I lived in Syracuse for a couple of years in 1991 and 1992, and I've been only about an hour away from that city ever since, so I still occasionally stop by photo shops there.
Hendrick's Photo in Armory Square is the most fun, although they don't usually have too much Pentax. It's one of those wonderfully crowded used camera shops, with display cases stuffed with equipment and back shelves that tease with mysterious contents. It's where I bought a couple of old Retinas, a Contaflex Super system, an adorable Zeiss Ikonta 35 (the tag said, "needs a good home"), an Exakta, flashbulbs and lots of other goodies. Prices were always reasonable, and often were quite cheap, at least in the pre-eBay days. They usually have a few off-brand screwmount or K mount lenses and occasionally have an actual Pentax camera. They have some accessories, like a bunch of the Spotmatic refconverters, and they're always likely to have lightmeters, a few folding Voigtlanders, Mirandas, Bosleys, Arguses, random N**** and C**** stuff, etc. They had a few Leicas over the years and a Contax or two. The owner's name is Petey (a woman) and her mom sometimes fills in on Saturdays (not open until 10 a.m. on Saturday, I think, and closed Sunday). The last time I was there, they had an Asahi Pentax Copypod in its case. There's Ra-Lins, which is one of those old-style appliance, jewelry and photo/electronics stores, and they often have a small amount of used Pentax stuff (though it pales in comparison to the N**** and C**** inventory). They're a great source for batteries and used flashes, too. There's MQ Camera Center, although I didn't stop there often, so perhaps they didn't have much used stuff. I haven't been there in 10 years, though, so it may be worth checking them out. There's also North Plaza Camera, a bit north of Syracuse off Interstate 81, which always had a good amount of used stuff, but not much Pentax -- more older folder cameras, some Leicas, etc. I got a used polarizer there once, but I think their prices were always a bit high. Joe >Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 21:44:36 -0400 >From: "tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "pdml" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: photo shops in Syracuse NY >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >I have a job in Syracuse this weekend...do any of you know of any >decent photo shops there? > >Thanks. > tv -- Joe Wilensky Staff Writer Media & Technology Services 1150 Comstock Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-2601 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 607-255-1575 fax: 607-255-9873 Please visit our Web site at http://www.mediasrv.cornell.edu
