On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 08:17:06PM +0530, gibikote wrote: > Hi. > > Im getting the opportunity to be in Shanghai for 2 days on business. > also will be in Nagoya city (Japan) and Singapore for a day or two. (my > first time to these places) > > Has anyone been there and done any used equipment shopping, or know about > it? > any definite "avoid this" type of suggestions? > > not sure how much time I will get for any shopping, but I would prefer to be > aware. > > thanks and regards, > Sridhar
My advice is to know where you want to go ahead of time. The one and only time I was in Singapore (28 years ago, on the way from the UK to New Zealand for a temporary work assignment) I took advantage of the opportunity to pick up some extra Pentax equipment. At the time I had my good old MX (almost new, in those days!), the M50/f1.4 I bought with the MX, and a screw-mount "Hanimex" 80-200 zoom. I had budgeted for the trip, and had money set aside for the M 80-200/4, the 28/2.8, and a second body (an ME, this time). So on the Saturday morning I hopped into a taxi and asked to be taken to the (named) Pentax dealership. The taxi driver assured me that the dealership would be closed on the weekend, but fortunately he had a friend who ran a local camera shop, and who would be able to give me a better price. I didn't fall for that one; I insisted that, as it was my money, if I chose to spend it paying taxi fare to a closed dealership that was my problem. Needless to say the dealership wasn't closed, and the prices were even better than I'd hoped (especially compared to UK prices) - apart from the equipment mentioned above (and a Sunpak 3000 flash gun) I ended up with a second 50/f1.4 while staying within my (gf-approved) budget. I've still got the MX. The ME is long gone (with one of the 50mms). The 80-200 I had until I got my *ist-D, when I traded it in a three- way trade (here on the pdml) that got me the FA 80-320 instead. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
