Shopping For A Camera In Bangkok

[bendejo]

Well, my camera looks like it is on it's way out, need to get a new one.

A pocket-sized one, Canon or Panasonic.

There is no end of camera shops in the city, but can anyone recommend a place for good deals, maybe even (shudder!) some sort of guarantee if the thing dies a few days after I buy it? I'm thinking of starting out in MBK or Pranthip. I know about the markets around the end of Yowarat, suspect most of that stuff is counterfeit.

[PortoPlom]

Pantip will have some good prices. You may be worth investing some time at the camera shops in Fortune Town on Ratchada.

[richard_smith237]

Maybe this thread will help..

I recently bought a Canon G12 from Fortune Town. But really, once you have established you are not getting ripped off they are all the same.

[Litlos]

I have a Panasonic Lumix FT1 which is good for work as is waterproof and can be washed, drop resistant etc. The GF has a cheaper Sony I picked up in Tesco which has the SD card option. The Sony takes better pictures than the Panasonic and was about a 1/4 the price.

As already suggested try somewhere like Fortune Town and you can have a look in Tesco for a baseline price and then there are the specialist shops for similar and more up market options. I believe that a Samsung I purchased previously at MBK for the GF (her idea) was a fake or second grade and did not last long. The Sony from Tesco has all the guarantee papers etc and in original box with all the bits, so 99% sure is genuine and no problems so far.

Have a look at Tohome dot com and Powerbuy co thailand for some online pricing as well.

Cheers

[bendejo]

Thanks for all the replies so far.

Yeah, I found when shopping the prices will eventually get to a norm, and then other prices will be about the same. The initial quest is to find the norm. But then it's a matter of the myriad models out there.

Lit, thanks for the micro-review, it reminds me how good the Cybershots can be. Last I looked at them, a few years ago, it seemed like they were putting out a new model every month, which made it difficult to decide which one to get.

I've been using Canons for maybe 8 years now. The present one uses AA batteries, which beats having to keep a special charger just for it. Good to hear Sony had models using SD cards instead of their own memory stick.