Across my travels and the travels of my friends and fellow photographers, we naturally come across many camera stores all around the world letting us compare prices and offers. We decided to create a nice and quick overview sorted by cities of these stores with some tips on what to buy where.

If you’re ever in these area, this might help you find hidden gems or great deals. If you know other places, drop me a message and let me know through the contact form or leave me a comment down below. I will add them to this list.

A special thanks goes out to Mehrdad from Qimago, Dennis Feiner from Denis Feiner Photography and Mario Aurich from Hochzeitsfotografie Aurich for helping me put together this post.

Humberto & Umberto
SAUTER

Address:
Sonnenstraße 26, 80331 München

Web:
www.foto-video-sauter.de

What to buy:
Cameras, used cameras and lenses, videoequipment, lenses, accessories, tripods, bags

CALUMET

Address:
Schwanthalerstraße 35, 80336 München

Web:
www.calumetphoto.de

What to buy:
Cameras, equipment, lights, studio gear

DINKEL

Address:
Landwehrstraße 6, 80336 München

Web:
www.dinkel-foto.de

What to buy:
Lenses, video sliders, video gear, drones, camera equipment, cameras

B&H

Address:
420 9th Ave, New York, NY 10001

Web:
www.bhphotovideo.com

What to buy:
This is photographer’s heaven: One of the largest stores I know and without a doubt one, where you might not miss much. Check out their event space as well.

ADORAMA

Address:
42 W 18th St, New York, NY 10011

Web:
www.adorama.com

What to buy:
A big competitor to B&H but not as affordable as far as I know. They offer a great selection of everything you might need (or want) plus, they create really great instructional content on their Youtube channel.

FOTOMAX

Address:
82 Hennessy Rd, Wan Chai

Web:
www.fotomax.com

What to buy:
To be completed

AM2

Address:
香港 灣仔 軒尼詩道130號 灣仔電腦城2字樓256室, Wan Chai

Web:
www.cam2.com.hk

What to buy:
To be completed

DOT-WELL

Address:
G/F 44 Carnarvon Road
Tsim Sha Tsui’Kowloon

Web:
www.dotwellphoto.com.hk

What to buy:
Analog Film,
used analog
cameras and lenses

NAMDAEMUN AREA

Address:
86-1 Namdaemunno 3(sam)-ga
Jung-gu, Seoul, Südkorea

Seoul makes it a little bit more difficult to pinpoint a certain store or location as there are two general areas, where to go for cameras and gear. One is on the street next to Namdaemun market. There’s literally one store next to the other – and 95% of them are related to cameras and gear. What I always do, is hop from one store to the other and compare prices or look for used lenses or tripods for example.

What to buy:
Used lenses, memory cards, batteries, camera bags, tripods, ballheads, filters, filter mounts, remote controls, intervalometers

BIC CAMERA

Address:
3 Chome-28-13 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tōkyō-to 160-0022, Japan

Web:
www.biccamera.co.jp

What to buy:
BIC sells everything around photography and videography – the cameras and lenses are a little higher priced though. It’s a good place however for accessories, reflectors, batteries and small equipment

MAPCAMERA

Address:
1-12-5,Nishi-Shinjyuku, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo Japan

Web:
www.mapcamera.com

What to buy:
Lenses and Bodies new and used in very good condition, even modern Equipment at very good prices. Especially friends of rangefinder cameras will feel like in paradies – a must visit in Tokyo!