Discount Camera Stores in California

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Are there any discount camera stores in California that are equivalent to B
& H in NYC regarding inventory and prices? It seems that all of these
discount stores are located on the East Coast.

-mij

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On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:43:02 -0800, "Mij Adyaw"
<mijadyaw@nospamforme.com> wrote:

>Are there any discount camera stores in California that are equivalent to B
>& H in NYC regarding inventory and prices? It seems that all of these
>discount stores are located on the East Coast.
>
>-mij
>


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Mij Adyaw wrote:
> Are there any discount camera stores in California that are
> equivalent to B & H in NYC regarding inventory and prices? It seems
> that all of these discount stores are located on the East Coast.
>

My inpression is that Samy's, in the Fairfax district of Los Angeles has
a good reputation, if not the lowest prices. The were prompt and
thoughtful in my dealings with them.
http://www.samys.com/

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Skip M wrote:
> "Mij Adyaw" <mijadyaw@nospamforme.com> wrote in message
> news:qwuTd.88701$bu.66800@fed1read06...
>> Are there any discount camera stores in California that are
>> equivalent to B & H in NYC regarding inventory and prices? It seems
>> that all of these discount stores are located on the East Coast.
>>
>> -mij
>>
>>
> Calumet Camera comes close to B&H in pricing but not in inventory.
> They do have a pretty extensive inventory, though. There are stores
> in Hollywood, Santa Monica (?) Santa Barbara, San Francisco and San
> Diego. Maybe one or two other locations in California, I'm not sure.

Of course if you go to San Diego for the "San Diego" store you'll miss
it by 30-something miles.


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I can only speak about the Southern and Central California areas ...
remember that the state is something like 1,200 miles long! There are
several very well regarded stores in the San Francisco Bay Area ...

Calumet has retail stores in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Ana (NOT
Santa Monica), San Diego, and Santa Barbara.
http://www.calumetphoto.com/ctl?PA [...] .CompStore
Loc

Samys has stores in Los Angeles, Venice, Santa Ana, Santa Barbara, and
Pasadena.
http://www.samys.com/stores.php

Bel Air Camera has a good store in Westwood Village (West Los Angeles)
http://www.belaircamera.com/







"Frank ess" <frank@fshe2fs.com> wrote in message
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> Skip M wrote:
> > "Mij Adyaw" <mijadyaw@nospamforme.com> wrote in message
> > news:qwuTd.88701$bu.66800@fed1read06...
> >> Are there any discount camera stores in California that are
> >> equivalent to B & H in NYC regarding inventory and prices? It seems
> >> that all of these discount stores are located on the East Coast.
> >>
> >> -mij
> >>
> >>
> > Calumet Camera comes close to B&H in pricing but not in inventory.
> > They do have a pretty extensive inventory, though. There are stores
> > in Hollywood, Santa Monica (?) Santa Barbara, San Francisco and San
> > Diego. Maybe one or two other locations in California, I'm not sure.
>
> Of course if you go to San Diego for the "San Diego" store you'll miss
> it by 30-something miles.
>
>
> --
> Frank ess
>
>

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"Frank ess" <frank@fshe2fs.com> wrote in message
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> Skip M wrote:
>> "Mij Adyaw" <mijadyaw@nospamforme.com> wrote in message
>> news:qwuTd.88701$bu.66800@fed1read06...
>>> Are there any discount camera stores in California that are
>>> equivalent to B & H in NYC regarding inventory and prices? It seems
>>> that all of these discount stores are located on the East Coast.
>>>
>>> -mij
>>>
>>>
>> Calumet Camera comes close to B&H in pricing but not in inventory. They
>> do have a pretty extensive inventory, though. There are stores
>> in Hollywood, Santa Monica (?) Santa Barbara, San Francisco and San
>> Diego. Maybe one or two other locations in California, I'm not sure.
>
> Of course if you go to San Diego for the "San Diego" store you'll miss it
> by 30-something miles.
>
>
> --
> Frank ess
>
Ok, "San Diego County..." <G> I live in Escondido, where Calumet is
actually located.

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"Justín Käse" <chupacabra@operamail.com> wrote in message
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> In Message-ID:<h8HTd.37678$xt.29414@fed1read07> posted on Fri, 25 Feb
> 2005 07:04:47 -0800, Skip M wrote:
>
>>I live in Escondido
>
> OPT gives 10% discount to military, active or veteran.
> --
>
> JK

I haven't been to Oceanside Photo and Telescope since they remodeled, they
used to be very small, and largely Nikon 35mm, not much MF, or other brands
of 35mm for that matter. In fact, my impression was more "telescope" than
"photo." Have they changed much?
10% is great, if they're prices are low to start with. Calumets are pretty
comparable to B&H's.

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