How much are digital cameras in PI?

[JimOttley]

Uk unless your stoping over in Hong Kong but as the pound so weak probably better to get here.

Plus compared to Phill you will have some proper warranty and normally far easier to take back and exchange etc i find generally.

Totally agree, Hong Kong is Camera Heaven for any serious amateur photographer but warranty is a problem and there was a dramatic rise in prices of items like lenses back in January; Canon added 50% across the board to lens prices and Nikon was not far behind, DSLR body prices were hit as well but not by so much.

Mid range point and shoots have also not been hit quite so hard but have still been affected by the exchange rate against the Yen.

The Phils was a little cheaper last year for some top end kit but not enough to make it worth it, most electronics are cheaper and more modern in the UK particularly IT kit like memory, hard drives, motherboards and so on. (obviously you can get the latest kit anywhere it's just that it tends to be much more expensive to buy the latest and greatest in the Phils)

Good choice triple5 on the wee Fujifilm FinePix A170 you'll be very happy with that I'm sure.

Jim

[EdwardB]

Totally agree, Hong Kong is Camera Heaven for any serious amateur photographer but warranty is a problem ----

Mid range point and shoots have also not been hit quite so hard but have still been affected by the exchange rate against the Yen.

Jim

Hong Kong airport is much more expensive than the UK for just about any item at the moment let alone cameras.

In HK you can buy cameras with or without an International warranty. With warranty they are more expensive than in the UK - I know because I had to replace my Fuji Finepix F200 when the LCD screen failed overnight on a BA flight to HK a couple of months back. Even more galling was that it was a business purchase (Genuine) so in The UK I could also reclaim the VAT. So the price differential was even bigger.

If you take a chance on the warranty in Mong Kok or Wanchai even at the current exchange rate you could probably shave 10% of the best UK internet prices, or get a bundle of goodies like spare battery, memory card, case or tripod thrown in.

[JimOttley]

Hong Kong airport is much more expensive than the UK for just about any item at the moment let alone cameras.

In HK you can buy cameras with or without an International warranty. With warranty they are more expensive than in the UK - I know because I had to replace my Fuji Finepix F200 when the LCD screen failed overnight on a BA flight to HK a couple of months back. Even more galling was that it was a business purchase (Genuine) so in The UK I could also reclaim the VAT. So the price differential was even bigger.

If you take a chance on the warranty in Mong Kok or Wanchai even at the current exchange rate you could probably shave 10% of the best UK internet prices, or get a bundle of goodies like spare battery, memory card, case or tripod thrown in.

Never been there

I was commenting on the basis of what used to be available on Ebay often 30% or more less than UK prices but that was last year before the pound collapsed against the Yen.

I often looked at the lenses and it was so tempting but I never quite had the guts to actually buy from the Hong Kong ebay retailers. I know a couple of folk who did buy their kit that way and their stuff sailed through customs no problem, they were also lucky in not having any problems with the kit either.

Jim

[aromulus]

The last time I was in HK Airport duty free area, I purchased an external 80 gig Hitachi mini hard disk drive for my laptop.

It was only £38, a huge saving from UK prices at the time.

[Queenbee]

Totally agree, Hong Kong is Camera Heaven for any serious amateur photographer but warranty is a problem and there was a dramatic rise in prices of items like lenses back in January; Canon added 50% across the board to lens prices and Nikon was not far behind, DSLR body prices were hit as well but not by so much.

Mid range point and shoots have also not been hit quite so hard but have still been affected by the exchange rate against the Yen.

The Phils was a little cheaper last year for some top end kit but not enough to make it worth it, most electronics are cheaper and more modern in the UK particularly IT kit like memory, hard drives, motherboards and so on. (obviously you can get the latest kit anywhere it's just that it tends to be much more expensive to buy the latest and greatest in the Phils)

Good choice triple5 on the wee Fujifilm FinePix A170 you'll be very happy with that I'm sure.

Jim

yep hongkong has almost everything!anyayzzz Philippines is a bit pricy coz of the tax i think.Ma bf just got us a Nikon D90 and new lenses with it,,,A very good cam indeed and he knows me love taking photographs...Cnt wait to take loads of pics the nxt time...Better choose UK...