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An Introduction

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Gray Levett
Gold Service Award 2020Gold Service Award 2019Platinum Service Award 2017Platinum Service Award 2017Retailer of the Year Award 2020

Welcome to the Grays of Westminster Website

Grays of Westminster, the multi-award-winning Nikon-only shop, was founded thirty-five years ago by Gray Levett with the idea of creating a world-class camera store, offering a service that was second to none.

It is superbly located in a quiet area of central London, a few minutes walk from Victoria Railway Station; the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, the Tate Britain, River Thames and Knightsbridge are all within easy reach.

Grays of Westminster is not simply a famous Nikon camera shop; it is to many photographers around the world an institution. It can trace back its beginnings from a modest mail order company to its present, highly-respected position in the photographic industry.

It holds the unique distinction of being the only company ever to have won all three Dealer of the Year awards voted by the readers of Amateur Photographer, Practical Photography and Buying Cameras magazines in one year. In addition prestigious awards for Grays of Westminster's unprecedented sales of Nikon and their contributions to the Nikon brand internationally were presented by Nikon Japan and Nikon U.K. Limited in 2003, 2007, 2009 and 2010. In 2011 they won the Pixel Magazine Trade Award: Independent Retailer of the Year and the What Digital Camera/Amateur Photographer 'Gold Winner' Good Service Award.

In July 2011, Nikon UK Limited presented them with a stunning, heavy crystal trophy which reads: "Presented to Grays of Westminster to celebrate their 25th Anniversary and their outstanding contribution to Nikon users." Additionally, The President of Nikon Japan presented them with a beautiful Japanese plate in recognition of their being a long standing institution in the photographic industry.

Gold Good Service Awards

They have won the Amateur Photographer Gold Good Service Award in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.

They have also won the prestigious Practical Photography magazine Gear of the Year Gold Service Award for four years in a row for 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018.

Platinum Good Service Award

In 2017, Grays of Westminster became the first-ever winner of the newly inaugurated Amateur Photographer Good Service Platinum Award which was established to recognise and reward not only outstanding service but to acknowledge the most popular store calculated by the largest number of votes by the general public. Grays of Westminster won this award again in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

Retailer of the Year Award

Grays of Westminster won the coveted Retailer of the Year Award by the British Photographic Industry News in 2019 and again in 2020 voted by the public.

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A World First: Grays Of Westminster Granted Coat Of Arms

Grays of Westminster, became the first camera shop in the world to be granted a Coat of Arms. Mr. Robert Noel, Lancaster Herald of Her Majesty's College of Arms, presented the Coat of Arms to Gray Levett, founder of Grays of Westminster at a celebratory dinner held at the Institute of Directors in Pall Mall, London on 29th October 2014.

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Unrivalled Range of new Nikon Equipment

Grays of Westminster stock the range of Nikon digital SLR cameras: D5, D850, D780, D750, D500, D7500, D5600 and D3500 as well as the Nikon mirrorless Z 7, Z 6 and Z 50 cameras. Additionally, Grays of Westminster stock the extensive range of autofocus (AF), AF-S (Silent Wave), AF-P (Stepping Motor), FX, DX and S-type Nikkor lenses. The manual focus Nikkor lenses are also available. We also stock a vast range of Nikon accessories such as speedlights, remote releases, filters, eyepiece correction lenses and lens hoods.

We provide a comfortable atmosphere, in unashamedly old world style, with leather-topped desks and soft furnishings. By dealing in just one brand, Nikon, the choice of the majority of professional photographers, we can provide a distraction free environment. Here customers can gain an introduction to the Nikon system and have their questions answered. Our staff is highly knowledgeable, yet friendly and relaxed in their approach. Pressured selling is emphatically not a part of the Grays of Westminster experience. Those already familiar with the Nikon system will no doubt have heard of Grays of Westminster but may not have experienced our service first-hand. Everyone is welcome here.

"Grays isn´t a shrine to Nikon, it is a shrine to customer service. It is a working exhibition of Nikon products throughout the ages that visitors are welcome to pick up, try out, have explained, and ultimately take home for their own continued enjoyment. It is a meeting of minds, a club in which all are welcome and an institution. Above all though, it is a truly extraordinary shop: a shop that has respect - for its customers, for the goods on sale, for the people that made them, for photography, for the past, the present and for the future - at the very core of its being."

Damien Demolder, Photographer, Journalist

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Vast Range of Second-hand Nikon

Furthermore, a vast amount of second-hand Nikon equipment is on display here. For example: D5, D4S, D4, D850, D810, D800, D800E, D750, D610, D700, D500, D600, D90, D3X, D3, D700, D300, D200, D100 digital SLR cameras. Examples of second-hand film SLRs that appear in our stock are: Nikon F6, F5, F4, F4s, F4E, F100, FM2n, FM3A, FE2, F3HP, F3/T, F3/P and F3 Limited plus vintage equipment such as Nikon F, F2, Nikkormat and Nikon rangefinder cameras. Nearly all of our second-hand stock has been amateur-owned, and is in mint or near mint condition. Grays of Westminster have become world-renowned for the quality of their used equipment, and have set a standard to which other dealers aspire. Second-hand equipment is covered by a full year guarantee. Mail order customers can buy in the knowledge and assurance that the equipment they receive will match and often exceed the grading description given.

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Early Nikon equipment

If your interest is for early Nikon equipment such as Nikon rangefinder, Nikon F and F2 cameras, lenses and accessories then please contact us either by telephone on 020-7828 4925 (International +44 20-7828 4925) or via email: info@graysofwestminster.co.uk

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Think Tank

Grays of Westminster are official stockists for Think Tank products. Think Tank Photo is a professional photography equipment manufacturer, creating innovative camera bags, camera cases, photo backpacks and beltpacks for professional photographers who use digital SLR cameras.

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Hawkesmill Camera Bags and Camera Straps

Hawkesmill had a very simple goal: to create the best camera bags and leather camera straps money can buy. It was their intention to forward the current “Made in England” movement and help England regain its former glory as a nation that was known for creating some of the finest products on Earth. Grays of Westminster are proud to stock the range of Hawkesmill handmade camera bags for those who demand the last word in luxury.

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Delivery Service

A fast and reliable MAIL ORDER on any item is available to most world-wide destinations. Tax free shopping to non-European Community residents is available at Grays of Westminster. Please telephone 020-7828 4925 or email us for details.

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