There is a camera shop in the town of Stevenage, about 10 miles from where I
work Mon-Wed; I recently bought myself a new camera and lens there (Fujifilm
X-E3 with 23/2) so I feel that I’m doing my bit for the industry :-)
Chris
> On 28 Nov 2017, at 05:37, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 11/27/2017 6:08 PM, Christopher Crawford wrote:
>> Back in July, Sunny Schick Camera Shop in Fort Wayne, Indiana closed forever
>> after 90 years in business. I made some photographs of the store as it
>> emptied out during their going out of business sale.
>>
>> It was a sad thing to document, as Sunny Schick was a center for the
>> photography community on Fort Wayne, and our city's last remaining camera
>> store.
>
> My condolences.
>
> People in SF and the Peninsula were saddened by the loss of major store
> Keeble and Shuchat a year ago. Perhaps much of the business will transfer to
> stores in SF, helping them along.
>
> We are lucky to have a major store here in Berkeley. I wish them well, but
> have done little to support them, only buying things like bags and
> tripod/head stuff, things I need to see/handle in person, once in a while.
> With major university campus in town, I suppose the constantly rotating
> student population is always in need of photography stuff, as well as
> supporting several art supply stores. Students were a big presence in their
> old location near campus.
>
> G.A.S. Moose
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