I was about to suggest Jessops' second hand service, where they used
to ship an item to your local branch for free so that you could
inspect it and decide to buy. They've stopped dealing in used
equipment altogether now though. Jacobs' New Oxford St branch used to
have a loan E-1 when it first came out, but I'm sure that's long
gone. At least they still recognise Olympus makes SLRs, unlike Jessops.
James
On 17 Oct 2006, at 09:43, Piers Hemy wrote:
>
> Not a good time to be looking for used OM in London Olli.
>
> You can try Jacobs http://www.jacobsdigital.co.uk/content.php on
> New Oxford
> Street - they have a used cabinet at the back of the shop (in the
> righthand
> corner) - I don't think you will be very happy with what you see.
> You can
> also try Jessops Classic www.jessops-used.com/classic/ opposite the
> British
> Museum, but that is only because they are close to Jacobs and the
> Museum.
> All the other used photo shops in central London that I have
> visited over
> the years have closed, or stopped selling used equipment, except
> for RG
> Lewis, who are L*ica specialists - I have never seen any OM for
> sale there.
>
> On the northern edge of central London is Nicholas Cameras
> http://www.nicholascamera.com/ in Camden High Street, who advertise
> extensive stocks of all sorts, including OM, at prices that seem
> astronomical (example - 24mm shift near new, GBP1750 ~Euro2700
> ~USD3000).
> It is close to the centre.
>
> On the southern edge of greater London (in Croydon) Mr Cad
> http://www.mrcad.co.uk/shop/home.php has large stocks of used
> equipment,
> everything from LF to Minox, but his OM stock seems expensive to me
> (example
> 80/4 Auto Macro for GBP399 ~Euro600 ~USD700) . Allow an hour
> (maximum) to
> get there.
>
> For E-1 stuff in Central London, I guess Jacobs, or Cameraworld
> http://www.cameraworld.co.uk on Wells Street are as good as any. I
> doubt
> that you will find an E-1 - it is discontinued. You might get an
> E-400 more
> easily!
>
> Jacobs 74 New Oxford Street London WC1A 1EU Tel Tel 020 7436 5544 Map
> http://tinyurl.com/y47ceq
> Jessops Classic 67 Great Russell St, London WC1B 3BN Tel 020 7831
> 3640 Map
> http://tinyurl.com/ycgfd7
> Nicholas 15 Camden High Street London NW1 7JE Tel 020 7916 7251 Map
> http://tinyurl.com/vvma2
> Cameraworld 14 Wells Street London W1T 3PB Tel 020 7636 5005 Map
> http://tinyurl.com/yakf99
> Mr Cad 68 Windmill Road, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 2XP Tel 020 8684 8282
> Map
> http://tinyurl.com/y2933e
>
>
> Bottom line: I would not set out to buy a camera in Central London.
>
> --
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olli.orava@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:olli.orava@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Olli
> Hänninen
> Sent: 17 October 2006 07:31
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Where to buy OM in London?
>
>
> Hello there,
>
> I am going on a short trip to London. I would like to visit some
> shops where
> they sell used OM gears (and/or E-system products too).
> Could you help me by telling names and addresses of such stores?
>
> I am mainly interested in the shops that are located near the
> centrum of the
> city.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
> Olli
>
>
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