RF’sDelight Posted September 24, 2012 Share #1 Posted September 24, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) hi leica lovers, i'm a leica user from germany and i will be in san francisco at the end of the week. do you have any recommendations, leica dealers or interesting second-hand dealers? thx! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CalArts 99 Posted September 24, 2012 Share #2 Posted September 24, 2012 Adolph Gasser (Adolph Gasser Inc. ) is the main shop in town for Leica. Also Keeble and Shuchat in Palo Alto near the Stanford campus (Welcome to Keeble & Shuchat Photography! ) There are lots of hipster shops concentrating on film and alternative processes like Glass Key Photo (http://www.glasskeyphoto.com/ ) and the Looking Glass (Looking Glass Photo) The Looking Glass has a lot of used stuff. Film tends to still be pretty popular in SF. Those kinds of shops are fun to check out. Lots of motivation and creativity going on... Stop in here for something different: Photobooth It's a Polaroid, tintype and ferrotype studio. They also sell some interesting cameras in their retail shop. And there are good labs there too, like Photoworks: Postcard & Brochure Printing in San Francisco | Digital Photo Printing and Light Source LightSource SF - Home Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swamiji Posted September 25, 2012 Share #3 Posted September 25, 2012 Well, If you get over to the East Bay, there is Camera West, in Walnut Creek (not too far from the Walnut Creek BART station). There is another Looking Glass Photo in Berkeley, not far from the UC Campus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WPalank Posted September 25, 2012 Share #4 Posted September 25, 2012 Calarts, you must have been away from the city for quite some time. Gassers is just that, full of... They have no inventory of any kind for the last 8 years. I teach the leica Akademies along with the Leica rep that fills the coffers of the previously mentioned stores. here is my list: First choice always: Camera West in Walnut Creek. You can take Bart there (ask the concierge at the hotel) and walk through the delightful shopping area of Walnut Creek. Only don't bring your wife as Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom's and Tiffanys (among many others) are near by. I will be teaching a Leica Travel Presentation for them in January, so feel free to drop my name to Hal or the manager Dan. Ask for Hal and Hal only as far as product. He doesn't work Mondays, instead Tues-Sat. If he is busy with another customer, simply sit on one of the couches and browse through the many issues of S or LFI they have available. You will leave the store feeling you have a new friend. In the city try Fireside Camera. If you absolutely can't make it out, try Discount Camera in the Financial District(I advise against them) as they are simply a bunch of ripoffs and sell Leica at a much higher price than anywhere else. As mentioned above Keeble is great in Palo Alto, ask for Brett. Within a couple blocks is a very secret Leica Dealer Bear Images. Ask for Ken or Jim. Also, near these two camera shops (about a mile) is Stanford Shopping Center. Drop your wife off here before you browse the camera stores. She will be happy you did, not your wallet. That would be my list and I presently live in San Francisco. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalArts 99 Posted September 25, 2012 Share #5 Posted September 25, 2012 Calarts, you must have been away from the city for quite some time. Gassers is just that, full of... They have no inventory of any kind for the last 8 years. I'm in Boyle Heights about every other week but haven't been to Gassers since the late 1990s (when I taught at SFAI.) Thanks for the correction (btw, I have a box for a lens I bought at Gassers about that time; a brand new 35mm Summicron for $1995. Basically the same lens as today w/o the coding.) Too bad they've gone downhill. They used to be a premier camera shop. p.s., +1 on Camera West. The web sales I've done with them for used stuff have always been satisfying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swamiji Posted September 26, 2012 Share #6 Posted September 26, 2012 Ask for Hal and Hal only as far as product. He doesn't work Mondays, instead Tues-Sat. If he is busy with another customer, simply sit on one of the couches and browse through the many issues of S or LFI they have available. You will leave the store feeling you have a new friend. +1000 Hal sold me my first Leica. I am still in constant contact with him, even tough I now reside in China. I have a Monochrome on order through him. He is my go to guy for anything photographic. And a close friend. You may enter the store as a customer, but with him you leave as family. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WPalank Posted September 27, 2012 Share #7 Posted September 27, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Too bad they've gone downhill. They used to be a premier camera shop. I'm just sorry it was me that had to break the news. I remember dealing with them about 20 odd years ago and they were the only game around. Funny, after seeing your post the other day, I like a lot of potential buyers of the Monochrom are trying to find dried up stock of B&W Color Contrast Filters and decided to give them a call. I pictured someone reaching into a dust box and pulling out a handful, "Yeah, plenty. What size ya need?" At which point I was going to send you a bottle of wine just for reminding me of their existence. Unfortunately, they had none. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF’sDelight Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share #8 Posted September 30, 2012 thank you guys for your recommandations. i think i won’t make it to all of them but at least one or two. i’ll let you know. so long! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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