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BUY AND FIX

NOTE: Links will be added soon. 

MADE IN VICTORIA (or designed here)

Fysh Cameras

Tools that think slowly. Technical cameras for medium and large format. Small batches, designed and assembled in Melbourne. Cool River Goods

Camera Strap and other leather goods Custom Modified Vintage Lenses

Vintage projector lenses rehoused in M42 mounts

See his insta for the latest modifications 

Mr Negative  Cinema film as 35mm stills film

Blackmagic Cinema/TV systems Major player in the world of cinema cameras and maker of DeVinci the app.

CAMERA REPAIRS

Vintech Camera Service Centre - Melbourne City Film and Digital Cameras, Same day sensor cleaning

European Camera Services- Heidelberg

Viva La Film - Sydney 

DigiCam - Sydney and Adelaide   Repairs on Nikon Canon Sony Olympus Panasonic digital cameras.<br> Photo Resource - Web based in Melbourne Link Nikon, Canon, Sony, Olympus and Panasonic digitals

Imaging by Design - Collingwood (formally Camera Clinic) Is taking on more repairs. Check their website for details. For digital cameras Brands, contact via the brand's website. If anyone knows of repairers please let us know.

BOOKSHOPS

First Edition Library - City  

specialist design and arts bookstore new and out of print  

Metropolis Bookshop - City 

Readings - Carlton, St Kilda These two stores have good photo sections. 

Photographic Art Book - CCP Fitzroy 

Perimeterbooks - Thornbury 

Dymocks - City 

a good sized photo book area 

Kinokuniya

Huge store in Sydney, and a small one in Melbourne 

It is the most impressive place to buy photo books.  

World Food Books - City 

specialist design and arts bookstore new and out of print  

City Basement Books - City 

Secondhand bookstore  

PHOTO HARDWARE

Vanbar Imaging Film, Black + white, supplies, photo accessories not a lot of cameras, only Nikon. Fitzroy 

 

Trevor Foon - Wet Plate Suppies Most everything for wet plate making, Based in Victoria via online 

 

Specular  Professional New/Used cameras, flash and accessories, Collingwood

 

Peninsula Camera  New/Used cameras and accessories, Frankston

 

Photo Resource  Second hand supplies Internet only, based in Melbourne Camera Lane New/Used - New including Leica and solid second hand. Staff with amazing knowledge. Spotswood.

Leica Store  Everything new in Leica City.

Times Camera 8A Cramer Street, Preston They don't have a website more an eBay store. Camera Exchange New/Used - huge stock of used equipment. Staff with amazing knowledge. Box Hill. 

Retro Mama Shop 12 String Bean Alley 
513 Queen St 
Melbourne 3000 The images range includes fully tested vintage cameras (plus film) and thousands of original (1860-1980) images. Individually selected vintage (1950-80) 35mm slides fill two huge dump bins and they can be quality checked using high-quality, hand-held viewers.

Arahan Photo Shop A / 328 Johnston Street, Abbotsford Godox specialist, light shapers, bags, stands, tripods, lenses etc.

Dragon Image Shop A / 328 Johnston Street, Abbotsford Canon cameras, Various lenses, studio, Video etc

Videocraft 148 Highbury Road, Burwood Cameras that do video well. Studio equipment though the concentration is on video.  

Video Guys Shop A / 328 Johnston Street, Abbotsford Despite the name they cater to the stills photography market too. Cameras, lenses, lighting, accessories etc. 

Sun Studios  95 Buckhurst St, South Melbourne The store sells, Canon, Broncolor, F-Stop, Lupo, Arri, Astera, DJI, Sunbounce and Manfrotto. 

Elliott's  Photographic Centre 116 Glenferrie Road, Malvern This is a general suburban photographic store.

DigiDIRECT New limited used - Always something on sale, stock can be an issue, better to buy from the store than online. Melbourne city

Teds Camera Stores Melbourne City Chadstone Doncaster Fountain Gate

BALLARAT

Camera Obscura Shed 3,  20 Elizabeth St, Delacombe  An eclectic photographic store by a photographer that loves film and doesn't want Ballarat's population to miss out.