Secondhand camera shops in London?

[Deleted User]

An odd request, but i'm looking for a second hand camera shop, ideally in central london. The kind that will have proper knowledgeable staff and might want to buy old old Panasonc FZ5 and part-ex for a external flash for my new DSLR

The closest i've found is an old camera shop in St Albans, but it's closed on Sundays

Any ideas?

totalsolutions

Tottenham Court Rd. Full of them. Try CEX next to Goodge St station. Mostly in the northern end or Holborn areas

[Deleted User]

Tottenham court road is full of new stuff being sold at bad prices (mostly by shops all owned by the same people). It's the one place I avoid when trying to buy gadgets.

My dSLR could use a 20 year old external flash (i've tried on of my dad's old ones).. i don't see the point in buying a new one

verbyl.belch

I'd suggest "London Camera Exchange". As the name suggests they started in London and have quite a few shops around the UK now. Great, friendly AND knowledgable staff.

Here's their website: http://www.lcegroup.co.uk/

VB

EDIT: london branch =

98 Strand
London
WC2R 0AG

[Deleted User]

Cheers. I just looked on cex.co.uk and they'll give me £65 in vouchers for FZ5.. not bad really

Avoriaz

ringo_24601 wrote: »

An odd request, but i'm looking for a second hand camera shop, ideally in central london. ...The closest i've found is an old camera shop in St Albans, but it's closed on Sundays

Any ideas?

Go to St Albans on a Saturday.

[Deleted User]

Turns out, there's loads of second hand camera shops near the British Museum.... for people that are into collecting second hand camera lenses (like me!)

isofa

ringo_24601 wrote: »

My dSLR could use a 20 year old external flash (i've tried on of my dad's old ones).. i don't see the point in buying a new one

TTL power setting, zooming, flash compensation setting direct on camera for starters?

Only a modern flash suitable to the camera can offer these functions not a manual 20 year old one.

theartfullodger

Let me Google that for you...
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=second+hand+camera+shops+in+london

Sigh!


Cheers!

Lodger

[Deleted User]

isofa wrote: »

TTL power setting, zooming, flash compensation setting direct on camera for starters?

Only a modern flash suitable to the camera can offer these functions not a manual 20 year old one.

I actually ended up with a manual settings Jessops model (no TTL) that works pretty nicely. It has vertical tilt and zoom. You have 4 power settings. It is very similar to this one - http://www.jessops.com/online.store/categories/Accessories/Flash/Flashguns/products/Jessops/300AFD%20Digital%20Flashgun%20for%20(Canon%20AF)-35585/Show.html

Google isn't always very good you know.. especially at finding real world shops. Google maps is much better

I got a 300mm manual focus Steinheil Lens that fits my Panasonic L10 (with an OM adaptor) for £30.. it's actually quite easy to focus and takes quite sharp shots hand-held. This was from these guys - http://yorkcameras.co.uk/

Manual focus lenses and manual setting flashes. Yeh.. not so much for a beginner... but i'm not stupid and have got some nice results from them