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	Name	Number of ratings	Checkbook's top rating ()		Firm's price index score	What percent of customers rated firm "superior" on our survey for "overall quality"
	Name	Number of ratings	for quality	for price	Firm's price index score
1.	Anderson Photo 14 Walden St Concord, MA 978-369-9530	32 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
2.	Benner's Camera Shop 995 Main St Brockton, MA 508-583-1058	10 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
3.	Best Buy All locations combined	182 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
4.	Best Buy 1 Worcester Rd Framingham, MA 508-872-2223	31 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
5.	Best Buy 290 S Broadway #E Salem, NH 603-890-9002	17 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
6.	Best Buy 100 Cambridgeside Pl Cambridge, MA 617-577-8866	11 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
7.	Best Buy 550 Arsenal St #2 Watertown, MA 617-926-0009	15 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
8.	Best Buy 700 Providence Hwy Dedham, MA 781-461-6768	13 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
9.	Best Buy 101 Independence Mall Wy #C127 Kingston, MA 781-582-1486		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
10.	Best Buy 550 Grossman Dr Braintree, MA 781-848-1100	27 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
11.	Best Buy 230 Independence Way Danvers, MA 978-774-9494	38 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
12.	BJ's Wholesale Club All locations combined	11 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
13.	Bromfield Camera 10 Bromfield St Boston, MA 617-426-5230	35 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
14.	Calumet Photographic 65 Bent St Cambridge, MA 617-576-2600	28 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
15.	Camera Co 858 Providence Hwy Norwood, MA 781-769-0210	91 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
16.	Cameraland 211 Main St Nashua, NH 603-883-7911		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
17.	Cameras Inc 860 Massachusetts Ave Arlington, MA 781-648-8111	77 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
18.	Converse Photo Supply 12 N 6th St New Bedford, MA 508-992-3910	15 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
19.	Creative Camera & Frame 271 Great Rd Acton, MA 978-263-4847	19 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
20.	Hunt's Photo & Video 99 Mt Auburn St Cambridge, MA 617-576-0969	24 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
21.	Hunt's Photo & Video 520 Commonwealth Ave Boston, MA 617-778-2222		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
22.	Hunt's Photo & Video 100 Main St Melrose, MA 781-662-8822	320 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
23.	New England Photo 432 Massachusetts Ave Arlington, MA 781-643-1463	15 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
24.	Newtonville Camera & Video 249 Walnut St Newtonville, MA 617-965-1240	253 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
25.	Noble's Camera Shops 29 Main St Hingham, MA 781-749-0588	29 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
26.	Photo-Video Store 305 Boston Post Rd Wayland, MA 508-358-2115	14 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
27.	Ritz Camera All locations combined	363 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
28.	Ritz Camera 1245 Worcester Rd #2202 Natick, MA 508-655-8228	41 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
29.	Ritz Camera 310 Daniel Webster Hwy #E-165 Nashua, NH 603-891-0033	22 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
30.	Ritz Camera 324 S Broadway Salem, NH 603-893-9671	15 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
31.	Ritz Camera 659 Boylston St Boston, MA 617-266-8931	15 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
32.	Ritz Camera 100 Cambridgeside Pl #204 Cambridge, MA 617-577-9252	21 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
33.	Ritz Camera 250 Granite St #222 Braintree, MA 781-843-4619	23 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
34.	Ritz Camera 103 Commerce Way #A Woburn, MA 781-938-0236		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
35.	Ritz Camera 210 Andover St Peabody, MA 978-531-7171	34 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
36.	Scorby's Camera Shop 1029 Great Plain Ave Needham, MA 781-444-8440	41 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
37.	Zeff Photo Supply 11 Brighton St Belmont, MA 617-489-3311	119 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 33 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.

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Sample Subscriber Comments & Reviews for Camera Stores in the Boston Area

CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).

As You Can See Below, Some Camera Stores Get High Praise from Their Customers.
Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments
CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Camera Stores.

Subscriber from NEEDHAM, MA wrote about a local photo equipment store: Hunts is the top camera store in the Boston area!.......
Subscriber from NEWTON, MA wrote about a local photo equipment store: Very knowledgeable, very helpful........
Subscriber from SALEM, NH wrote about a local photo equipment store: Guy is very knowable and helpfull ,proffessional photographer and teaches camera classes in store........

Subscriber from WEST ROXBURY, MA wrote about a local photo equipment store: Over 20 Years of super quality and service.......

Subscriber from CHESTNUT HILL, MA wrote about a local photo equipment store: I love this place because I can come in and ask questions and always get..........
Subscriber from CHESTNUT HILL, MA wrote about a local photo equipment store: Good advice that I see as justifying the higher prices........

Subscriber from WINCHESTER, MA wrote about a local photo equipment store: Excellent store -- selection, service and attitude are all tops. Prices are regular retail prices,..........

Subscriber from BELMONT, MA wrote about a local photo equipment store: Even in the age of digital, I still take some pictures - I love the..........
Subscriber from NEWTON, MA wrote about a local photo equipment store: I have used them for many years. The attitude of the salespeople varies, but overall..........

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