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Re: [OM] The closing of Fort Wayne's Last Camera Store

Subject: Re: [OM] The closing of Fort Wayne's Last Camera Store
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 13:10:28 +0000
There is a camera shop in the town of Stevenage, about 10 miles from where I 
work Mon-Wed;  I recently bought myself a new camera and lens there (Fujifilm 
X-E3 with 23/2) so I feel that I’m doing my bit for the  industry :-)

Chris

> On 28 Nov 2017, at 05:37, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On 11/27/2017 6:08 PM, Christopher Crawford wrote:
>> Back in July, Sunny Schick Camera Shop in Fort Wayne, Indiana closed forever
>> after 90 years in business. I made some photographs of the store as it
>> emptied out during their going out of business sale.
>> 
>>  It was a sad thing to document, as Sunny Schick was a center for the
>> photography community on Fort Wayne, and our city's last remaining camera
>> store.
> 
> My condolences.
> 
> People in SF and the Peninsula were saddened by the loss of major store 
> Keeble and Shuchat a year ago. Perhaps much of the business will transfer to 
> stores in SF, helping them along.
> 
> We are lucky to have a major store here in Berkeley. I wish them well, but 
> have done little to support them, only buying things like bags and 
> tripod/head stuff, things I need to see/handle in person, once in a while. 
> With major university campus in town, I suppose the constantly rotating 
> student population is always in need of photography stuff, as well as 
> supporting several art supply stores. Students were a big presence in their 
> old location near campus.
> 
> G.A.S. Moose

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