Where are the best used-camera shops in Berlin?
April 2, 2010 2:50 PM   Subscribe

Where are the good used-camera stores in Berlin, Germany?

Some friends of mine are in Berlin with their kids at the moment. They like photography, including film photography. But the faithful Nikon FM-2 one of them had been using has recently breathed its last. Where, then, are the best places in Berlin to browse for a good, not-too-expensive used film camera--and, for that matter, other photographic equipment?

This is information I'm planning to use myself, too, just as soon as I can swing myself a trip to Berlin...
posted by lapsangsouchong to Shopping (4 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
Best answer: One of the best places is www.asa90.com in Kreuzberg neighborhood, also what concerns the prices. Quite a good choice in used stuff have www.fotomeyer.de in Wilmersdorf and www.wuestefeld.com with two shops in Charlottenburg. Another shop we saw is in Prenzlauer Berg: www.fotoli.de, but it was always closed. In Kreuzberg on Oranienburger Strasse, near crossing with Adalbertstrasse, is a turkish photographer who sells some used equipment. Another good place to look can be the fleemarket at Mauerpark in Prenzlauer Berg www.mauerparkmarkt.de. Good luck!
posted by megob at 10:44 AM on April 3, 2010


Response by poster: Thanks! Very useful.
posted by lapsangsouchong at 7:26 PM on April 5, 2010


Response by poster: Further information (in case anyone happens to search this thread in the future) from my friends, who found the answer above extremely useful. They wanted to add that:
anyone who's making the trip to Asa90 should also have a look at Photo Braune, a few blocks away at the junction between Hermannplatz and Karl-Marx Strasse. There's a huge range of analogue second-hand stuff there, including some older rangefinders, and the proprietor is very friendly and knowledgeable, also repairs cameras and incidentally speaks excellent English. Here are the details:

Karl-Marx-Str. 7
12043 Berlin
Tel.: 030/ 623 70 55
www.fotobraune.de


Thanks!
posted by lapsangsouchong at 4:51 PM on April 6, 2010


fine! good to know that. will check it out on occasion. thx!
posted by megob at 1:58 AM on April 7, 2010


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