Re: Exploring Boston: Bromfield Camera

2009-07-06 Thread P. J. Alling
Mark Roberts wrote: I'm in Boston for a week, getting things sorted for the move here at the end of the month. Today I went out having a look at camera shops... and there only seems to be one real camera shop left in Boston. It's called Bromfield Camera and it's very small but very friendly. Seem

Re: Exploring Boston: Bromfield Camera

2009-07-03 Thread Matthew Miller
On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 06:06:17PM -0400, John Graves wrote: > Welcome to Boston. There is another camera dealer in Melrose, a suburb of > Boston. They used to be Hunt Drug, but now are Hunt Photo & Video. They > sell most of the major brands but not much of Pentax, unfortunately. They > have

Re: Exploring Boston: Bromfield Camera

2009-07-02 Thread David J Brooks
Erin and James went to Boston/Salem for Halloween last year and enjoyed the area a lot. I'm sure you will as well.:-) That will be a bit of a detour for GFM in future years.:-) Dave On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:06:17 -0400, you wrote: > >>Welcome t

Re: Exploring Boston: Bromfield Camera

2009-07-02 Thread Miserere
Mark, Sadly, I know of no "proper" camera stores in Boston. There used to be plenty of Ritz Camera, including one on Beacon St in Brookline, but they all closed. Not that they were any help to people like me, shooting a camera brand that is going to go bust any day now. Ironic they went bust befor

Re: Exploring Boston: Bromfield Camera

2009-07-01 Thread John Mullan
riginal Message - From: "Mark Roberts" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 7:58 PM Subject: Re: Exploring Boston: Bromfield Camera On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:06:17 -0400, you wrote: Welcome to Boston. There is another camera dealer in Melrose

Re: Exploring Boston: Bromfield Camera

2009-07-01 Thread Mark Roberts
On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:06:17 -0400, you wrote: >Welcome to Boston. There is another camera dealer in Melrose, a suburb >of Boston. I'll have a look. We'll be living in an apartment in Brookline until we buy a house (and we're likely to be looking for a house in the same area). It's nice being

Re: Exploring Boston: Bromfield Camera

2009-07-01 Thread John Graves
Mark, Welcome to Boston. There is another camera dealer in Melrose, a suburb of Boston. They used to be Hunt Drug, but now are Hunt Photo & Video. They sell most of the major brands but not much of Pentax, unfortunately. They have several branch stores including Boston at 520 Commonwealth

Exploring Boston: Bromfield Camera

2009-07-01 Thread Mark Roberts
I'm in Boston for a week, getting things sorted for the move here at the end of the month. Today I went out having a look at camera shops... and there only seems to be one real camera shop left in Boston. It's called Bromfield Camera and it's very small but very friendly. Seems to be a real enthusi