Eric Young

Review of Tempe Camera

4 stars for the merchandise that they actually car...

4 stars for the merchandise that they actually carry. 0 stars for the classic dinosaur-business-like sleezy salesman drooling all over your shoulders for dat commission. If you need some photo gear asap, they might have it, but I cringe when thinking about going here. They don't focus on used gear, and this is too bad, because I find when a camera store has a strong focus on used gear, they tend to sell more new stuff as well. One time I was in need of a 24-70 f2.8 lens for a shoot that was a few days away. I went here to check what they had in stock before running off to amazon. I think the salesman nearly wet himself when I told him what I needed. This alone put me off so much that I never went back. I would recommend to this business owner that they hire a dedicated used-gear buyer and focus on it. Older gear is very often interesting, and sparks interest in customers, because they never know what they'll find when visiting. Oh and on a separate note, but equally valid complaint. I was looking for circular polarizer one day, and the girl that was showing me what they had told me "well, you don't really need one, you can just do it in post"... I told her, actually no you can't and explained what a CPL actually does. I really think she didn't believe me and I sorta just dis-engaged and peaced out. My point in bringing that up is that there's at least one person there that isn't a photographer peddling gear for them.