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Vistek used to be my go-to camera store in the city because they had a location in Willow Park Village, but that is no longer. Now if I'm going downtown I come to The Camera Store. There's nothing wrong with Vistek, I just find these guys to be a little more hands-on and it seems like there's more stuff here. Vistek seems to have a larger store and it seems to be a little higher end, and probably has the same stuff, but it's just a different feel.
Any time I've walked in I've always been greeted almost immediately, even if a staff member is busy helping someone, I always get a a "hey, someone will be right with you."
A couple years ago before going on a road trip I want to pick up a wider angle lens for my 5D, the 16-35mm F4 L. This was my first stop. They had a ton of info and were great to deal with, but the lens was brand new at the time and stock was hard to keep so I ended up getting what seemed to be the last one available in the city over at Vistek.
Earlier this year before my trip to Hawaii I wanted to upgrade my camera. I came here to buy my 5D mkIV. Great customer service again getting me set up with everything I needed. My only complaint is that they don't take Amex so I couldn't use the $500-ish in gift cards I had.
In November they had a company from the US in for the first time to buy up everyone's used equipment. I went down with my original 5D and kit lens (24-105mm L) and got $450 for it. Though having to wait a little longer due to the unexpected volume of people, it was nice to just walk in and get rid of my equipment for a decent price and not have to deal with all the Kijiji/Facebook marketplace BS to try to get rid of it. It was a nice bonus that if you took store credit instead of cash they gave you a 10% bonus on your trade-in value.
This year was the first time they opened for Boxing Day. My wife and I stood out in the -30ish temps to try our luck at a $500 gift card, but ended up with $10 and $20 each respectively. Still that put a nice little dent in the Sony lens that my wife wanted, which was also on sale.
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