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Shauneyz
Joined: 26 May 2008
Location: The land of Nod
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 Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:08 pm Post subject: Best place to pick up camera/lenses for cheap |
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I'm in Daegu and looking to buy a Canon lens new.
I know of a couple good places to look for electronics, but the few that I went to were trying to sell it to me for over 2 million whereas I've seen it online for about $1,100US.
So I'm looking for recommendation of places to go -- in Daegu, in Seoul, anywhere as long as I wasn't spending an outrageous amount. |
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furtakk
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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i think there is photog store that sells canon stuff in gyodong market. no idea on prices though.
i'm buying a new lens soon as well. just going to order it home and have my parents ship it over marked as a gift. |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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| I think there are lens stores around yongsan, I've seen a few near namdaemun. you really want to take the body with you and check the lens first. I had a guide somewhere on the things you should check on a lens before buying it.. |
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Shauneyz
Joined: 26 May 2008
Location: The land of Nod
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| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:51 am Post subject: |
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| furtakk wrote: |
i think there is photog store that sells canon stuff in gyodong market. no idea on prices though.
i'm buying a new lens soon as well. just going to order it home and have my parents ship it over marked as a gift. |
Last time I did that I got charged $80 at customs...even though my parents marked it as a gift. |
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Aelric
Joined: 02 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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There is an Olympus that sells Canon stuff store near the big LOTTE store in Seomyeon district, Busan. It's a shorter ride here than it is to Seoul and I know there is at least one English speaker there. I can't speak for the price, though, as I haven't shopped for a lens in a while.
Oh, and by the way, when you got charged at customs for that gift from your folks, did they send it with original packaging still on it. My folks send me a few things and I didn't get charged a dime, but all the packaging was removed. |
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Moldy Rutabaga
Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Location: Ansan, Korea
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| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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There is a small string of camera shops in Nampo-Dong, Busan, which sells black market camera equipment -- i.e., brought in from Japan without tax being paid. This may explain why the prices you're seeing are so high.
I'm curious as to what sort of high-end lens you are looking for! That seems like an awful lot for a zoom or specialty lens. I think the most I ever spent for an A-series lens was $300, although that was a long, long time ago...
Ken:> |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Moldy Rutabaga wrote: |
There is a small string of camera shops in Nampo-Dong, Busan, which sells black market camera equipment -- i.e., brought in from Japan without tax being paid. This may explain why the prices you're seeing are so high.
I'm curious as to what sort of high-end lens you are looking for! That seems like an awful lot for a zoom or specialty lens. I think the most I ever spent for an A-series lens was $300, although that was a long, long time ago...
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Its probably a quality fast zoom lens. Those can be expensive and around that price. You can get a 3rd party f5.6 zoom for 200,000. But if you want something down in the f2~ range, its going to cost big bucks, but its really good for low light zoom. |
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xingyiman
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Yongsan digital complex. In the cheap building. |
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IlIlNine
Joined: 15 Jun 2005
Location: Gunpo, Gyonggi, SoKo
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| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Namdaemun is definitely the place to go. Forget Yongsan, that place will only give you a headache. |
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Shauneyz
Joined: 26 May 2008
Location: The land of Nod
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| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EF-S_17-55mm_lens -- this is the guy I'm looking for.
So...Busan, Seoul, Busan, Seoul.
Are there really no good places in Daegu? I thought there was a big 3 story building with all kinds of stuff in North Daegu...though I can't remember the name. |
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AaronDiesel
Joined: 27 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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Check the prices on Danawa or Enuri first.
The last time I checked, you could get a new (gray market) 17-55mm F2.8 EF-S for 930,000 Won. |
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warmachinenkorea
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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| There was a guy here selling that very lense. Check the Buy/Sell forum. Go back a few pages and find it. I think he was asking 800,000. |
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Shauneyz
Joined: 26 May 2008
Location: The land of Nod
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| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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| warmachinenkorea wrote: |
| There was a guy here selling that very lense. Check the Buy/Sell forum. Go back a few pages and find it. I think he was asking 800,000. |
I know -- sold already =\ |
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warmachinenkorea
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Sorry. My wife and I are just starting to build our photo resources and I even knew that was a steal. |
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