LBA confessions

thoughton
Posted 27/05/2010 - 16:11 Link
Dr. Mhuni wrote:
Singapore's an obvious outlet for my LBA too - though from online research Pentax doesn't seem to be that easy to get there, and the prices are comparable to the US (which, with the strengthening dollar, ain't so cheap any more). Judging by ebay prices, HK may be more promising. Maybe Tim (Thoughton) has some insider knowledge here?

If you do get to Singapore let us know how you get on.
I'm pretty sure that the 'Clubsnap' forum (which has an active Pentax section) is based in Singapore. I read their RSS feed occasionally, they seem a friendly bunch.

I'm afraid I didn't look at many camera shops in Hong Kong. Visited a couple of the majors downtown but the only Pentax gear I saw was all 645 stuff (in fact I was surprised how much of that there was).

Although in retrospect perhaps I shouldn't have been surprised, HK people tend to be very image conscious, everyone aspires to wear designer clothes, and expensive gear is always considered superior to inexpensive gear, regardless of the actual performance. (These same camera shops had several used Zeiss lenses on display all in the £2000+ range).

There are more Rolls Royces per capita in Hong Kong than anywhere else in the world. And Ferraris for that matter. Even though there is nowhere to drive to
Tim
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Edited by thoughton: 27/05/2010 - 16:14
Dr. Mhuni
Posted 27/05/2010 - 17:12 Link
Cheers Tim, will check Clubsnap out.
Mhuni

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dougf8
Posted 27/05/2010 - 17:50 Link
Bag buyers anonymous is open for business.

With the addition of a new (to me) bag I have more space than kit.
Does anyone know of a cure for this.
Lurking is shirking.!
techno-terminator
Posted 27/05/2010 - 19:29 Link
Just remember the old saying :-


Rubbish expands to fill the space available





let the education continue

proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
dougf8
Posted 27/05/2010 - 19:38 Link
techno-terminator wrote:

Rubbish expands to fill the space available
I was just wondering how much space was added to the server?
Lurking is shirking.!

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