At 9:59 PM -0400 9/27/02, Brad Dobo wrote: >Hey a topic within my city!!!!!! > >Steve, you are correct Forest City Image Centre trails the better camera >stores. Stan C. Reades is the best, and where I do most of my business. >They call me by my name and when ordering an accessory, they don't ask >because they know it's the MZ-S.
Reade's has always been the best for all the years I've been into photography. I like the way they let you play with the equipment, and the people there are genuinely helpful and into photography. They have a great selection of used equipment and the prices are good. I'm still kicking myself for not grabbing a P3 I saw there for $39 last fall. > I try and stay out of Linden's because of >the old man who runs it. I don't know if he's senile, but he lacks >something. There were two brothers who owned it, but I think one is dead, now. I'm not sure which one, though. > Plus he won't give d**k all for trade-ins. In fact, some he >won't accept at all, while Stan C. Reade accepts everything and every time I >go in I see that my old products are gone. I used to have another friend who dated the friend of the daughter of one of the above mentioned brothers, I think her name was Monica. When I was in there last she was sitting in the office looking as if she was running the place (the daughter that is). She used to be married to a guy who worked there who was such an all around jerk that I refused to set foot in the place for over fifteen years...even though he left her (and the store) in the late '80s. I finally relented last year and bought my 50mm macro there. I was in there this spring and picked up a gorgeous SMC K 200mm F4.0 for $C175, which I think was a pretty good deal. But you are right about trades. I wanted to trade in a lens for the macro and they would not take it...said they don't take trade ins on used lenses. > McKittericks does not deal in >Pentax at all. Shame! > They have a fantastic collection of old cameras, I always pay them a visit to poke through their used stuff, though it has been decades since I bought anything from them besides the odd slide tray. > do Nikon, >Canon and Minolta (I believe). But they are primarily a telescope dealer. And the telescopes they sell are mostly low end mass market stuff. > I >wish I could get one of those monsters that would accept my camera! > >Specifically, Forest City Image Centre is a great place for digital, and >also for processing, especially again...digital. They are about the only >store in London where you can take you Compact Flash card or whatever hand >it in and order whatever prints. They have the odd item but nothing like >Lindens, Stan's, or McKittercks. Steve you are correct when you say (or >quote) that there photo store is basically a sideline for them. It's tiny >and they do developments over the web. Mail order I don't know about >because it's easier for me to just make the 10min drive :) I'll be heading back to London for a week in late October and I'll probably be visiting them all...searching for an ultrawide angle lens. Reade's had the 17mm Tamron when I was there this past spring for something like $C649 but if I can find a used one for less I will go for that. -- Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] �
