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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Who Rates Best (& Worst) in the San Francisco Bay Area? Now You'll Know.

Camera Stores

	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. From Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine
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	Name	Number of ratings	Checkbook's top rating ()		What percent of customers rated firm "superior" on our survey for "overall quality"	Firm's price index score
	Name	Number of ratings	for quality	for price		Firm's price index score
1.	Action Camera 360 W Portal Ave #F San Francisco, CA 415-564-0699	20 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
2.	Adolph Gasser & Red Shoes 181 2nd St San Francisco, CA 415-495-3852	39 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
3.	Best Buy All locations combined	130 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
4.	Best Buy 760 E El Camino Real Sunnyvale, CA 408-738-8680		Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
5.	Best Buy 5065 Almaden Expy San Jose, CA 408-979-1591		Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
6.	Best Buy 180 Donahue St Marin, CA 415-332-6529	12 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
7.	Best Buy 2675 Geary Blvd #300 San Francisco, CA 415-409-4960		Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
8.	Best Buy 1717 Harrison St San Francisco, CA 415-626-9682	10 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
9.	Best Buy 3700 Mandela Pkwy Emeryville, CA 510-420-0323		Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
10.	Best Buy 31350 Courthouse Dr Union City, CA 510-441-2130		Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
11.	Best Buy 1490 Fitzgerald Dr Pinole, CA 510-758-0112	15 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
12.	Best Buy 1127 Industrial Rd San Carlos, CA 650-622-0050	19 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
13.	Best Buy 200 Colma Blvd Daly City, CA 650-756-8711		Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
14.	Best Buy 1950 Santa Rosa Ave Santa Rosa, CA 707-545-1078		Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
15.	Best Buy 1182 Admiral Callaghan Ln Vallejo, CA 707-648-3788		Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
16.	Best Buy 4820 Dublin Blvd Dublin, CA 925-829-7041	12 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
17.	Best Buy 3260 Buskirk Ave Pleasant Hill, CA 925-988-0256	18 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
18.	Calumet Photographic 2001 Bryant St San Francisco, CA 415-643-9275	26 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
19.	Costco Wholesale 1601 Coleman Ave Santa Clara, CA 408-961-3900		Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
20.	Costco Wholesale 450 10th St San Francisco, CA 415-626-4288	17 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
21.	Costco Wholesale 220 Sylvania Ave Santa Cruz, CA 831-469-0961		Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
22.	Costco Wholesale 2400 Monument Blvd Concord, CA 925-566-4000		Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
23.	Discount Cameras 33 Kearny St San Francisco, CA 415-392-1100		Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
24.	Fireside Camera 2117 Chestnut St San Francisco, CA 415-567-8131	48 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
25.	Fry's Electronics 600 E Hamilton Ave Campbell, CA 408-364-3700	15 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
26.	Fry's Electronics 1077 E Arques Ave Sunnyvale, CA 408-617-1300	17 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
27.	Fry's Electronics 43800 Osgood Rd Fremont, CA 510-252-5300		Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
28.	Fry's Electronics 340 Portage Ave Palo Alto, CA 650-496-6000		Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
29.	Fry's Electronics 1695 Willow Pass Rd Concord, CA 925-852-0300	12 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
30.	Kamera Korner 545 Meridian Ave San Jose, CA 408-292-7468	16 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
31.	Kaufmann's Cameras 154 W 25th Ave San Mateo, CA 650-574-3429	38 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
32.	Keeble & Shuchat Photography 261 California Ave Palo Alto, CA 650-327-8996	352 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
33.	Looking Glass Photographic 2848 Telegraph Ave Berkeley, CA 510-548-6888	94 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
34.	Ritz Camera All locations combined	175 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
35.	Ritz Camera 445 Blossom Hill Rd #C San Jose, CA 408-578-7505		Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
36.	Ritz Camera 1 Hallidie Plz San Francisco, CA 415-835-3714	10 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
37.	Ritz Camera 43425 Christy St Fremont, CA 510-440-8361		Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
38.	Ritz Camera 1819 Solano Ave Berkeley, CA 510-524-2900		Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
39.	Ritz Camera 5122 Broadway Oakland, CA 510-653-2304	34 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
40.	Ritz Camera 715 Santa Cruz Ave Menlo Park, CA 650-323-7701	14 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
41.	Ritz Camera 352 Hillsdale San Mateo, CA 650-345-1678	14 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
42.	Ritz Camera 43-A Serramonte Ctr Daly City, CA 650-994-7007	11 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
43.	Ritz Camera 3631 Mt Diablo Blvd #C Lafayette, CA 925-283-1400	11 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
44.	San Jose Camera & Video 1600 S Winchester Blvd Campbell, CA 408-374-1880	154 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
45.	Sarber's Camera 1958 Mountain Blvd Oakland, CA 510-339-8545	61 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
46.	Sarber's Camera 1749 Solano Ave Berkeley, CA 510-526-0775	116 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
47.	Seawood Photo 115 Tunstead Ave San Anselmo, CA 415-453-4322	45 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
48.	Shutterbug 3011 Santa Rosa Ave #C Santa Rosa, CA 707-546-3456	16 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
49.	Walter Bennett Cameras 3268 Lakeshore Ave Oakland, CA 510-893-6960	14 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
50.	Wolf Camera & Video All locations combined	354 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
51.	Wolf Camera & Video 3581 El Camino Real Santa Clara, CA 408-249-0952	11 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
52.	Wolf Camera & Video 1572 Meridian Ave San Jose, CA 408-267-5050	23 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
53.	Wolf Camera & Video 730 Blossom Hill Rd Los Gatos, CA 408-358-5022	11 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
54.	Wolf Camera & Video 1375 S De Anza Blvd Cupertino, CA 408-725-8180	34 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
55.	Wolf Camera & Video 1410 El Paseo de Saratoga San Jose, CA 408-871-1944	17 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
56.	Wolf Camera & Video 245 Market St #400 San Francisco, CA 415-243-8811		Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
57.	Wolf Camera & Video 214 Strawberry Village Shopping Ctr Mill Valley, CA 415-383-6477	25 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
58.	Wolf Camera & Video 700 Van Ness Ave San Francisco, CA 415-447-7395	13 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
59.	Wolf Camera & Video 1425 Grant Ave Novato, CA 415-898-3456	26 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
60.	Wolf Camera & Video 16020 Hesperian Blvd San Lorenzo, CA 510-278-1121	21 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
61.	Wolf Camera & Video 222 University Ave Palo Alto, CA 650-325-9755		Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
62.	Wolf Camera & Video 38 E 4th Ave San Mateo, CA 650-685-1421	11 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
63.	Wolf Camera & Video 1898 W El Camino Real Mountain View, CA 650-968-5666	20 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
64.	Wolf Camera & Video 1950 Grant St #B Concord, CA 925-680-7365	24 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
65.	Wolf Camera & Video 2170 Contra Costa Blvd Pleasant Hill, CA 925-827-1571	27 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
66.	Wolf Camera & Video 7192 Regional St Dublin, CA 925-829-3670	28 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 47 local camera stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.

San Francisco Bay camera stores by neighborhood

CA
Camera Stores in Berkeley, CA	Camera Stores in Campbell, CA	Camera Stores in Concord, CA
Camera Stores in Cupertino, CA	Camera Stores in Daly City, CA	Camera Stores in Dublin, CA
Camera Stores in Emeryville, CA	Camera Stores in Fremont, CA	Camera Stores in Lafayette, CA
Camera Stores in Los Gatos, CA	Camera Stores in Marin, CA	Camera Stores in Menlo Park, CA
Camera Stores in Mill Valley, CA	Camera Stores in Mountain View, CA	Camera Stores in Novato, CA
Camera Stores in Oakland, CA	Camera Stores in Palo Alto, CA	Camera Stores in Pinole, CA
Camera Stores in Pleasant Hill, CA	Camera Stores in San Anselmo, CA	Camera Stores in San Carlos, CA
Camera Stores in San Francisco, CA	Camera Stores in San Jose, CA	Camera Stores in San Lorenzo, CA
Camera Stores in San Mateo, CA	Camera Stores in Santa Clara, CA	Camera Stores in Santa Cruz, CA
Camera Stores in Santa Rosa, CA	Camera Stores in Sunnyvale, CA	Camera Stores in Union City, CA
Camera Stores in Vallejo, CA

Subscriber Comments/Reviews

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).

Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote about SAN JOSE CAMERA & VIDEO, Campbell, CA on 10/25/09: In the last year, I've been very pleased with the support I've gotten at SJ..........

Subscriber from MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA wrote about KEEBLE & SHUCHAT PHOTOGRAPHY, Palo Alto, CA on 09/24/09: Continues to be the premier camera shop on the Penninsula that offers excellent service and..........

Subscriber from MENLO PARK, CA wrote about KEEBLE & SHUCHAT PHOTOGRAPHY, Palo Alto, CA on 09/15/09: One of the last real camera stores around. Great selection of camera gear for digital,..........

Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote about SAN JOSE CAMERA & VIDEO, Campbell, CA on 09/11/09: Prompt customer contact, fair evaluation of broken product and appropriate choice of a replacement camera..........

Subscriber from MENLO PARK, CA wrote about KEEBLE & SHUCHAT PHOTOGRAPHY, Palo Alto, CA on 09/09/09: K&S is a full-service store with highly knowledgeable staff and sales people. The best ever..........

Subscriber from SAN BRUNO, CA wrote about RITZ CAMERA, Daly City, CA on 09/09/09: I left some sixty year old negatives to be processed at the Serramonte store, which..........

Subscriber from CONCORD, CA wrote about RITZ CAMERA, Lafayette, CA on 08/12/09: The man who helped me was very knowledgeable and explained everything I asked about. He..........

Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote about SAN JOSE CAMERA & VIDEO, Campbell, CA on 08/04/09: Good selection; bad service........

Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote about ADOLPH GASSER & RED SHOES, San Francisco, CA on 08/03/09: Note that my review is for the RENTAL DESK only - the retail part of..........

Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote about KEEBLE & SHUCHAT PHOTOGRAPHY, Palo Alto, CA on 07/28/09: Let me take a digital camera outdoors so that I could see how the viewfinder..........

Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote about SARBER'S CAMERA, Oakland, CA on 07/23/09: lost my camera arriving in Spain, made do with disposables. Sarbers 1) got the rolls..........

Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote about LOOKING GLASS PHOTOGRAPHIC, Berkeley, CA on 07/23/09: helped me select my first digital camera.......

Subscriber from FREMONT, CA wrote about KEEBLE & SHUCHAT PHOTOGRAPHY, Palo Alto, CA on 07/14/09: This is a professional photo store, staffed by professionals. You will not get a 'big..........

Subscriber from ALAMEDA, CA wrote about LOOKING GLASS PHOTOGRAPHIC, Berkeley, CA on 01/19/09: The staff blantantly doesn't know what they are doing and are willing to sell equipment..........

Subscriber from WALNUT CREEK, CA wrote about WOLF CAMERA & VIDEO, Pleasant Hill, CA on 09/14/08: A great place for camera-related services!.......

Subscriber from SUNNYVALE, CA wrote about KEEBLE & SHUCHAT PHOTOGRAPHY, Palo Alto, CA on 09/13/08: Great darkroom department!.......

Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote about FRY'S ELECTRONICS, Campbell, CA on 08/24/08: Slow servuce and not very knowledgable on their products........

Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote about RITZ CAMERA, Oakland, CA on 08/17/08: It sometimes take a while to get waited on, and they don't always have everything..........

Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote about LOOKING GLASS PHOTOGRAPHIC, Berkeley, CA on 08/13/08: Service can sometimes be slow since a line forms at the registers. Prices are sometimes..........

Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote about SAN JOSE CAMERA & VIDEO, Campbell, CA on 08/13/08: I was looking for a lens cover for my video camera and they helped locate..........

Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote about SARBER'S CAMERA, Oakland, CA on 08/13/08: Got gift camera purchased from them. Just attended a single class one nite. Haven't really..........

Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote about KEEBLE & SHUCHAT PHOTOGRAPHY, Palo Alto, CA on 08/04/08: Digital store is somewhat better than main store. Salesmen aren't as high pressure and you..........

Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote about WOLF CAMERA & VIDEO, San Jose, CA on 07/23/08: Moved from Camden Ave to; 1572 Meridian Ave San Jose, CA, 95125 (408) 267-5050 and..........

Subscriber from SANTA CLARA, CA wrote about WOLF CAMERA & VIDEO, Santa Clara, CA on 07/16/08: 1 staff person had obvious disinterest and only did minimum to show me cameras 2..........

Subscriber from CAMPBELL, CA wrote about KEEBLE & SHUCHAT PHOTOGRAPHY, Palo Alto, CA on 06/10/08: I have been going to K&S on California for over 2 decades. I drive up..........

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