It's funny how far apart the powerhouse photographic stores are in Ohio. Dodd puts their best in Ohio in Cleveland and the Kenwood area of Cincinnati. Add to that Cord Camera, and Kenwood has two good stores, although Cord Camera doesn't have medium format. What's this medium format? It's a bigger format that used to be defined by film in 6 by 7 cm, 6 by 6 cm, and 6 by 4.5 cm. That beat 135 format, which is just 36x24mm. (1 cm = 10 mm, if you don't recall.) Professional fashion photography was almost always done with medium format. Maybe obviously, the equipment was not really meant to be hand held, so it wasn't good for many occasions. While the latest (hand held, 135 format) digital sensors can reach resolutions held by smaller medium format digital sensors, those people claim bigger is better, so it's good that Dodd Camera has something bigger available. I went today asking for something smaller, micro Four-Thirds lenses. No one sneered. No one told me that I didn't want those. I took my equipment into the store and they were gracious enough to let me try the higher end lens that they had in stock. It's a shame that they didn't have other such lenses, but I suspect that most people will order online, and not bother local stores. That's a shame because these people were interested. (I've gone through my share of brand snobs, so it was good not to be judged today.) Unlike the stores in Dayton, this store seemed to have a good share of equipment, including tripods, lighting, bags, and more. I was thrilled to find that the store was staffed by reasonable people who cared about cameras--not just what they had, but almost any equipment we discussed. read more