This camera shop was formally a video hire venue…read more Found in the main high street of town they offer digital and conventional camera equipment. You'll often see people standing in the door way trying out the latest long distance zoom zoom zoom.

This is a very small photography shop located along one of the back streets in the town centre…read more Although it is cramped the range of products is vast and hey are often reasonabley priced. The staff are extremely knowledgable and hense offer other personal services such as photo developing.

An unbelievable place to go and shop at if you like anything camera related. As comprehensive and…read morecheap as the website, except that you can handle all the merchandise. The staff are far more informed then those at Jessops, but thats not surprising. Well worth the visit.

This shop has everything the photographer needs from the latest top of the range camera's for the…read moreproffesional or the cheapest little camera for that holiday snap and for the person who just needs to point, aim and push the button down They also sell the latest video equipment. Cases for your items films, and they will even put in the film for you. This shop is the place to take your holiday snaps for developing, in one hour you can laughing at those silly sights of yourself in the sea and surf over a coffee in Costa's. Or you can collect in 3 days the choice is yours, whatever you choose this shop is the best in town for camera's, and equipment and well worth a visit.

Jessops has a wide range of items for anyone interested in photography, what a shame the service is…read moreso bad. I went in one morning, the only customer, asked for help and the member of staff actually told me to wait while he finished his coffee! As you can imagine, I don't use Jessops any longer.

Shop is ok. They have a decent amount equipment to choose from. The only negative for this place…read morepertains to international travelers. I needed to buy equipment for work and ended up having to hunt down an ATM machine and make the purchase with cash. I have a US credit card and they dont accept non-pin credit cards. Not even US atm cards.

From the owner: Photographic equipment, optics and accessories. We buy and sell second hand equipment. Ask the…read moreexperts at London Camera Exchange

This would be a TEN STAR review if that were possible…read more These guys are AMAZING. PLEASE USE THEIR SERVICES!! Rather coincidently (or not), my father and I who both came into owning a Canon Powershot G9 each around the same time, found that these cameras 'mysteriously' stopped working within a couple of weeks of each other when they were about 3 years old, in spite of them being well looked after (no impact or liquid damage etc). I took mine into Calumet in London who charged over £30 for a quote, and set a fixed price (apparently issued by Canon) of about £150 to get it fixed. They would NOT tell me what the problem was, although they claimed it had been sent off for this quote. Sceptical and rather unhappy, I discovered after some further research, that there seemed to be a problem with these cameras having a screw come loose inside, which is very easy to fix, with the right expertise of course. Colchester CRS offered to look at both cameras free of charge, and said this if it were the loose screw issue, they would fix them both, FREE OF CHARGE. So I sent them both off, and within 10 days, they shipped them back secure delivery, FIXED at NO COST at all to us. Unbelievable. They didn't even ask for the shipping cost to be reimbursed. I am now again the proud owner of a working G9 (as is my father). I am so impressed with this company, I really hope I am singing their praise loud enough!

I'm happy with the repair that they carried but it's a shame their approach to customer service is…read moreso poor. After sending my camera off with a description of the fault, I received an email a few weeks later with an invoice attached. The invoice was for the return post and packaging costs only as according to them, there was nothing wrong with my camera. I called to try and find out why they couldn't find the fault and was 'greeted' by a unfriendly woman who insisted their was nothing wrong with my camera and spoke to me like I some sort of fool. After some negotiation, they took a look at my camera again and found the fault. I waited 8 weeks for an update and when I contacted them I was informed that they had sent me an email with a quote for the repairs. After checking my inbox, nothing was found. These things happen? My camera came back yesterday and is now working fine. My suggestion would be that if they find there to be nothing wrong with a camera, why not give the customer a quick call to clarify? The chances are if they've sent you something to repair, it probably needs repairing. Finally, nobody like being spoken to like they are dumb. Think on Colchester Camera.......

Slightly out on a limb on Timberhill, this traditional shop deserves more of the limelight. The…read morestaff here really do know what they are talking about, and will help out whether you are a beginner wanting a first camera, or someone who really does want the flash piece of kit to complete their collection. If you want to buy a present for someone, they will give you advice on tripods, flash kit, basic kit, you name it! Being a small store, they cannot offer the same prices as the larger discounted stores, but the knowledge and service more than makes up for the extra price that you pay, and if you want genuine experience and customer service, then this is the shop for you.

The London Camera Exchange is from first appearances, a one stop photography shop catering for all…read morelevels and needs. And while it does cover most ranges and brands, there is unfortunately little depth to the product range. A great place for those new to cameras or looking for accessories, but doesn't really cater to levels beyond that.