Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]norman_milks@mailg.pribilofs.k12.ak.us wrote: "Could you please tell me where to go in London for Leica, Hassy, Rollei? I remember hearing about Pied Bull Yard in previous posts. Is that near the British Museum? Any other shops? I'm mainly interested in checking out the used stuff, but wouldn't mind looking at some new stuff, too." There used to be four shops in Pied Bull Yard, but it's down to two now. Jason Vicinanza has mentioned http://www.theclassiccamera.com/ and there's also Jessop's classic dept. http://www.jessops.com/classic/ Pied Bull Yard is very close to the British Museum, see http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=WC1A2JR&Z=1 TCC have a lot of Leica stock, but are not cheap by any means. Jessops Classic usually have lots of Leica, Rollei and other kit in stock, although the prices can be somewhat alarming. There's also R.G. Lewis, who're at 9 Southampton Row WC1B 5HA see http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=WC1B5HA&Z=1 I love RGL - though they don't keep much stock - because it's like stepping back 30 years, the staff are such *gentlemen*. :-) Not a shop as such (but you can visit), Jonathan Harris usually has some nice stuff http://www.jonathanharris.co.uk see http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=SW184JQ&Z=1 (an excellent dealer, by the way, thoroughly recommended, my .85 came from him). Fieldgrass and Gale http://www.fieldgrassandgale.com/ usually have some interesting stock see http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=SW184JQ&Z=1 although I don't use them much because they have a habit of advertising stuff they sold ages ago and being rather rude when you ring up about it. Kingsley Photographic http://www.kingsleyphoto.co.uk usually have some interesting s/h stock, and although they're also in an expensive area - see http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=W1T4HL&Z=1 - the prices aren't always as high as you might expect (I got a *lovely* 3.5E Xenotar from them a few weeks ago for a nice price), and Tim Stavrinou is a nice guy and knows his stuff. Teamwork http://www.teamworkphoto.co.uk don't do much Leica, being mainly MF and LF, but are always worth a visit http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=W1P7LD&Z=1 but if you're into panoramic cameras watch the credit card. :-) For some new stuff I use sometimes Calumet http://www.calumetphoto.com/ who have a shop a few minutes walk from Euston Station. They do do s/h, but I'd hesitate to recommend them because it always looks pretty knackered to me. If you're travelling further afield, or are interested in mail order places with good s/h stock while you're here, I can recommend ffordes - http://secure.ffordes.com/index.htm - and MXV http://www.mxv.co.uk (if by any chance you're flying into or out of LGW, then MXV isn't too far away. It's a pig of a place to get to by public transport, but it's an astonishing place to visit, they have a *mountain* of stock). For processing in London use Metro http://www.metroimaging.co.uk see http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=EC1M5TN&Z=1 and if you're going there you might like to mention it because I live a short bus ride away. Now hopefully a LUGer who knows Oxford better than I will be along to talk about the shops around there. - -- David Morton dmorton@journalist.co.uk