we had several great shops, one in particular I bought all my pro gear from. They always had a great stock of film in the cooler, any and everything for the darkroom, etc, etc. On Saturday mornings, there would usually be several photogs, sharing photos, talking shop, etc. One of the fun things about it, we all shot different equipment, and I don't remember the first conversation about who had what, and which was better. I do miss those days, sometimes.
p.1 #3 · A photo of my favorite camera store (hey John McF!)
It is nice...they have 2 other shops in town. This is the one shop that I gave John McFadden the phone number and he bought the D2X I had reserved there when they first came out. Earl was the one he talked to.
I lived in Jacksonville too....my sister still lives there and I was just down there last month! (ok, only there for 6 months..then moved to Fernandina Beach.)
p.1 #4 · A photo of my favorite camera store (hey John McF!)
jacko, We have a place kind of like that here called "Colonial Photo and Hobby"!! Great camera store (bit high on some prices though) and they have 2 or 3 six-foot coolers with film in them and ALWAYS people standing around chit-chatting... cool environment, HUGE selection of stuff (still, digital, darkroom, lighting, books, accesories, framing/matting, etc)... really the only "good" camera store here in Orlando (other than maybe Harmon photo)....
anyway... sorry about the semi-hijack... just thought I would throw that in
p.1 #5 · A photo of my favorite camera store (hey John McF!)
There was a place in Cincinnati that I went to process film and slides--back in the early 90's. I believe it was called Provident Cameras. Anyway, tons of great Nikon bodies and lenses. The guys were always more than happy to show you a lens or a body just to hold it ( at the time I was a poor college student with a FM/50-1.4 ). The guys who worked there were great to talk to and very helpful--they were one of the few places where you could take negatives or slides and make prints/enlargements on the spot. Don't recall seeing any Canon stuff there though
p.1 #6 · A photo of my favorite camera store (hey John McF!)
jacko wrote:
John, it must be cool to have a decent shop. There's just not that many around anymore Years ago, when I lived in Jacksonville, FL, we had several great shops, one in particular I bought all my pro gear from. They always had a great stock of film in the cooler, any and everything for the darkroom, etc, etc. On Saturday mornings, there would usually be several photogs, sharing photos, talking shop, etc. One of the fun things about it, we all shot different equipment, and I don't remember the first conversation about who had what, and which was better. I do miss those days, sometimes.
Yes John I do agree, I am picking up my new D2X next Saturday (17/09/2005)
and will try and get some pics of the store interior ,it"s the store I keep going back to because they have great service and I have been looked after and also they are like what you have described above,it seems as though too many people are more concerned about having the best and worrying about what they don't have instead of been content with what they do have.
these are two good stores here in Oz http://www.photocontinental.com.au/index.html ( this store is in Bribane, Queensland) http://www.nikononbroadway.com/ ( And this one is in Sydney )
p.1 #7 · A photo of my favorite camera store (hey John McF!)
I am still yet to find a really "great" full range camera store here in Melbourne...they are either consumer based "chain" stores or stores run by pseudo-intellectual camera snobs who look down their nose at customers or have people there who think if yr not studying photography at the right university and shooting MF or Leica's, then yr not worth their time.
My best experience has been at a place called camera exchange, they sell new and old camera equipment, and are run by ppl who have no petentions based on gear and welcome all photographers, regardless.
Years ago, when I lived in Jacksonville, FL, we had several great shops, one in particular I bought all my pro gear from. They always had a great stock of film in the cooler, any and everything for the darkroom, etc, etc. On Saturday mornings, there would usually be several photogs, sharing photos, talking shop, etc. One of the fun things about it, we all shot different equipment, and I don't remember the first conversation about who had what, and which was better. I do miss those days, sometimes.