CameraWorld Avis 

This is the first open day I've attended so I wasn’t sure what to expect. I arrived early with some old gear to sell and the staff were welcoming despite my error with the opening time. I returned later to be pleasantly surprised at their offer to buy the old equipment. I enjoyed numerous chats with various suppliers before venturing out to the track. Whilst motorsport photography holds limited interest the access to all parts of the track was good, offering plenty of subjects to capture. The event discounts were good so if you have anything specific to buy, it’s definitely worth attending. I didn't do any of the walks as the Nikon walk was scheduled too late for me, but those I saw were well attended with lots of lively interaction. All in all, a good day out and fantastic value for money.

Absolutely fine - ordered some third party batteries & a charger for a Canon to pick up at the Wells St branch. One part had been discontinued so was given good advice (which I took). Excellent communication throughout.

Went to the CameraWorld Live day at Brands Hatch.

Amazing day out, lots to see and do, but the highlight for me was the photo session with Sam Nash. So good.

Highly recommended.

The CameraWorld day at Brands Hatch was a great opportunity to try out lenses and cameras prior we are thinking of buying. And to explore features and hone skills under the guidance of brand representatives. You don’t have to be into motor racing to benefit from a great day out!

I attended the Brand's Hatch Cameraworld trade fair (Friday 2 October 2026).I had booked to go on the 4-5pm Sigma photography walk. On arrival at the appointed time of 4pm, I was told that they'd cancelled the activity and were hiring out a lens for the day. Bear in mind the 'day' finished at 5pm so the lens would get only limited time. (They also said they hadn't got one for my Canon R6 anyway). So my early start that day and my car journey from Norwich (250 mile round trip) and Dartford Crossing payment was wasted.

I received no communication beforehand that the activity was cancelled.
Not impressed with lack of communication from Sigma or Cameraworld.

Good prices, fast shipping and a huge thank you to the excellent customer service department that managed to sort a mistake that was entirely my fault. Highly recommended.

Very fast delivery, and a great price 👍

The overall track experience was good, as i have never photographed motorsport before at an event like this, so this was a great opportunity to have a go, however i did find the camera-world venue rather cramped with not much space to move about and actually take some time to look at things. Now I know this is not Camera worlds issue but this could be fed back to the brands, people love free stuff, stickers pens etc the only brand I could see offering freebies was insta360 and 3legged things. There didn’t seem to be any prize draws or anything which would have been a great way to capture new marketing avenues. Photographers spend A LOT of money so freebies would be nice.
What I also found a bit frustrating was the Canon session, we headed to the roof terrace after a quick chat, and the content of the session was not what I was expecting, we got to the terrace just in time for a few laps only for the riders to come in to the pits for lunch, when they did come back out there was no testing of kit (i did get to try 2 lenses at the stand but not actually in combination with the riders in the session. There were not really any tips that I already didn’t know from swatting up before attending, (only 1 thing I learned about subject tracking). I think having more content in the sessions with professional motorsport shooters would have been great, having access to the pits (in small groups) would have been awesome. Overall i did enjoy my day but for the distance i travelled i wished the sessions had been more in depth.
Thanks for organising the event and hopefully some of this can be fed back.

Great service. Great communication. Highly recommended.

I ordered an item in May, that was listed as being in stock. After a month I emailed asking for a delivery date. It was only then that I was told it wasn't in stock and they kept giving me dates as to when they thought it would arrive, all the while, still showing it as in stick. I then kept emailing when those dates had passed, as no one from there could be bothered to let me know. I eventually contacted the owner, who to his credit, did try to ring, but my phone doesn't accept withheld numbers and I emailed him saying that, and heard nothing back. After one of my emails, they told me it had arrived at their warehouse the Friday before and would be with me the following week. A couple of weeks later, still no item. I then contacted them again and was told by someone else, that it hadn't actually arrived. I then stopped getting replies to my emails, all of which I still have, should they say anything different. Eventually it arrived on the last day of September, one day short of it going into the 5th month.

Great first time experience, would love to do it again. I love the community and workshops and getting an idea of the industry and how far it has come, would recommend to go with others as it makes the event more memorable.

We really enjoyed the bikes on the track and I got some useful info on a product I was interested in.

Asked to review the camaerworld event at Brands. Last year we really enjoyed but this year was somewhat disappointing. Last year all the main manufacturers were represented demonstrating their latest kit and allowing trying of their kit on the photo walks, this led to a £3k purchase. This year was told that they weren't doing it, hadn't brought enough kit to be lending out.
There were more workshops last year.
Also signed a friend and I signed up for the free Epson prints and when we sent to the stand at 1:30 ish was told they had run out of ink and hadn't brought any more..
Overall didn't feel very well organised or run and probably wouldn't bother going again now.

After reading some of the reviews, I was a little worried, but I had absolutely nothing to worry about. My item arrived within 2 working days and was exactly as expected.

I’ll definitely be back for my next camera-related purchase. Highly recommended!

What a great day, lots of very interesting stands. Great deals.
All staff very friendly and helpful.
Highly recommend

Visited the Cameraworld event at Brands Hatch. Absolutely brilliant. Fantastic venue really well organised and lots of superb advice given. Especially on the photo walks. Look forward to going again next year

Been to the Brands Hatch Photo show before always found it to be very good. Exibitors very informative about their products.Will be going again next year, would it be possible to expand it to another floor to get even more exibitors!.

Not a big order, just a £50 token, but came very quickly and securely..

Excellent service and prompt delivery.

I ordered a MagMod MagBox Pro 24" Octa and two MagMod MagBox Pro 42" Octas from CameraWorld.
The 24" Octa was delivered on 8 September. The two 42" Octas were not available at the time, and CameraWorld had told me they were expected later in September.

What happened afterwards has been extremely frustrating.

CameraWorld's online order system was updated to show all three items as delivered when only the 24" Octa had actually been delivered. When I queried this, I was initially sent the DPD tracking number for the parcel I had already received. That parcel contained the 24" Octa only.

After further chasing, CameraWorld eventually acknowledged in writing that the two 42" Octas had not yet arrived. I was then told that they were due that week and, once received, would be sent to me on a next-working-day service.

The next delivery finally arrived on 1 October. Unfortunately, when I opened it, I discovered that CameraWorld had sent me two MORE 24" Octas instead of the two 42" Octas I had actually ordered and paid for.

So I now have three 24" Octas and none of the two 42" Octas I ordered.

I have spent weeks emailing and chasing this order, and I have also tried repeatedly to contact both the Stevenage and London branches by telephone, without being able to get through.

This is particularly frustrating because I need the 42" Octas for my professional photography work this week. The additional 24" Octas are obviously no substitute.

I have now had to raise the matter with PayPal because, despite numerous attempts to resolve this directly with CameraWorld, I still do not have the products I paid for.

This has been an extremely disappointing experience, from the incorrect delivery status and lack of clear communication to ultimately receiving the wrong products altogether.

I would have expected much better from an established camera retailer.