A place to buy good digital SLR?
Sep 7, 2006, 12:00 pm
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A place to buy good digital SLR?
I will have several trips to HongKong, Seoul, KL, SIN, Bejing next months and I am planning to buy a good digital SLR (Nikon D200 is the target) somewhere.
What is the best/most economical place for photo goodies in Asia capitals?
I want to buy the whole kit (body, lenses, cards etc) so will be haggling a lot. What are the guidelines of prices and average discounting in each of above cities?
Many thanks to those with knowledge and advise on specific areas/places/shops (but please dont ask me to say hello to your uncle in that shop with the best price
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What is the best/most economical place for photo goodies in Asia capitals?
I want to buy the whole kit (body, lenses, cards etc) so will be haggling a lot. What are the guidelines of prices and average discounting in each of above cities?
Many thanks to those with knowledge and advise on specific areas/places/shops (but please dont ask me to say hello to your uncle in that shop with the best price
)
Sep 7, 2006, 3:10 pm
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As far as I can tell, there is no where which beats U.S. prices, expecially if you shop over the internet and can avoid local sales tax. Other than that, I have heard, if you must have the absolutely newest stuff, Tokyo is the place for items which won't make it to the U.S. for a few weeks. Be sure to buy the export version unless you live in Japan.