local camera shop love - DPChallenge Forums

01/26/2013 09:16:50 AM · #1

i know a lot on here shop online or bh in the states but i love my local camera shop harrisons cameras sheffield, family firm great knowledgable staff who all shoot varied gear canon, nikon, 4/3/ and medium format digital

i went in today to return a external mic for my 5d mk2 they'd lent me free of charge that was brand new, no deposits etc,

i picked up a sigma 15mm fish eye 2.8 for Â£275 reduced from Â£400 (i buy nearly all my 2nd hand gear from them) 12 month warranty on all 2nd hand purchases, they trade and do swaps etc

but best of all next week im picking up a 1dx and 24-70 mk2 for a weeks free trail :) :) :) smiles dont do justice to how much im looking forward to it. (its through the cps though you need gold or platinum membership, which is free in europe, but it depends on the gear you've got)

so i just wanted to share the love, every time i go in I'm there for an hour chatting away and talking photos :)

smardaz

01/26/2013 10:03:36 AM · #2

there is one not to far from me that I do enjoy because of the quality of their prints. on our 9th anniversry i got the prints from our wedding done (we had never gotten around to doing it) and i got an 11x13, 4 8x10 and several 4x6 smaller for $100. It's still probably the best gift i ever gave her and the quality was great.

02/02/2013 08:35:03 AM · #3

Just picked up 1dx and they lent me sigma 120-300 2.8 Wowsers what a combo 10fps is crazy

Off to play with it

SaraR

Sony Alpha a7R III

Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM

02/02/2013 08:54:07 AM · #4

Giles, that is a really useful recommendation - I am only a little over an hour up the road, and I may make a trip down sometime to visit.

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

02/02/2013 12:09:35 PM · #5

wowsers the 1dx is awesome, 10 fps and teh sigma is a beautiful lens. oh can i jusitfy Â£6500 spend.....

smardaz

02/02/2013 12:12:52 PM · #6

Originally posted by Giles_uk:

Just picked up 1dx and they lent me sigma 120-300 2.8 Wowsers what a combo 10fps is crazy

Off to play with it

i thought that thing was 12 fps with 14 on mirror lock?

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

02/02/2013 12:43:37 PM · #7

We LOVE Orleans Camera, just up the road from us, serious Canon dealership, great prints, knowledgeable and pretty much permanent staff. We shop with them as much as we can, though much of what we acquire is used gear, which they don't often have...

02/02/2013 03:53:44 PM · #8

ok its just like brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr(its a a sweet noise) i shot 800 in an 80 min rugby match haha

my shop has a fairly good and fast changing second hand section, the sigma 120-300 2.8 is a second hand one they want Â£1000 for it

ive got 3 of the staff as facebook freinds and today i talked a guy into buying a nikon 35mm 1.8 did a better job than there sales guy, shooting gigs with a kit lens wondering why he was struggling,

got some prints there two and they display some of my pics in store

looking a the pics on my mac I'm stunned how much clearer they are than my 5d mkii even though the mega pixel is almost the same

gonna see what they offer me for my bigma in swap for the other sigma, 1dx if i win the lottery

295066_10152491072785045_90557179_n by gilesbert, on Flickr

//www.harrisoncameras.net

theyve got a 100-400 L in as well for Â£900 but think as much as i love ls teh sigma is up there, i need to try the 100-400

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