Camera stores in Paris

[CanonVT]

I will be going on a shooting vacation to Paris next month and I'm looking for suggestions of some camera stores there.
I don;t think I will really need anything, but it's always fun to look,

 

[Roger Hicks]

For looking, Bd. Beaumarchais (aka Bd. de la Photographie) is unbeatable. Just start walking up the road, away from Bastille.

Cheers,

R.

 

[Mael]

Boulevard Beaumarchais's nickname here in France is "Boulevard du crime"😀

Avoid La maison du Leica and Le Grand Format.

If you do enter these shops and you do not want to spend at least 1000 Euros you will not have a smile or even a bonjour.😉

 

[reuno]

Don't Forget to Check out The brand new leica store, rue de la pompe, and enjoy Paris!

 

[micromontenegro]

Beg to differ about Le Grand Format. Just got a Sekonic Twinmate there, at a very good price, and the shopkeeper put the battery on and insisted on teaching me how to use it... until he was satisfied I really didn't need his coaching. Trés gentile. Maybe I was just lucky-

La maison du Leica, on the other hand....

 

[Haigh]

As stated above, Boulevard Beaumarchais is great for a stroll but compared with prices for gear here in Oz it is quite deadly.

 

[boklm]

You can go to a small shop called "Cine-Photo" in Avenue des Gobelins, near Place d'Italy.
It's a small shop, and it's completely filled with old cameras. Actually you cannot be more than 2 people inside. You usually stay on the side walk and ask what you want.
I found some photos online :
http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/77/f1000027.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alainbachellier/3817288294/