Stores

Places to purchase photography and related equipment.

Camera Stores

Adorama
Retail store located in New York City. Sells audio/visual equipment and electronics.  Buys and sells used audio and visual equipment.   Refurbished, clearance, specials and open box items all listed under "Deals" at top of site. (This makes them very easy to find.)  Print and rental services also offered.

B&H Photo, Video and Audio
NY based store.  Sells online as well as in it's NY Superstore.  Has a used equipment department for those looking to save money or looking for older equipment.  (Older lenses can produce interesting images when coupled with modern DSLR cameras.)

Bedford Camera and Video
5 Locations in Arkansas, plus a store in Oklahoma City.   Online photo lab service.  Offers additional in store services, including repairs and rentals. 

The Camera Store
Based in Calgary, Alberta Canada.  Sells camera, video and other optical equipment.  Sells related items including film and film development supplies.  Has a rental service.

Cameta Camera
Retail store located in Amityville, NY.  Sells cameras. camcorders and related equipment.  Sells refurbished and used equipment for those wanting to save money.  Also offers photo lab services online.


Hunt's Photo and Video
Has 8 retail stores in four Northeastern States    Sells cameras, camcorders and related computer equipment (monitors, hard drives, graphic tablets, etc).  Offers photo labs services.  Buys and sells used equipment.  Good for those wanting to trade-up or looking to save money.

Hunt's has an eBay store where you can find clearance items.


Mike's Camera
Has stores located in Colorado and California.  Offers online photo services as well as selling equipment online.  Also offers repair and rental services.  Online store has a Hard to Find Gear page that lists items not linked to the store's shopping cart.

National Camera Exchange
Retail locations located in Minnesota.   Sells new and used camera/video equipment.  Online photo lab.  Will buy used equipment.  Has recently opened rental department.

Roberts Camera
Two stores in Indiana.  Sells camera and other audio/visual equipment online.  Sells refurbished and used equipment for those wanting to save money.  Also rents equipment.  Offers online photo lab service.

Rockbrook Camera
Camera/Video store with three locations in Nebraska.  Rents equipment and offers photo lab services.

Samy's Camera
Multiple retail locations in California.  Sells electronics in addition to camera and video equipment.  Buys and sells used equipment.  Offers photo lab services.  Does offer refurbished, clearance and open box goods (Link currently is at bottom of page: "Close Outs".  Always scroll down.)  Check the eBay store for other items.

Unique Photo
Physical store located in New Jersey.  Sells camera, video and audio equipment online as well.  Sells related computer and mobile equipment.  Offers rental, repair and photo lab services.  Has a trade-in service for those wanting to trade up.  (And sells used equipment for those wanting to save money.)

The above stores all have active facebook pages.  These are good for keeping track of sales offered by the store and provide an easy way to reach the company if something goes wrong with an order.

UK Based Stores
For those of you on the other side of the Atlantic:
Clifton Cameras
Calumet
The Flash Center
Park Cameras


Smartphone Accessories


Primarily focused on mobile photography.  Does offer instant film and cameras as well as some DSLR accessories.   Has a wholesale program for those looking for products to resell.


Other Stores
(Either General Merchandise stores, or stores that focus on subject other than photography but have items useful to photographers or artists.)

Think Geek
"Geek" items, including Electronics and Gadgets photographers might find useful.  Currently offerings include iPhone cameras.  The light products could be useful for creating interesting light effects when taking pictures.

CowBoom
Affiliated with Best Buy and site for some very good deals.  Sells refurbished, used and clearance items.  Merchandise includes computers, cameras and other electronic goods.  Offers a a daily deal with a steeply discounted item.  (The day I wrote this it was a 500GB USB external hard drive for $44.99 total.)   Also has auction listing on site.