B & H visit - DPChallenge Forums

05/13/2004 07:29:53 PM · #3

You will not be disapointed. My trip to B & H was the hilight of my new york trip. I am from Oklahoma, and we only have one (poor) photography store. B&H was not only the coolest store I have ever seen, and yes, you can touch anything (with the assistance of the sales staff) but it also had the craziest system of delivery of the item I have ever seen. All the merchandice is actually in the basement,and you tell them what you want and go to the counter. Your purchase is then delivered to you via a chain -pulley system on the cieling. It is bizarre. Not to mention the fact that only Hessidic (sp) Jews work there. On my trip there, NY was still very jumpy about terrorism and some guy's backpack just started smoking. They cleared the place out, and it turns out that he had an anton bauer video camera battery that was being terminated. Then some guy had a stroke. It was all very exciting.

drake

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

05/13/2004 07:30:22 PM · #4

I was in NYC the end of last month. (Actually for a Meet with another photography site) Do you believe I walked by B&H and Adorama without even going inside?! I knew it would cost me money so restrained myself... lol

Might want to check, but I hear they are closed on Saturdays.

Good luck and let me know what you think!

faidoi

Pentax K10D

05/13/2004 07:46:19 PM · #5

Disneyland :)

mariomel

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/13/2004 07:47:28 PM · #6

Originally posted by ButterflySis:

Might want to check, but I hear they are closed on Saturdays.

DOH! They are! i found out the hard way. On my last trip to NY, a visit to B&H was high on my priority list. We arrived in Hoboken late Thursday evening, too late to go. So Friday we set for for the big city. As we get there my daughter spots the Empire State Bldg and says she wants to go up. 3 hours later we emerge, and I say to my wife, that I'm heading off to B&H and will hook up with them a little later. It took me a few minutes to find myself, and finally get to the store. Closed!!! The CLOSE AT 2 or something. So I decide to go back on Saturday. No closed. Open Sunday. But we were leaving at noon and could not get into the city.

So I missed it. Good thing. Probably would have ruined me. LOL!

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

05/13/2004 07:50:36 PM · #7

Originally posted by mariomel:

Originally posted by ButterflySis:

Might want to check, but I hear they are closed on Saturdays.

DOH! They are! i found out the hard way. On my last trip to NY, a visit to B&H was high on my priority list. We arrived in Hoboken late Thursday evening, too late to go. So Friday we set for for the big city. As we get there my daughter spots the Empire State Bldg and says she wants to go up. 3 hours later we emerge, and I say to my wife, that I'm heading off to B&H and will hook up with them a little later. It took me a few minutes to find myself, and finally get to the store. Closed!!! The CLOSE AT 2 or something. So I decide to go back on Saturday. No closed. Open Sunday. But we were leaving at noon and could not get into the city.

So I missed it. Good thing. Probably would have ruined me. LOL!

That sucks, Mario. Sorry to hear that. I did want to go in, but I knew it would be disastrous to my wallet... :-)

Better luck next time, Mario!

edit: spelling

Message edited by author 2004-05-13 19:52:33.

doctornick

Apple iPhone 13 Pro

05/13/2004 07:54:40 PM · #8

Well I'm going in with my girlfriend, she is buying me my 2003 Xmas gift, a Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS lens. Sooo I might buy some other stuff to go with it... ;-) But she might put the brakes on my spending...

05/13/2004 07:56:12 PM · #9

Originally posted by doctornick:

...and what kind of girlfriend would she be if she did that?! Tell her that's not the way to get brownie points. :-)

MrAkamai

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM

05/13/2004 07:59:28 PM · #10

I *SO* want to go to their store! I've been buying stuff from them for years and I've never set foot in their store. I just don't really care for NYC enough to get my butt out there. The last time I was in NYC I was a kid.

mariomel

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/13/2004 08:06:05 PM · #11

Originally posted by ButterflySis:

Originally posted by doctornick:
Well I'm going in with my girlfriend, she is buying me my 2003 Xmas gift, a Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS lens. Sooo I might buy some other stuff to go with it... ;-) But she might put the brakes on my spending...

...and what kind of girlfriend would she be if she did that?! Tell her that's not the way to get brownie points. :-)

Damn! I gotta get my wife to speak to you. Maybe you could give her some pointers. Tell her that my spending all my time doign photography is actually GOOD for our marriage. LOL!

BTW Jen, Why have we never seen any of your photos. 10D and no photos. You gotta have something we can see...Just a little peak...

Edit: Sorry, had not seen the link to your site. You've got some great stuff there. Why no challenge entries?

Message edited by author 2004-05-13 20:12:02.