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Kurt Sorensen - 27 Sep 2004 21:13 GMT
I'm going to London in the near future and was wondering if you could
give me some recomendations on which shops to look for. I'll be
staying in proximity of Canary Wharf, but if there's better
opportunities other places i'll take them into account as well.

I'm looking for a new tripod, filters (NDx4 And grad grey) a rucksack
and if the price is right some sort of portable storage.

Regards

Kurt, Denmark
Carrigman - 28 Sep 2004 19:04 GMT
Jessops have a fine store at 63-69 New Oxford St. (See www.jessops.com for
directions).

I was there recently and was impressed.  They have a good range of tripods,
rucksacks and other goodies downstairs.

Regards,

John,
Ireland.
Roger Whitehead - 28 Sep 2004 19:51 GMT
> Jessops have a fine store at 63-69 New Oxford St

They also have one in Canary Wharf but probably smaller:
First Floor
Cabot Place East
Canary Wharf
London E14
Tel: 0207 719 1999

There's a list of camera shops in London here -
http://www.ukcamera.com/towns/london.htm .

London Transport (trains and buses) have a planner here -
http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/user/XSLT_TRIP_REQUEST2?language=en

To find where places are, use
http://uk.multimap.com/map/home.cgi?client=public&lang=
or http://www.streetmap.co.uk/ 

Happy hunting!

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Roger

I'Mad - 28 Sep 2004 20:13 GMT
> There's a list of camera shops in London here -
> http://www.ukcamera.com/towns/london.htm .

Do you know if there is a similar website but for the photographic
galleries in London?

Thank you,

Ivan

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Occhio, che vi vedo !!!

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/ivnmad

Roger Whitehead - 28 Sep 2004 21:29 GMT
> Do you know if there is a similar website but for the photographic
> galleries in London?

If you put "photographic galleries in London uk" (but without the quotes)  
into Google, you will find what you're looking for.

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Roger

Bandicoot - 29 Sep 2004 04:10 GMT
> Jessops have a fine store at 63-69 New Oxford St. (See www.jessops.com for
> directions).
>
> I was there recently and was impressed.  They have a good range
> of tripods, rucksacks and other goodies downstairs.

There's a Jacobs almost across the road from that Jessops too, which is also
worth a look, and to compare prices.

Peter
Richard Williams - 30 Sep 2004 13:46 GMT
>> Jessops have a fine store at 63-69 New Oxford St. (See www.jessops.com for
>> directions).

>There's a Jacobs almost across the road from that Jessops too, which is also
>worth a look, and to compare prices.

Jacobs have one of the biggest selection of bags and tripods I recall
seing in London, but another shop worth visiting is Cameraworld (Wells St,
just off Oxford St):

http://www.cameraworld.co.uk/

The rucksack I wanted was about 20GBP cheaper there than in some other
shops. It's also worth mentioning that Speed Graphic have a very fast mail
order service (can be next day delivery) for this sort of thing, and
probably a bigger selection of filters than you'll find in any London
shop:

http://www.speedgraphic.co.uk/

(or you could request a catalogue and see if the other shops will price-
match).

A couple of other shops that might also be worth checking for filters,
etc:

On the Strand:
http://www.lcegroup.co.uk/shop.php?id=5

Bloomsbury/Holborn (near British Museum):
http://www.apertureuk.com/
http://www.rglewis.co.uk/
York Cameras (Bury Place, no website).

Tottenham Ct Rd:
http://www.westendcameras.com/
http://www.kingsleyphoto.co.uk/

(NB - there are also some rather less reputable shops on this street
selling photo gear - caveat emptor).

Regarding galleries etc. - it's worth picking up a copy of the weekly
listings magazine _Time Out_ (widely available) or the photo exhibition
listings (pocket) magazine _Pluk_. You can get the latter from, e.g. the
Shipley photo bookshop on the Charing Cross Rd., or the nearby
Photographer's Gallery close to Leicester Square:

http://www.photonet.org.uk/

(both well worth a visit in any case).

Hope this helps,

Richard.
Nick Beard - 28 Sep 2004 23:33 GMT
Greys of Westminster for Nikon, 40 Churnton st, Pimlico.
> I'm going to London in the near future and was wondering if you could
> give me some recomendations on which shops to look for. I'll be
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>
> Kurt, Denmark
 
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