[Leica] IMG: Camera store graveyard

[ecoprof10 at gmail.com (Steven Beckham)]

This too is my first post on the LUG. Like many, I spent a lot of time
looking at those ads in Modern Photography etc. and dreaming.  Living in
"fly over country" I could not imagine the amount of choice offered by those
stores.  Last year was my first time in NYC--you can bet I went by B & H.
It was heaven--pure photographic heaven.   Sorry to see all those names gone
though.

Steve Beckham

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 12:16 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at 
rabinergroup.com>wrote:

> Its like the FBI most wanted list of famous camera store rip offs finally
> in
> the end blocked from selling gray market in Pop photography and also I
> think
> shutterbug which is way they went thank god under and we don't hear about
> them any more. In the 70's and 80s it was the back of pop and modern
> photography.  You had to be very careful who you did business with becuae
> the magazines then didn't care.
> I'd put a (good riddance!) on a few more of them then just one.
> --
> Mark R.
>
>
>
> > From: David Freedman <dpfreedman at gmail.com>
> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 21:36:28 -0400
> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Camera store graveyard
> >
> > I *never* post to the LUG but this really hit home (being a life-long New
> > Yorker). To add to the list (all were in Manhattan):
> >
> > Executive Photo
> > Olden Camera
> > 47th Street Photo
> > Cambridge Camera (good riddance!)
> > Garden Camera
> > Wall Street Camera
> > Sharp Photo
> > Rechovos Camera
> > Competitive Camera
> > Bi-Rite Camera
> > Profoto (not sure of the name/spelling; was on the block with Spiratone
> and,
> > I believe, Willoughby)
> >
> > I'm sure I'll think of a few others.
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 9:00 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> What happens when you cling to old technology too long. New York is the
> >> graveyard of old photo stores. Remember Willoughby, Camera Barn,
> Spiratone,
> >> etc.
> >>
> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/NYC+old+photo+store.jpg.html
> >>
> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/NYC+old+photo+store.jpg.html
> >>
> >> Larry Z
> >>
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