Comments on: Buying SLR Camera Lenses in Bangkok

By: Aiden

Aiden — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:28:54 +0000

HiMike

I have a question i’ve rcently took up photography and i bought a Canon 550 D starter pack which includes a 18-55mm lenes, 50mm lense and a 70-250 lense. I’d like to purchase a bigger lense to go with what i have, where can i buy and what should i buy once i’m in Bangkok?

Thanks for your posting helped alot,

By: Mike Behnken

Mike Behnken — Wed, 18 May 2011 13:19:44 +0000

Sorry the late response… you want to check photofile in MBK shopping center. http://www.fotofile.net/

By: Pret Immobilier

Pret Immobilier — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 09:10:23 +0000

Hi, i would like to know if you have good adress of shop selling USED cameras ?

I will be in bangkok in 7 days and i ‘d like to buy a Nikon FM2n

thanks!

Fab

By: Deb

Deb — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:16:32 +0000

Make your DSLR related purchases in shops that offer th Canon Marketing Thailand warranty (1 year) + 1 year international warranty by Canon Japan. Pantip is ko for computers/laptops CD ROM and sub 10000 THB cameras. When you are out looiking for a 7D go to a shop like world camera at Siam Paragon, Photofile at MBK or a couple of big authorised dealers in Central Plaza (Rama III). or http://www.digital2home.com.

Most shops in Pantip offer white warranty cards which are useless and you could possibly be paying for a refurb piece of equipment, the Canon warranty card here in Bangkok is green and white.

There is an excellent camera shop near MRT Pahon Yothin (towards Union Mall Side). The equipment there is top gear nd the prices are very very good (legit goods).

If you are a Nikon shooter do check out NIKS Thailand…its not cheap but they have a wide assortment of Nikon products (I saw one shop in Paho Yothin and 1 near SalaDaeng-Patpong).

PIX-ONE is not bad. I bought my camera bag opposite PIx-ONe.

Siam Paragon has a couple of gpood camera outlets on the 3rd floor. Also look for pohotohut group shops in Bangkok…they are a big chain and stock lots of stuff.

I bought 2 Canon 105 IXUS / IXY camera (retails at 5999THB) at Pantip for 5000 THB each with shop warranty. BUt my 450D and lens/filters were from photofile, zoom camera, world camera etc.

Also if you are in Thailand for the electronics expo (June and November) you could expect to pay 10 percent lower on the retail prices + lots of freebies. The fair is called COMMART …it also offers LCD/LED TVs laptops etc much much cheaper than regular prices.

Thanks for letting me post

By: Josh Davis

Josh Davis — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:35:59 +0000

I saved 30% on a Canon 430II external flash at AV Center. Photofile wanted 12,500 THB at the time. AV Center took 8000THB cash. Brand new, with paperwork and works a charm.

By: rodelus

rodelus — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:45:31 +0000

G’day Mike.
Thanks for this post mate. I did a research on the net regarding shopping for slr lenses on the net prior to me flying to bkk to visit my gf. I found this post so useful that i’ve decided to print it out and take it with me to thailand when i went there towards the end of Jan. I ended going to Pantip by the way, as per your advise and I did go to AV centre. I was haggling to get the price really down at that shop but unfortunately, when they checked their stock level, they ran out of stock (Nikon 18-200mm VRII). I ended up buying my lenses at a shop called Digital City. I bought the nikon 18-200mm VRII, nikon 35mmf2D, nikon 10-24mm, nikon EL15 and nikon MB-D11. I find shopping in bkk so cheap (really cheap compared to singapore). If I bought all these in australia, I would have paid easily $AU500 to $AU700 more. So thanks for your advise. I remember my nikon dx 18-200mmVRII is $AU600 and in the shops here it would cost me between $659 to $850

The only thing I can share here is this, I have checked all the warranty of these items and they do have a 1yr return to shop policy but the expensive lenses have international warranty on them. The thing is, i bought the lenses and tried them straight away the following day by visiting shrines around bkk. i made sure they get good use. I have had no issues so far (knock on wood) and if there would be any issues, then i would not mind going back to bkk as there are so many places to photograph there and that alone would be an awesome excuse (and me seeing my American gf there is a damn good excuse by any means too). Anyways, my purchase was a matter of buying it new and also biting the bullet because Second hand lenses on AU ebay are still so expensive and would not have the same warranty as offered on those items i bought.

My personal verdict is this: I’ll go back and shop again at Pantip and haggle whilst avoiding tourists who go there and loudly say “OMG, that is cheap” (which I have encountered there more than often coming from americans : ) – it does make haggling a bit more difficult really!…… cheers mate.

By: admin

admin — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 09:06:30 +0000

I don’t remember but I think it was 10,000 baht

By: Audrey

Audrey — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 06:15:00 +0000

Hi Mike,
just wondering how much did u pay for the Nikkor 50mm f1.4 lens in baht??

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:10:57 +0000

Denny .. thanks for the limk!

Does anyone know of any other Thai on-line camera stores?

By: Denny

Denny — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 13:36:02 +0000

Hi
As far as i know, the cheapest camera shop in bangkok is PIX-ONE. You can check and compare the price in their website http://www.pix-one.com.