Buying Cameras

[Floridalover]

BestBuy are really good. Remember any charging equipment will come supplied with a US plug. Not a big deal but bear it in mind you'll need to buy a US to UK adaptor so you can use it back at home. Particularly cheap are memory cards and accesories so make sure you stock up and its worthwhile asking if they will offer discount on buying 3 or more items. I got an extra 10% off my memory cards when I bought 3 at the same time.

[annemarie]

Thanks for all the hints and tips - much appreciated - re the import tax - does anyone roughly what we would pay on a $899 (dollar) camera.

cheers

[blott]

You'd normally pay VAT (17.5%) and import duty but I don't know how much that would be I'm afraid. You could try the Customs and Excise website at http://www.customs.gov.uk though.

[phaedra]

Rough guide is to add 20% to 25% to the price, I bought a Minolta 7Hi for £650 from Cameta Cameras in New York in Dec 2001 when they were over £1000 here!.

Since then prices are not that much different, shopping around the larger net sites can find some good prices here as well, the new 8Mp Minolta A2 is about $999 (£570) in B&H, Ritz etc. but can be got here for £539. Same with memory cards and rechargeable batteries, I've never found a price in the USA that was cheaper than 7dayshop or Crucial here in the UK.

Some things are cheaper though, last trip I picked up a Sigma flash gun from B&H for about £112, cheapest UK price was £175.

If it's the Canon Digital Rebel (or EOS 300D here in the UK)it's currently about £725 for the body and £835 with the Canon EF-S 18-55 lens.

[Rhosyn]

Hi Beryl here
not up on cameras but I'm thinking about treating myself to a new diggie video camera as mine is so large and outdated by a life time, anybody got any information or experience on this as I will mainly be using it in the U.K. [)]

[wilfy]

having just dug out my old minolta 35mm, and this thread got me to wondering if minolta do a digital body for my minolta lenses, (i have wide-angle up to 600mm) Lo and behold, they do, a dynax-7 digital, so if i can find one when we're next out at our place, i may be tempted.

After all that rambling, anyone else done similar, ie taken their 35mm camera lenses and mated to a new digital body?

Update: , just found that the minolta-body will not be on-sale till august.

[phaedra]

Wilfy, the Dynax-7 digital isn't released yet, it's due for sale in Autumn. It will take the standard Minolta AF series lenses.

Details here http://www.minoltaeurope.com/pe/phot...equipment.html

[wilfy]