I have purchased items from them for many years, from filters to cameras, lenses and computers. I have never been disappointed. I don't recall any issues, although I know that they used to ship from New York City exclusively and now have a distribution center in New Jersey. I have purchased items from NJ as well and no issues to date. They will take care of any problem and are helpful with phone support as well. By the way, after your purchase, if you find that within 30 days of purchase they have gone down in price, they will credit you. I had that experience once, no problems.

Lou,

As other members have mentioned there could be several reasons for this happening in addition to this being an oversight. Our Customer Service Dept. will reopen in an hour or two and I suggest calling them immediately and have your Order Number at hand. If all else fails, please send your issue with order number to henryp@bhphoto.com explaining your shipment problem. In any event, please keep us in the loop and let us know if i was resolved to your satisfaction. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Best wishes to all for a magnificent weekend.

HERSHEL

I only recently began buying from B&H. I placed 2 orders in the last week, both containing 2 items. The first arrived and was fine. But the second arrived with only one of the two items in the package despite the fact that the packing slip indicated both were included.

I recognize that mistakes happen and know they are a reputable shop. I have no doubt they will take care of it (today is Saturday so I can't get in touch with them) and I'm not trashing them. But, I must confess that this happening on only my second order with them is a bit discouraging.

Just curious to hear from others who use them whether or not my experience is a very rare exception.

Thanks.

Hey guys,
with the increasing amount of pictures shared and uploaded every day to give us insight into the daily life of mostly strangers, how will genres like Street Photography cope with the diluting quality?

Will the increase in popularity and images overall benefit a genre as complex as Street Photography, or will it face a real problem when quality doesn't succeed anymore, but everyone is fishing for likes?

Here are my personal thoughts and a few tips how to deal with this increasing "peer pressure": Is Street Photography Dead

I do not know how soft the picture is because I do not know how much you cropped and did not look at the noise. The picture is defintely soft in terms of contrast and your exposure may be off. I hope you shoot raw. The autofocus may also be a culprit. Practice with live view and spot focusing on static as well as moving objects. Compare the quality with and without a tripod. Lenses, especially cheaper ones, do go soft at maximum aperture or focal length. Put up a lens target or something with large print or even a book shelf. Shoot at four apertures (maximum and then in 2 stop increments) and three focal lengths (shortest, longest, in between). Use very bright light and a tripod. All these things rule out the lens quality so do them first before buying a new one.

Good luck.