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Q: Nikon accessories/lens shop in SF ?
Hi all I will travel to San Fancisco in Feb for a week and due to good euro/dollar rate I have a plan to buy some "hard to find" Nikon accessories from local stores. ... I have no money to buy all of these, but this is my wish list .. and I'm looking used items. - Nikkor 20mm f 3.5 AI or AIS model or - Nikkor 20mm f 4 AI or - Nikkor 18mm f 4 AI or - Nikkor 18mm f 3.5 AI or AIS - PC Nikkor 35mm or 28mm "lastest models" - Polaroid pack for FM-series - PK-series extension tubes - ML-2 remote control - DR-3 right angle viewing attachment - flash extension cables etc If you can recommended shop in downtown area, or San Francisco city area, please post followup or send email. (URL, email-address or street address) Btw, if you have any of above for sale and you live or work in SF and you are in town between 14-20.2.2004, please email your offer. Thank you, (Mr.) Saku Elovaara |
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Try Adolph Gasser, www.gassers.com.
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I think you'll find a better deal going out of San Francisco.
Keeble-Shuchat in Palo Alto (about 25 miles south of SF) is a great store. For better deals go to Santa Cruz (about 45 miles south of SF on the coast) to Camera Club (???, I believe that is their name). Generally, you want to take expensive California real estate pricing out of your purchase price as much as possible...nothing is cheap in the area you are going to, you'd probably do better on eBay or mail order, but I did think Santa Cruz pricing was closer to the rest of the country. Now, on NEW stuff, San Jose Camera was close enough to NY pricing that I seldom found reason to buy elsewhere (but some people don't like their "attitude"...I've never experienced it, but I have seen and heard numerous complaints)...and LZ Premiums in Campbell isn't bad either on new stuff. "Saku Elovaara" wrote in message ... In rec.photo.equipment.35mm Paul Rubin wrote: Try Adolph Gasser, www.gassers.com. Thanks. BR Saku |
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Saku Elovaara wrote:
I will travel to San Fancisco in Feb for a week and due to good euro/dollar rate I have a plan to buy some "hard to find" Nikon accessories from local stores. (...) You could take a look at a couple of SF places like: http://www.gassers.com http://www.photosupply.com but if I were you, I'd find someone with a computer connected to internet and follow EBay auctions. This is where you start your search for Nikkor lenses: http://tinyurl.com/325us As of today, 48 pages of Nikon mounts are available, for a grand total of 2,274 items, and that's pretty much your weekly average. Chances of finding exactly what you're looking for are much higher than in any store, no matter how big it is. |
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In rec.photo.equipment.35mm Paolo Pizzi wrote:
but if I were you, I'd find someone with a computer connected to internet and follow EBay auctions. This is where you start your search for Nikkor lenses: http://tinyurl.com/325us As of today, 48 pages of Nikon mounts are available, for a grand total of 2,274 items, and that's pretty much your weekly average. Chances of finding exactly what you're looking for are much higher than in any store, no matter how big it is. I have allready made about 30 deals via Ebay (Photo stuff), you can check my profile, userid are 'sakke' . But most interesting stuff sellers don't ship to outside US & Canada. And when buying something larger and heavier, shipping charges going quite high, easily +100 USD. ... and when the package coming in, I must pay clearance charge (about 5%) and value added tax (22%) from eg. lens price plus shipping. Let's calculate... Lens from US seller ................. $300 Shipping with UPS/Fedex/DHL ......... $100 clearance charge (5% of $300) ....... $15 value added tax (22% of $300+$100) .. $88 Total price ......................... $503 If I use USPS, it is cheaper, but the I must pay about $30 to local shipping company for paperwork. So, when I visit SF (short holiday with my wife). I use few time to visit local camera stores, check what they have and maybe I buy something. That $300 lens from ebay could be $400 in local store, but I still save over $100 ... And, when visiting shops in person, I can also check stuff myself _before_ buying.. .. and I'm searching only that kind of stuff that are hardly available in Ebay, eg. Nikon DR-3, Nikon IR remote control (ML-2).. I have not _ever_ found them in local stores in here Helsinki, Finland. Of course, they can "order" them from importer and sell them to me very high price, e.g ML-2 "list price" was few years ago in 610 EUR, about $780 .. In Focuscamera.com ML-2 set price was $380, ok, let's say that the retail price in local store are about $450 .. So, $450 in local shop in US, delivery time about 5 min ... compare $780 plus 4 weeks delivery.. ... If I spend $1000 for Nikon special stuff, I have earned flight tickets for HEL-SFO-HEL. (I just pay 510 eur, about $650 tickets..) Now I hope that you understand who I'm asking coodinates and names for SF area Nikon shops :-) My last visit was 1998 and I can't remember all thing in detail. BR Saku |
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Try Keeble & Shucat in Palo Alto or San Jose Camera down in San Jose if you
have the time. Keeble & Shucat was my favorite shop when I lived in the Bay Area. San Jose Camera is lower price, but not as much inventory, especially on lower volume items. Unfortunately, neither is in San Francisco, but the drive to Palo Alto is not very far (about 30 - 45 minutes). Roy www.lighttimephoto.com |
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Saku Elovaara wrote:
I have allready made about 30 deals via Ebay (Photo stuff), you can check my profile, userid are 'sakke' . But most interesting stuff sellers don't ship to outside US & Canada. Yeah, but they will ship to your hotel room (or a friend's house) in SF. That was my point... And, when visiting shops in person, I can also check stuff myself _before_ buying.. .. and I'm searching only that kind of stuff that are hardly available in Ebay, eg. Nikon DR-3, Nikon IR remote control (ML-2).. Well, if it's hard to find on EBay, don't get your hopes too high, because it will be even harder to find in local stores. Now I hope that you understand who I'm asking coodinates and names for SF area Nikon shops :-) Well, the two places I mentioned are still your best bet. Have fun and good luck. PS. If you have the chance, come down to LA, we have far more pro camera shops than the Bay Area... If you want, I can give you recommendations. |
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Roy wrote:
the drive to Palo Alto is not very far (about 30 - 45 minutes). Yeah, but only from about 2:00AM to 4:30AM... ;-) |
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"Paolo Pizzi" wrote in message
m... Roy wrote: the drive to Palo Alto is not very far (about 30 - 45 minutes). Yeah, but only from about 2:00AM to 4:30AM... ;-) One of the benefits of the technology market collapse. Traffic is not nearly as bad as it used to be. Roy www.lighttimephoto.com |
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