Cheap camera(SLR) shop in Sydney?

[ernokaikkonen 0]

If any of the Aussies out there know a cheap place for buying an SLR in Sydney, please let me know?

[Spike 0]

I'm not an Aussie, but I did spend a year out there touring the country a while back.

There are two national chains Ted's Camera Shop and The Camera House with branches in the Sydney CBD. My recollection was that Ted's was the better value of the two and was staffed by "enthusiasts" who knew there stuff. I bought a camera from Ted's and was very pleased with the deal.

How's this though. You travel 10,000 miles to be sold a camera by a guy who used to live less than 100 miles from your home town!

But I also bought a used minolta with a 28-90 zoom lens from Ca$h Converters in Brisbane. Its old as the hills and rough looking. But it was only AU$40 including 3 rolls of film and it still works today. Whats more, as it was so cheap I've been happy to take it into non camera friendly environments rafting, caving, climbing, sandboarding.... and got some great pictures. Yes it stopped working, but being "old technology" I was able to take it to pieces, use the s/o's mascara brushes and dust the sand out. Works as good as gold and is optically great. Best AU$40 I've ever spent.

[ernokaikkonen 0]

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There are two national chains Ted's Camera Shop and The Camera House with branches in the Sydney CBD.

Yeah, I've been to both of them. Ted's was way more expensive. The guy who I talked to didn't really seem to want to make the sale. He just read the prices for all the gear I wanted from the catalogues, with no attempt to make a packge deal of any kind.

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But I also bought a used minolta with a 28-90 zoom lens from Ca$h Converters in Brisbane. Its old as the hills and rough looking. But it was only AU$40 including 3 rolls of film and it still works today.

I've been to quite a few pawn shops, looking for cameras in the Canon EOS series. For some reason the prices of used cameras are almost as high as the prices of new ones. In some cases an EOS model from a few years back has been much more expensive than a brand new camera!

Thanks for the help, I guess I wont find any better deals than I've found so far.

[Squeak 17]

Erno PM me he details of what you're after I'll look in some of our shops here for you.

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[Jiggs 0]

Stay away from chains such as that as you will get hosed. I am in Melbourne and I am lucky enough that along Elizasbeth street there is at least 6 places to get prices from. You might want to check out some of the online places but I don't have much experience on that score.

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