their main line is 4006-222666

pls make sure you call before going down.

1. Dongcheng Canon Repair Centre
北京市东城区金宝街89号金宝大厦15层
Tel: 010-85139999/010-85139932
here’s a map to its location if you can read chinese

http://www.canon.com.cn/support/fastrepair/beijing_jinbao.html

2. Beijing International Convention Centre
- Canon Repair Centre
佳能照相机维修中心
Jia neng xiangji wei xiu zhong xin
北京北四环的北京国际会议中心的二层。
Wei yu Beijing bei si huan de Beijing guoji huiyi zhongxin de 2ceng.

Located on the North Fourth Ring Road in the Beijing International Convention Centre on the 2nd floor

3. Wudaokou Canon Repair Centre
北京市海淀区北四环西路9号保福寺桥东北角银谷大厦1层店铺
Tel: 010 62800300/62800301

there’s a new canon showroom at Sanlitun SOHO (just opposite Sanlitun Village)
Building 2, Ground floor, room 2101
I’m not sure if they provide camera repair or servicing at that location but it’s worth checking out if you are in that neighborhood.

Very effective!

While the workers were putting up our first billboards in front of our block in JianWai SOHO, within 10 minutes, we had our first visitor knocking on our door.

Billboard advertising is surprisingly effective in Beijing

He was an adult student who had been taking design classes in another school in the same neighbourhood and he had been considering studying photography as well. He would be starting his new classes with us this friday as he decided to sign up with us immediately.

Self-portrait of Stefen Chow, Adventurer and photography instructor at Beijing Center of Photography

Lens flared image of Mount Denali, the coldest mountain in the world

Here’s the statistics of his successful climb
127 pounds, 50 miles winds, -30 degree temperatures, 15 days, north america’s highest mountain, 10000 images, 150 gb shot, 40 pounds of camera gear

He just arrived in New York today and he will be visiting the photo agencies and magazines before returning to Beijing for our 2nd round of Hutong Photography bootcamp, August 7-8, 2010.

Apart from the successful expedition, here’s another piece of good news – Stefen won first prize for the Advertising – Corporate Annual Report category of PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris

Participants of Day ONE
Students
- Joe T. Tymczyszyn from America
- Li Shu Jun from China
- Kevin Xue from China

Models
- Tricia from Central America
- MoMo from China

Instructor
- Lance Lee from Singapore

Guest instructor (and student)
- Luke Elijah from Singapore

Model Tricia from Central America

Model Mo Mo, from China

Model Tricia, from Central America

Photographer Joe T. Tymczyszyn dances for our camera during lighting test

Beijing opera or Peking opera ( 京剧 ) is a Chinese stage performance art form that became popular 200 over years ago during the Qing dynasty. Today, it is highly regarded as one of China’s cultural treasure.

He has participated in many of Beijing Center of Photography’s workshops including Stefen Chow’s Hutong Photography Bootcamp, Lance Lee’s Professional Fashion & Portraiture workshop and 1-on-1 critique and review workshops.

This is one of his best images of a Tibetan festival in 2009.

Tibetan festival, by Joe T. Tymczyszyn

It’s a small class with only three students , Carol Vargas and Valentina Burger-Jimenez from Columbia and Margie Scarpignato from USA.
The class was taught by Lance Lee, our creative director and chief instructor of BCP.

Although Carol and Valentina are both from Columbia, they have not met before this class. Their common passion for documentary photography brought them together.

Margie learnt that sharing your digital images is a good way to build trust with the people you photograph.

Thanks to digital cameras, we were able to show the people there what we were shooting rightaway. Almost everyone was amused by how they looked in the photographs, especially since we were all shooting in black & white. Margie was especially surprised because she did not expect it to be so easy. Most photographers starting on a documentary got too excited and started shooting too eagerly before enough trust was established.

A cluster of secondhand camera shops can be found on the top floor of Malian Dao Tea City.

Address:
Maliandao Camera Equipment City, Outer Guang’anmen. Xuanwu 11 Maliandao Rd

It is a huge mall dedicated to camera shopping, where photography enthusiasts from all parts of China flock to. There are over a hundred camera retail stores that sell everything from digital SLR, compact point-and-shoots, collectible antique cameras, films and darkroom products, studio lighting gears, and photography accessories.

How to get there?
By subway – take line 1 (red) to Wukesong 五棵松, go to Exit B2, and take a cab or bus up north, it’s about 5 mins drive away.
Most cab drivers there will know the place, if you need to call for directions, dial 010-88119728 , 88119763
note that the telephone operators probably can speak only Chinese.
If you ever need any help with translation, feel free to call Beijing Center of Photography at 010 – 5869.1383

Opening hours
It’s open daily from 9am to 6pm.

Details:
Competition among camera vendors is really fierce and competitive. Take advantage of that and check prices with a few shops before purchase.
Ask questions about warranties (parallel imports don’t carry warranties recognized by local authorized service centers)

Frequently Asked Questions (and answers)

Do stores there take credit cards? Are the cameras the real thing or is it a mix of real and fake? How to tell?

Answer
the cameras are real. not easy to fake electronic products
they take credit card, but they charge 3-5% more if u use credit card
and some places can only accept china-issued credit cards, not foreign ones.