Between myself and my other half, we have quite a lot of camera equipment that cost us rather a lot…read moreof money. We know nothing lasts forever, but that said - we need to be able to rely on our equipment, and make it last as long as we can before replacing. Lots of places offer servicing of cameras - but normally they're mail order services where you post your camera off and cross your fingers it'll come back in one piece. (Yes, I'm paranoid!) We've been lucky as (touch wood) nothing serious has ever happened.. so as yet, we've just been in need of sensor cleans to get rid of those annoying bits of dust that can get trapped inside the body. That's where HPC comes in - when we discovered this local place where we can take the equipment and see who we're giving it to, it was a massive weight off our minds. Over the past few years we've regularly taken our cameras for sensor cleans here, and everything has always come back as good as new! Brilliant!

As you do, my partner and I both failed to do anything about getting our camera fixed for a long,…read morelong time.. But with our holiday fast approaching, we realised we had to get it fixed, quickly. I'd only heard good, if not brilliant things about John and the Halesowen Photo Centre, so I decided to head on down with my camera, having no idea why it was being so temperamental, to see if John could fix it. With over a week before we left, John politely asked if we were in a rush and to rate the urgency of the matter. Despite admitting it wasn't of the up most importance, he had it fixed in a few days and I collected it, yet to experience any problems four months later. Everything about this place is fantastic, anyone with a camera predicament, see John.

Very knowledgeable and helpful guys, the stuff is premium and is a long established independent…read moreshop up Mill Street. They can do passport photos, develop photos, and are happy to give advice. They sell lots of brands and a selection of frames as well. Check out their website http://www.peterrogers-photo.co.uk

From the owner: * Stafford's longest established wedding photographer. *…read moreCompact, SLR, and mirrorless digital cameras. * Passport, driving licence, visa & ID photography. * Portrait photography in our studio or on location. * Photo printing services including instant prints, canvas prints, photo books and photo gifts. * Old media including cine film & video transferred to DVD. * Old photos copied and restored.

I headed for Jessops after a bit of a camera crisis this morning. I'd been out taking photos of…read morecentral Birmingham when my main camera lens cap decided to get jammed. I needed to take more photos so posted a panicky message on Facebook. Ling, one of the other local Yelpers came to my rescue in seconds and suggested Jessops. Anyway, from the top of the Cube, I headed over to Jessops with a few diversions. There was a greeter on the door so I asked if anyone could help with my lens cap problem. The greeter then took me over to one of the counters, fiddled and prodded the lens for a while, looked perplexed then tried again giving it a huge tug and off it popped showing no signs of damage. This made me very happy as I'd only had the lens a couple of months! Top scoring for a quick and cost free service. PS I must go back to Jessops and have a look at their equipment later.

Ag Photographic operate as an online shop - however for those eagle eyed brummies who want to save…read moreon post and packaging, you can go and visit them in Aston where you can browse through the hefty range of film and developing equipment available to buy. The two blokes who run the shop are really passionate about photography, full of advice not just on the products they sell but on where to go for other services such as processing. They also take a genuine interest in what you're working on, and if they're not able to help when you next visit they'll be full of questions about how you got on. Example stock - 35mm film, 120 film, wide range of papers to print onto, chemicals to develop - basically anything an analogue photographer could need. They're currently in the process of developing their own darkroom facilities, and rumour has it they may offer membership to those who're interested in using such a service. Eg - ME! Exciting! (Hurry up, I'm impatient! :)

Been using their film developing and printing services for over a year now and have never had a bad…read moreexperience. The prices are very low, the quality is excellent, communication is friendly and helpful, and the turnaround is always very fast. I would recommend this business to any photographer, they will not dissappoint.

Superb Camera Shop I bought a flash gun and im a amateur photographer with very little knowledge…read more They showed me the best flash for the money that would work well with my camera and all comes with a guarantee as well. Saved my self a lot of money with excellent advice. Looking at getting more lens now and I will certainly be buying from them. Thank you

This store are ever so helpful, and definitely worth giving your business to, over more chain based…read morestores. They seem to care more about personal service, and know what they are talking about in regards to any form of photographic enquiry. They have special knowledge on SLR cameras, and even managed to help me over the phone. Friendly people, great service and really reasonable!

The other Jessops in Solihull closed down this year and that was the one I used most often but this…read morestore is just as good. I order my pictures on the internet to be delivered to this store as it is free delivery and works out cheaper than buying them directly from the store if I am getting more than a few pictures done. When I just want a couple of photographs I will just get them done at the kiosk in this store as it is quicker than ordering and waiting for delivery. The staff are trained well and are really helpful.

Best Portrait Studio in Birmingham. Prices are very reasonable and a proffesional staff who really…read morehelp you with your questions. The are well friendly and the picture quality and print are always good as well as developing! Great service - they had me in and out in about 15 minutes. Thanks Happy Customer

From the owner: We specialise in digital photo printing, passport/visa photos, personalised photo gifts, canvas…read moreprinting, wide format poster printing, vhs to dvd transfer, scanning services, photo restoration and much more ...

Done & dusted. My photos for a USA visa were taken with no fuss. I called ahead to check but no…read moreappointment was needed. They gave me the price and the photo was more or less taken straight away, once the camera was free. They do take you to the basement on this one and then bring you back up while you wait. My one had an issue so after waiting quite a while, they took the photo again and I went back for it later in the day. It's £19.99 for disc & hard copies of the photos too.