Digital Cameras In Thailand

[Mozzbie47]

Looking to purchase a digital camera. I like the NIKON D5200, an OK camera without spending a kings ransom. My question is, are cameras cheaper to buy in Thailand.

[terry57]

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Not really.

Best avenue of attack is to research the Camera you want and buy it from the Internet.

I bought mine from Hong Kong and had it sent to Aussy.

Saved a hundred bucks.

[terry57]

I purchased the Nikon 9100 by the way. Been a good Camera for a point and shoot.

[Dillinger]

Dont buy electronics in Thailand. I bought a friggin Nikon J1 in a "sale" at Swampy duty free. After googling in the airport lounge, I discovered it was cheaper in Argos. Wankers.
Those Thais are a robbing bunch of bastards.



Here's a look at the Malaysian Apple store vs the Thai apple store

iPhone 5
Thai- 22,900 baht
Malay- 21,702 baht

New Macbook Air
Thai- 31,900 baht
Malay- 29,597 baht


iPad mini
Thai- 11,200 baht
Malay- 9,859 baht

http://store.apple.com/my

http://store.apple.com/th

[WilliamBlake]

Looking to purchase a digital camera.

Here's a useful side-by-side camera comparison site. Good luck!

http://www.dpreview.com/products/compare/cameras

[expattaffy]

Looking to purchase a digital camera. I like the NIKON D5200, an OK camera without spending a kings ransom. My question is, are cameras cheaper to buy in Thailand.

Waste of money. they will soone be obsolete with everyone being satisfied with their phone camera

[Looper]

^^have to pay that.

have been using that site for years and never knew they had that compare function!

[Mozzbie47]

Looking to purchase a digital camera. I like the NIKON D5200, an OK camera without spending a kings ransom. My question is, are cameras cheaper to buy in Thailand.

Waste of money. they will soone be obsolete with everyone being satisfied with their phone camera

Maybe, but im'e interested in a camera, Digital SLR.

[Thaidan]

I think electronic are more expensive in Thailand. I bought just a Nikon 16-85 mm for 23.000 Baht my friend bought it in Swiss for only 18000 Baht.

Yesterday I saw the D5200 in BigCamera costs 21.900 Baht it comes with a Kit Lense 18-55mm

[Mozzbie47]

I think electronic are more expensive in Thailand. I bought just a Nikon 16-85 mm for 23.000 Baht my friend bought it in Swiss for only 18000 Baht.

Yesterday I saw the D5200 in BigCamera costs 21.900 Baht it comes with a Kit Lense 18-55mm

Thanx Thaidan, the price in Australia is about 25500 Baht and that's with bigger tele lens, the supplier's have sale's, usually before the end of June with a 30% discount, makes it worth while to hang off and buy it here. The added benifit is, if there is a problem with the camera, it is easy to take it back and get it serviced.

[DrAndy]

Dont buy electronics in Thailand. I bought a friggin Nikon J1 in a "sale" at Swampy duty free. After googling in the airport lounge, I discovered it was cheaper in Argos. Wankers. Those Thais are a robbing bunch of bastards.

if you buy anything in an airport shop you are going to pay a lot more

Electronics are cheapest in the States, and then Europe nowadays

Whilst Thailand says it is a low tax shopping paradise, sort of, they still stick import duty on luxury items

you can get your tax back when you leave though

[Rainfall]

Looking to purchase a digital camera. I like the NIKON D5200, an OK camera without spending a kings ransom. My question is, are cameras cheaper to buy in Thailand.

Waste of money. they will soone be obsolete with everyone being satisfied with their phone camera

No, they don't have optical zoom, HD video, and the many manual settings you need to get a good result. If you shoot everything in auto mode you notice how crappy vidoes and pics get when you shoot in poor or artificial light, the hue wildly changing from greenish to pink. Flash and autofocus are also poor in phone cameras, you can't put them on a tripod, etc etc.

I bought a Canon Powershot for some 2,400 Baht two years ago, makes excellent 1080p videos and 4k by 3k pics max. The videos of the small Canons are the best, they have a really good autofocus so that the video remains sharp when you film moving objects. Once familiar with the manual settings, the colours are always nice and rich. Makro 3cm. Broke a couple of weeks ago. Had 4 Canons back to back now, and they all lasted apr. 2 years.

[BigRed]

No, they don't have optical zoom, HD video, and the many manual settings you need to get a good result. If you shoot everything in auto mode you notice how crappy vidoes and pics get when you shoot in poor or artificial light, the hue wildly changing from greenish to pink. Flash and autofocus are also poor in phone cameras, you can't put them on a tripod, etc etc.

Quite agree. If you want to take serious pictures you need an SLR. If you take control of focal length, aperture, and shutter speed manually you are on the way to learning to take good photos.

[roger77]

Wife bought a nikoff in Aus, at the time it was cheaper than Thailand however with the fluctuations of the Baht/dollar it was soon cheaper in Thailand.
In Aus there was a huge difference in price from where you bought it.

[Notnow]

Looking to purchase a digital camera. I like the NIKON D5200, an OK camera without spending a kings ransom. My question is, are cameras cheaper to buy in Thailand.

Waste of money. they will soone be obsolete with everyone being satisfied with their phone camera

Good prediction. PCMag says Nokia will announce a 41 megapixel phone camera in July. No typo, that is 41 megapixel.
Also, I just bought a holder for phones to use a tripod, about $10 on Amazon. The time is rapidly approaching when software will emulate filters and lenses. SLR is still better, but don't invest a fortune in the tech.

[xanax]

yes 41 megapixal taken through a crap bit of glass for a 'lens' and having a processor the size of a pea. Why do people just go on the megapixal size? means nothing on it's own

[DrAndy]

^ because they don't know anything about cameras?

[palexxxx]

+ another advantage of slr cameras is that you can remove the lens and fit another with greater focal length (big telephoto's) until you can have interchangable lenses on a phone I'd stick with a made for purpose camera to do the job.

[Mozzbie47]

^ because they don't know anything about cameras?

Agree,,,, Phone cameras have come along way, but you cant expect to take excellent photo's with a 7 mm lens, they just dont allow enough light in etc.
The down point of a good Digital SLR is they are a bit more complex than a point and shoot camera, they are actually quite complex to use, but when mastered, the results are fantastic. When I say that, that is where im'e at, the mastering part.

[mark131v]

Nokia have already got the 41 MP cameraphone out is called the 808 pureview and the camera and video is awesome, it has a carl zeiss optics and a big hump on the back to house the sensor, I have had one for nearly a year now and it is really good, the real party trick is something called lossless zoom ie, you take a picture at 38MP (the maximum you can actually use) and you can then basically zoom in and in to the picture I have taken loads of phots where you can get several pictures out of one shot with no loss of definition. They reckon nokia actually did it to prove it could be done before they moved over to windows phone and though they have brought out other newer pureview phones they are shite compared to the 808

[Phuketrichard]

mp's are a crazy way to base buying a camera UNLESS ur going to be making 60x80"" prints. I am more than happy with 16 mp's nikons

DSLR's will be around for awhile.

Prices,
states run about 10-15% less than Thailand

[Mozzbie47]

Thanx Richard, when the time comes I will get me a Nikon.