That looks like the shop I bought my first SLR from. It was a dark &
grungy little hole-in-the wall place that used to be in downtown Raleigh.
Inside was something like Olevander's wand shop out of the Harry Potter
movies.
It was a one man operation that closed up when the old man died.
A shame really, it would make all the hipsters swoon, but those
operations just can't compete with big box stores.
On 3/13/2014 8:02 PM, Mark C wrote:
I love Central Camera on Wabash and always try to stop in there when
downtown. A few years ago I had memorable conversation with the owner
who talked about the great history of the shop in his family over the
years. I hope they stay around - though for Pentax lenses and other
years, they don't have much to offer.
I have an old photo (2006 - very high contrast) and comments about
Central Camera on my ancient static website:
http://www.markcassino.com/newsite/stream/060509/scan-701_tu.htm
Mark
On 3/13/2014 2:40 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
Wow. Truly bad news.
While downtown the other day, I stopped at the independently owned
Central Camera on Wabash ave to get a set of printer ink for the R2880
and some 13 x 19 inch Velvet Fine Art paper. Shockingly, Central
Camera and absolutely no ink to sell for the R2880—none—zippo, and the
bins for ink cartridges for other printer types were also utterly
empty. No Velvet Fine Art paper was to be found as well. It seemed
so odd, and I facetiously said, “are you going out of business,” and
the guy said no—just out. So I placed my order with B&H photo and
should get it next week.
With Calumet going out of business and the shelves not looking so good
at Central Camera, it will be tough for photographers in Chicago in
future.
Cheers, Christine
On Mar 13, 2014, at 12:17 PM, Mark Roberts
<postmas...@robertstech.com> wrote:
Calumet Photo closes all U.S. stores. No notice given to employees or
anyone else – everyone locked out, personal possessions still in
stores, rented equipment still out...
http://petapixel.com/2014/03/13/calumetphoto-us-declared-bankruptcy-gave-employees-zero-notice/
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