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Stuff in Hong Kong
« on: January 13, 2008, 06:09:09 AM »
Hi everyone,
First time poster here. Been lurking around the forums for a while though; the forums have provided me with plenty eBay search terms :)

Anyways, I'll be travelling to Hong Kong / Macau this coming weekend and am wondering if anyone knows of any good camera / film stores?

Much thanks in advance!

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Re: Stuff in Hong Kong
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2008, 08:06:46 AM »
Anyways, I'll be travelling to Hong Kong / Macau this coming weekend and am wondering if anyone knows of any good camera / film stores?

Neih hou! It depends what you are looking for I guess. New stuff, prices questionable, can be obtained in many places of course. In HK avoid the shops on The Dark Side - especially Nathan Road. Prices may look good, until you say `yes`, and you find they have decanted everything and have to pay extra for everything that was originally included in the box...

Shops on the island, a few near Central Market have good prices on `gray imports` from Japan. Mostly digital though. Also Mong Kok, but again mostly digital. Largely honest.

Secondhand there is a few places in Wellington / Stanley Street, Central. In the Men's Market too you can sometimes find treasures, but here too it is mostly junk. Humidity kills old stuff very quickly, and old stuff is not de rigeur with the locals.

Macau - all I ever bought there was furniture and great grilled sardines for lunch. Good luck regardless! Skj.

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Re: Stuff in Hong Kong
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2008, 10:21:38 AM »
Generally avoid anwhere in Kowloon, go to the island instead.

The only one I can personally recommend is Photo Scientific (6 Stanley St, Central). The guy had fixed prices and was honest about what he was selling (some of it was grey imports which meant you only got his personal guarantee which isn't much use if you're bringing the stuff back to the UK).

Whatever you are looking for, make sure you check out the prices here before you go as it's not necessarily much cheaper over there. In fact, some things I found more expensive, especially accessories.
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Re: Stuff in Hong Kong
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2008, 04:33:00 AM »
much thanks to monopix and Skorj for your suggestions :)

i ended up just buying loads of film. for anyone who's interested, fuji instax film is dead cheap (well, as cheap as instant film goes) in hk!