At 10:03 PM 06-02-99 -0700, Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>At 12:06 PM 06/02/99 -0800, John Hudson wrote:
>>One of Vancouver's premier camera outlets tells me that they have not sold
>>a 90mm / f2 macro lens in years and have not seen a used copy in their
>>second hand department in years as well.
>
>John, what Denton wrote. Most Canadian camera stores -- even the
so-called "premier" ones -- are but poor cousins to their really muscular
U.S. relatives. With the possible exception of Henry's in Toronto, there
isn't a camera store in Canada that can touch a place like B&H in New York.
I've scoured 'em from Toronto west to Vancouver, and only a couple even
come close: Camtech in Calgary and McBain's in Edmonton are good ones.
There's also one in downtown Van (the name escapes me for the moment)
across the street from Pacific Centre and a few blocks south of Canada
Place, where the boxes are piled high and I even found a new OM-3Ti and
OM-4Ti as well as the OM-2000 and a few lenses. But even in these places,
Oly stuff is normally a special order.
I write from Vancouver ..... BC that is. If there is a camera shop across
the street from Pacific Centre it's new to me and I am down there quite
frequently but then I am not looking for cameras all the time.
If you rate camera stores like Chapters, Costco and Walmart in terms of
size and volume I guess you have to go to NYC, LA or Chicago. However,
Vancouver does have some very respectable photo outlets with knowledgeable
staff and quality service.
jh
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