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7D or 5D Mark II
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[quote name='Pinhole' timestamp='1280686665' post='1444']

I must add though - and this has little to do with ordering problems - that I lament the disappearance of the small, specialized camera shops.

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Frankly, I don't. I can't lament the disappearance of $200 markups, rude and ignorant staff (if they aren't indifferent and lazy teenagers), the lack of quality goods, and the two week wait for any item desired ["Well ain't this place a geographical oddity--two weeks from everywhere!" - O Brother Where Art Thou]. I do occasionally find a shop that has a lot of used gear where I can save a few bucks, but Ebay presumably could fill that void as well.



I got the final wake-up call when I was trying to find out if a ring flash mounted on the Elan IIe would work with the two second mirror prefire I frequently needed for macro work. The unpleasant "experts" at the local shops didn't know and weren't concerned enough to look it up. B&H in New York sure hustled, and had the answer for me in less than one minute. I bought the ring flash from B&H and haven't looked back.



Perhaps things are different elsewhere, but to find what I need on the West Coast I pretty much have to travel to Seattle, San Francisco or Los Angeles. Or I can just look on the Interblogoweb.



IMHO much more crucial to pro photography are the small, innovative manufacturers of quality gear--I'm thinking of places like Really Right Stuff, Singh-Ray, Nik, Acratech, Kirk, and so forth. I would shower them with blessings, but being an atheist I'll settle for mutually satisfying business transactions. :-D



Scott
  


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7D or 5D Mark II - by Guest - 07-20-2010, 07:04 PM
7D or 5D Mark II - by popo - 07-20-2010, 07:20 PM
7D or 5D Mark II - by wim - 07-20-2010, 09:20 PM
7D or 5D Mark II - by netrex - 07-20-2010, 10:36 PM
7D or 5D Mark II - by Guest - 07-21-2010, 07:01 AM
7D or 5D Mark II - by Guest - 07-21-2010, 07:07 AM
7D or 5D Mark II - by wim - 07-21-2010, 01:21 PM
7D or 5D Mark II - by besyry - 07-25-2010, 10:59 PM
7D or 5D Mark II - by Guest - 08-01-2010, 07:21 AM
7D or 5D Mark II - by Guest - 08-01-2010, 11:21 AM
7D or 5D Mark II - by Guest - 08-01-2010, 11:31 AM
7D or 5D Mark II - by Guest - 08-01-2010, 02:51 PM
7D or 5D Mark II - by wim - 08-01-2010, 03:26 PM
7D or 5D Mark II - by Guest - 08-01-2010, 06:17 PM
7D or 5D Mark II - by wim - 08-01-2010, 11:05 PM
7D or 5D Mark II - by scottburgess - 08-02-2010, 07:16 AM
7D or 5D Mark II - by Guest - 08-02-2010, 10:57 AM
7D or 5D Mark II - by Guest - 08-04-2010, 10:52 AM
7D or 5D Mark II - by wim - 08-04-2010, 01:10 PM
7D or 5D Mark II - by scottburgess - 08-04-2010, 07:39 PM
7D or 5D Mark II - by scottburgess - 08-04-2010, 08:01 PM
7D or 5D Mark II - by Guest - 08-04-2010, 08:09 PM

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