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Who Rates Best (& Worst) in the San Francisco Bay Area? Now You'll Know.
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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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Checkbook's top rating ( ) |
What percent of customers rated firm "superior" on our survey for "overall quality" |
Firm's price index score |
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Wolf Camera & Video
214 Strawberry Village Shopping Ctr Mill Valley, CA
415-383-6477
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28 ratings |
How does "Wolf Camera & Video" rate compared to other camera stores in Mill Valley , CA?
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Best Buy
180 Donahue St Marin, CA
415-332-6529
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12 ratings |
How does "Best Buy" rate compared to other camera stores in Mill Valley , CA?
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Discount Cameras
33 Kearny St San Francisco, CA
415-392-1100
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11 ratings |
How does "Discount Cameras" rate compared to other camera stores in Mill Valley , CA?
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Adolph Gasser & Red Shoes
181 2nd St San Francisco, CA
415-495-3852
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41 ratings |
How does "Adolph Gasser & Red Shoes" rate compared to other camera stores in Mill Valley , CA?
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Action Camera
1605 Taraval Ave San Francisco, CA
415-564-0699
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20 ratings |
How does "Action Camera" rate compared to other camera stores in Mill Valley , CA?
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Best Buy
1490 Fitzgerald Dr Pinole, CA
510-758-0112
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16 ratings |
How does "Best Buy" rate compared to other camera stores in Mill Valley , CA?
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Best Buy
31350 Courthouse Dr Union City, CA
510-441-2130
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10 ratings |
How does "Best Buy" rate compared to other camera stores in Mill Valley , CA?
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Best Buy
4820 Dublin Blvd Dublin, CA
925-829-7041
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13 ratings |
How does "Best Buy" rate compared to other camera stores in Mill Valley , CA?
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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).
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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.
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Subscriber from BELMONT, CA wrote
Another Store: You're on your own. Self-service would be better........
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Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote
Another Store: Regular photo developing not stellar, but this the best store for purchasing camera equipment. No..........
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Subscriber from MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA wrote
Another Store: Continues to be the premier camera shop on the Penninsula that offers excellent service and..........
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Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote
Another Store: Digital store is somewhat better than main store. Salesmen aren't as high pressure and you..........
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Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote
Another Store: In the last year, I've been very pleased with the support I've gotten at SJ..........
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Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote
Another Store: Service can sometimes be slow since a line forms at the registers. Prices are sometimes..........
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Subscriber from MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA wrote
Another Store: Excellent!.......
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Subscriber from MENLO PARK, CA wrote
Another Store: One of the last real camera stores around. Great selection of camera gear for digital,..........
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Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote
Another Store: helped me select my first digital camera.......
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Subscriber from CAMPBELL, CA wrote
Another Store: This is a high end store and you need to know what you are asking..........
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Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote
Another Store: Got gift camera purchased from them. Just attended a single class one nite. Haven't really..........
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Subscriber from EL CERRITO, CA wrote
Another Store: A great user friendly camera shop where the staff helps you wade thru the vast..........
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Subscriber from SUNNYVALE, CA wrote
Another Store: We had the feeling we were imposing on the clerk by trying to purchase a..........
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Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote
Another Store: Let me take a digital camera outdoors so that I could see how the viewfinder..........
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Subscriber from SANTA CLARA, CA wrote
Another Store: 1 staff person had obvious disinterest and only did minimum to show me cameras 2..........
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Subscriber from SUNNYVALE, CA wrote
Another Store: Great darkroom department!.......
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Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote
Another Store: Better all round. Crowded and dusty and you really have to know where stuff is,..........
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Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote
Another Store: I purchased a digital camera over the Internet. It functioned for 11 1/2 months and..........
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Subscriber from ALBANY, CA wrote
Another Store: Sales person listened to my list of needs/requirements, including price range. He presented me with..........
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Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote
Another Store: Adequate. Busy, not specialists, not always knowe=legeable........
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Subscriber from CAMPBELL, CA wrote
Another Store: I am astonished that this store remains in business with the way they treat and..........
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote
Another Store: Staff were very nice, but the advertised camera was not in stock and took 2..........
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Subscriber from WALNUT CREEK, CA wrote
Another Store: Excellent choice options and knowledgeable sales persons. Expensive........
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Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote
Another Store: I expect to pay full price, not a discounted price, but get good help selecting..........
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Subscriber from CONCORD, CA wrote
Another Store: Very knowlegeable salesman.......
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Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote
Another Store: Friendly and knowledgeable; often don't have what you want; staff has to open boxes to..........
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Subscriber from MARTINEZ, CA wrote
Another Store: indiferent towards a non big-spender.......
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Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote
Another Store: very narrow selection, and hit or miss as to whether there is someone available to..........
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Subscriber from CUPERTINO, CA wrote
Another Store: The only full service camera store left on the peninsula. I usually go during the..........
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Subscriber from FREMONT, CA wrote
Another Store: It is best to have a general idea what you want and how much you..........
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Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote
Another Store: A very good place, but struggling against the Internet merchants. Where I need service or..........
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote
Another Store: Very friendly and helpful to a non-expert.......
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Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote
Another Store: lost my camera arriving in Spain, made do with disposables. Sarbers 1) got the rolls..........
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Subscriber from CONCORD, CA wrote
Another Store: The man who helped me was very knowledgeable and explained everything I asked about. He..........
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Subscriber from FREMONT, CA wrote
Another Store: "The" place to go for pros in the area. Everyone else pays top dollar, but..........
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Subscriber from SUNNYVALE, CA wrote
Another Store: I have bought a slide copier (35 mm to digital) and two cameras there this..........
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Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote
Another Store: There is no better place for advice and wide choice of product. Only the internet..........
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Subscriber from FREMONT, CA wrote
Another Store: This is a professional photo store, staffed by professionals. You will not get a 'big..........
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote
Another Store: I went looking for a specific camera. They had it. Price was ok. And they..........
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Subscriber from FREMONT, CA wrote
Another Store: The only place locally where you can handle a camera and then buy it at..........
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Subscriber from SAN BRUNO, CA wrote
Another Store: I left some sixty year old negatives to be processed at the Serramonte store, which..........
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Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote
Another Store: I was looking for a lens cover for my video camera and they helped locate..........
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Subscriber from SAN RAFAEL, CA wrote
Another Store: Wolf is quite slow in delivering special orders or additional photographic accessories. They could also..........
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Subscriber from ALAMEDA, CA wrote
Another Store: The staff blantantly doesn't know what they are doing and are willing to sell equipment..........
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Subscriber from MENLO PARK, CA wrote
Another Store: K&S is a full-service store with highly knowledgeable staff and sales people. The best ever..........
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Subscriber from KENSINGTON, CA wrote
Another Store: Won a camera and they helped me learn how to use it and to buy..........
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Subscriber from CAMPBELL, CA wrote
Another Store: I have been going to K&S on California for over 2 decades. I drive up..........
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Subscriber from PIEDMONT, CA wrote
Another Store: Knowledgable staff and patient, personal service. Not a discount shop, but well worth the price........
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Subscriber from MILL VALLEY, CA wrote
Another Store: I had a camera repaired there, I didn't buy one........
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Subscriber from WALNUT CREEK, CA wrote
Another Store: Reed's is an outstanding photography store for the serious photographer. They have a very knowledgable..........
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