Comments on: Busted in B&H

By: Henry Posner

Henry Posner — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:09:45 +0000

Thanks for your visit and this feedback. We instituted the no-photos rule for security purposes, but this thread has made me consider it anew and I have asked our store manager to reconsider it also. Thanks again.

Henry Posner
B&H PHoto-Video

By: Chris Klug

Chris Klug — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:00:52 +0000

When I worked in NYC, my office was on 33rd just West of the Empire State Building. B&H wasn’t there yet, however. But at 32nd and 6th was Olden Camera, which was, in its time, better than B&H. One of the founders of Olden camera, Kurt Olden, had left the business and sold used cameras from an office down the hall from us. Great guy. Asked me every day whether I wanted this or that old camera he’d just gotten in. I wished I had said ‘yes’ more often. That’s a great part of NYC.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:37:17 +0000

@Mark: That seemed to me to be the ultimate in irony. I would think that picture taking would be encouraged! Go figure!

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:59:45 +0000

Something very strange about no photography allowed in the worlds largest photography store.

By: Markus

Markus — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:51:31 +0000

That Empire State Building image is great – those sober regular patterns in their multitude are in my eyes a symbol for economic power and determination to step forward.

By: Don

Don — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:26:08 +0000

A photo store but you can’t take pictures very interesting Agent 99.

By: QPB (Mary Ann)

QPB (Mary Ann) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:19:52 +0000

Thanks for the illicit picture that gives those of us who order from (but have never been to) B & H a visual survey–very cool.

Oh, and the empire state building very cool too (lol )

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:08:20 +0000

@Teresa: I bought a couple of rolls of film and a sheet to hold negatives. It was an interesting buying experience.
@Micki: Unfortunately, I didn’t get a picture of that, but the film section is not very impressive, though they do have film of every type. It’s off in a corner to the left of where this guy’s picture was taken. I would imagine, though, that you’d be able to find whatever type of currently made film that you’d want.

By: micki

micki — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:42:05 +0000

OK, I am so jealous!! B&H…that’s like a dream trip for me.

Of course, I wonder how big their film section is??

By: Teresa

Teresa — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:11:54 +0000

Ha ha. I went there for the first time in September. You should have bought something. Just buying something is quite an experience. Every line I went to I kept thinking “Okay when do I get my product?” Even after you pay you still have to go to another line to pick it up. Even so I really liked that system. And of course I loved the store.