What is happening with the camera shop of our generation? DVD rental shops are pretty much dead because of online rentals and move rental vending machines. Right behind them is the extinction of photographic stores. I recollect when I recieved my first camera and would sprint to the photo store to develop film, but now there aren't any photography studios and stores remaining.
Photos are now just about all digital photography, coming from digital SLR and digital cameras and put directly onto digital frames. If you'd like to print a photo you've got to go to a chemist or have them sent from a web source. I recently sold my SLR digital camera and purchased a digital SLR camera from an online digital camera sale. I was left with only a film camera just as I was starting on a cross-country road trip that was supposed to last about a month.
It was such a shock to discover how much camera accessories had simply vanished. I could hardly find film to put into the camera not to mention a store that would actually develop it. With all of the progress in SLR digital cameras and other accessories like digital camera batteries and camera bags I might have thought camera shops would still be around but the only stores that still sell DSLR cameras are now giant electronic stores or internet sites.
Not like the death of video stores, I think there is still a need for camera stores and informed sales staff that may help me compare digital cameras. I desperately hope there'll be an emergence of camera stores as purchasers realize they require more information about cameras than a lowly sales clerk at a giant electronic store can offer.
There is still a chance! I recently stumbled upon a camera store that managed to survive amongst the major electronic chain stores because of the owner's ability to explore his experience as a wedding photography. By selling the wedding photos thru the storefront he was able to offer rebates on frames, albums and physical prints for wedding packages. By using the product he had in his store and the reputation he had as a wedding ceremony cameraman he was able to boost both companies and make a healthy living. Maybe there is still hope for the camera shop.
Photos are now just about all digital photography, coming from digital SLR and digital cameras and put directly onto digital frames. If you'd like to print a photo you've got to go to a chemist or have them sent from a web source. I recently sold my SLR digital camera and purchased a digital SLR camera from an online digital camera sale. I was left with only a film camera just as I was starting on a cross-country road trip that was supposed to last about a month.
It was such a shock to discover how much camera accessories had simply vanished. I could hardly find film to put into the camera not to mention a store that would actually develop it. With all of the progress in SLR digital cameras and other accessories like digital camera batteries and camera bags I might have thought camera shops would still be around but the only stores that still sell DSLR cameras are now giant electronic stores or internet sites.
Not like the death of video stores, I think there is still a need for camera stores and informed sales staff that may help me compare digital cameras. I desperately hope there'll be an emergence of camera stores as purchasers realize they require more information about cameras than a lowly sales clerk at a giant electronic store can offer.
There is still a chance! I recently stumbled upon a camera store that managed to survive amongst the major electronic chain stores because of the owner's ability to explore his experience as a wedding photography. By selling the wedding photos thru the storefront he was able to offer rebates on frames, albums and physical prints for wedding packages. By using the product he had in his store and the reputation he had as a wedding ceremony cameraman he was able to boost both companies and make a healthy living. Maybe there is still hope for the camera shop.
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