Re: New York Camera Stores for Buying Optics
GAIL@UMDD.UMD.EDU
Thu, 21 Jan 99 08:26:28 EST
Hi all --
I tend to agree with an earlier post -- support your local vendors if at all
possible. Not only is it good business, but you have their backup. When I
bought my Nikon camera and lenses, also Kowa scope and Zeiss bins, I bought
locally. However, sometimes you cannot get what you want locally or the
price differential is too great. When I went to buy a camcorder, no one
locally carried the model I wanted and ordered, it would have been over
$1200. I purchased the model I wanted from B&H in NYC, whch imho is the
best discount house. The people I have spoken with gave me a fair amount of
advice, esp. about batteries, tapes and lenses. The price was about 50% of
what I had been quoted ordering from Canon (!!).
Over the years I have purchased other items from B&H -- film, lenses, as well
as a Bogen tripod -- and have been satisfied with their service.
Gail Mackiernan