Gold Winner Carsand-Mosher Photographic Silver Winner Atlantic Photo Supply Bronze Winner Henry’s (Bayers Lake) Carsand-Mosher’s been helping Haligonians capture their most memorable moments since 1970, so it’s no wonder they’ve got it down to a science now. This camera store has it all: the newest toys and gadgets, camera accessories, printing, framing and hell, you […]
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Best Camera Store
Despite having closed up their Barrington Street headquarters, Coast readers haven’t forgotten the long-running camera store, still offering a passel of cutting-edge image-capture tech for the professional or amateur photographer. Consider the new Canon Rebel T3i, 18 megapixels, going for $893.99. A reader’s comment on the homegrown camera store: “Too bad they moved out of […]
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Barrington Street blues, continued
Things are somewhat gloomy down Barrington way. With the closure in the past two months of Peepshow (1717 Barrington) and Tim Hortons (The corner of Barrington and Sackville) and with CD Plus and Carsand-Mosher planning to close their stores—the Baron of Barrington, Starfish Properties’ Louis Reznick is in the process of purchasing it—the image of the once-bustling downtown street is hitting a new low. “We’re obviously very concerned about the public perception,” says Paul MacKinnon, director of the Downtown Business Commission, though he is all about the silver lining in the dark cloud. “We’re seeing this in a way that
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Changes at Carsand-Mosher
Hot on the heels of the news that CD Plus is closing its doors on Barrington Street comes word that the building at the northeast corner of Barrington and Blowers has been sold, the one housing photography experts Carsand-Mosher (1559 Barrington Street). A source inside the business says that though Carsand-Mosher will continue—presumably the Bayers […]
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Best Camera Store
“There’s still the mystery that is digital,” says manager Daryl Clarke, which poses the question, if it is a mystery that scares Carsand Mosher customers or compels them to buy. “Video and digital SLR cameras are a new trend,” he assures us. “And there are some cool [still] cameras that have great video features. There […]
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Best Camera Store
There are always new products coming into Carsand Mosher, including the ever popular SLR digital cameras, with tech that arrives in February upgraded by October. But the store isn’t only about the still cameras. “There’s a push in video technology,” says Greg Coffin, who has worked in sales at the store for 11 years. He […]