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Waterproof D Camera - Manchester, Frankfurt or S Africa?
I want to get a waterproof digital camera to take during some light diving.
Maybe the Olympus Mju 790SW or the Pentax Optio W30. We go on Monday so I don't have time to get it anywhere online so does anyone know which is likely to be cheapest - Manchester Airport, Frankfurt airport or in a camera shop in south Africa (Cape Town)? Thanks |
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Waterproof D Camera - Manchester, Frankfurt or S Africa?
"Emil Tiades" wrote in message ... On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:02:37 -0000, "ME&YOU" wrote: I want to get a waterproof digital camera to take during some light diving. Maybe the Olympus Mju 790SW or the Pentax Optio W30. We go on Monday so I don't have time to get it anywhere online so does anyone know which is likely to be cheapest - Manchester Airport, Frankfurt airport or in a camera shop in south Africa (Cape Town)? Thanks Before worrying about saving a fiver, consider "what if it breaks later" You can always post it back to the South African shop and pray the saint patron of clueless shoppers... Personally, tomorrow I would go to a camera shop/store not far from where I live, but I am not you. Makes sense unless ......you buy a camera at home to go on the trip of a lifetime on the other side of the world where the camera fails.Electronic equipment failure mainly occurs very early in ownership (or two days after the warranty expires) .Leaving you in the hands of the patron saint of clueless shoppers as you are nowhere close to the home dealer and royally stuffed - pay by credit card for that bit of protection and source an authorised dealer in SA that will supply with worldwide warranty (olympus policy applicable since 2004 dunno about pentax).I have compared prices at manchester ( while making deliveries) and they dont seem a lot better than the usual suspects try http://www.dixonstaxfree.co.uk/ for your starter for ten- remember the airport shops don't carry a huge stock due to the space factor but they will get stock in to order if you give fair warning ( can't believe I put Dixons on a customer service footing so maybe not) . Derek |
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Waterproof D Camera - Manchester, Frankfurt or S Africa?
"Emil Tiades" wrote in message ... On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:05:08 GMT, "Derek" wrote: "Emil Tiades" wrote in message . .. On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:02:37 -0000, "ME&YOU" wrote: I want to get a waterproof digital camera to take during some light diving. Maybe the Olympus Mju 790SW or the Pentax Optio W30. We go on Monday so I don't have time to get it anywhere online so does anyone know which is likely to be cheapest - Manchester Airport, Frankfurt airport or in a camera shop in south Africa (Cape Town)? Thanks Before worrying about saving a fiver, consider "what if it breaks later" You can always post it back to the South African shop and pray the saint patron of clueless shoppers... Personally, tomorrow I would go to a camera shop/store not far from where I live, but I am not you. Makes sense unless ......you buy a camera at home to go on the trip of a lifetime on the other side of the world where the camera fails.Electronic equipment failure mainly occurs very early in ownership (or two days after the warranty expires) .Leaving you in the hands of the patron saint of clueless shoppers as you are nowhere close to the home dealer and royally stuffed snip In which case he purchases one locally [one of the options] and gets his money back on the faulty one when he returns home. Or buys two, and returns the second later if it is not needed. |
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Waterproof D Camera - Manchester, Frankfurt or S Africa?
At the risk of sounding like a Jonah, but to be honest the "standard advice"
is not to take a new camera on a trip, especially a "once in a lifetime" one. The logic is that it's best to familiarise yourself with the camera before you go, the theory being that you will not accidentally erase the photos on the last day of your holiday? Hope you have a good trip. MH |
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Waterproof D Camera - Manchester, Frankfurt or S Africa?
wrote in message ... At the risk of sounding like a Jonah, but to be honest the "standard advice" is not to take a new camera on a trip, especially a "once in a lifetime" one. The logic is that it's best to familiarise yourself with the camera before you go, the theory being that you will not accidentally erase the photos on the last day of your holiday? Hope you have a good trip. MH Thank you everyone. It's not really a trip of a life time, it's actually business but I have the chance of a cage dive with sharks and wanted to make sure it was on camera as I'm not likely to do it again. Currys duty free didn't have any of them on site so I guess I'm going to have to try to find one tomorrow or just get a cheapie film one |
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