London Camera Exchange

General information

To this day the Guildford branch still occupies the same premises as the original Tunsgate Studios but the business has grown to include a total of 29 shops, including the Panasonic Store in Lincoln, spread throughout England, from Plymouth in the South West to Manchester in the North West. The London Camera Exchange Group remains one of the largest family owned chains of specialist photographic shops in England today.

Each store within the Group has retained an element of individuality and carries a range of stock chosen by its local manager and staff rather than by a remote and faceless buyer. As well as catering for most of the needs of a keen photographer, a number of the shops devote a lot of space to other types of optical equipment such as binoculars and telescopes. All of the shops continue to offer part exchange facilities, enabling those with a growing interest to trade up to the latest offerings and the range of used equipment on offer caters for those who prefer the models of yesteryear.

In addition to the basic photographic requirements such as cameras, lenses, memory cards and film many of the 28 branches offer a quality processing service as well as a range of albums and frames for displaying or storing the finished work. Two of the branches; Chester and Chesterfield are equipped with state of the art on site processing minilabs, each capable of producing the finest quality output from various types of original. Traditional film users as well as those who have switched to the latest digital technology can all take advantage of excellent prints with the minimum wait.

With digital technology improving at breakneck pace, the photographer's desire for the latest digital equipment has not been overlooked by London Camera Exchange and each of the shops stocks a wide range of exciting new products. Staff are encouraged to take an interest in new technology as it arrives so that they can give practical and useful advice to customers contemplating a change.

Whatever interest you might have in cameras, binoculars, telescopes or their associated accessories a visit to London Camera Exchange with its helpful and knowledgeable staff combined with competitive prices could be a most rewarding experience.