Thinking of making the switch from film to digital? As with any major purchase, you'll want to make sure you get good advice so that you end up with the right camera for your needs, at a good price. Armed with our ratings of area stores and our price comparisons, the purchase should go smoothly.

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Sample Subscriber Comments/Reviews About Camera Stores

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 WHEATON, IL wrote Another Store: I'm not a tecnical person and need help in developing digital photos. While always willing..........
• Subscriber from WOODRIDGE, IL wrote Another Store: Good selection and knowledgeable staff........
• Subscriber from CHICAGO, IL wrote Another Store: Great - only issue is sometimes it's hard to get someone to answer a question...........
• Subscriber from AURORA, IL wrote Another Store: The employee in the camera department is very very knowledgeable and helpful. She spent a..........
• Subscriber from NAPERVILLE, IL wrote Another Store: I've bought several cameras and accessories from Best Buy. The staff is always helpful and..........
• Subscriber from DOWNERS GROVE, IL wrote Another Store: I was sold an empty box and I realize that I hadn't checked it, but..........
• Subscriber from AURORA, IL wrote Another Store: I drove 40 miles because of this company's reputation only to find no help with..........
• Subscriber from ELMHURST, IL wrote Another Store: Photo quality exceeds any other developer where I've had photos developed.......
• Subscriber from NORTHBROOK, IL wrote Another Store: Excellent price, good back up, nice people........
• Subscriber from FOX RIVER GROVE, GA wrote Another Store: I have dealt with 3 members of their staff and management ... each experience has..........
• Subscriber from CHICAGO, IL wrote Another Store: I just wish they were closed to my home........
• Subscriber from CHICAGO, IL wrote Another Store: A little pricey, but you should have to pay for the good advise.......
• Subscriber from AURORA, IL wrote Another Store: No longer a "home base" for amateur photographers. Expensive!.......
• Subscriber from WHEATON, IL wrote Another Store: THE GEEK SQUAD WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL ON MY CAMERA REPAIR. MOST TIMES, IT IS HARD..........
• Subscriber from HUNTLEY, IL wrote Another Store: Manager of this store is a super asset........
• Subscriber from CHICAGO, IL wrote Another Store: They are succeeding in keeping this business a skilled trade rather than a commodity service,..........