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I was hoping some of you Melborne people could help me?

Does anyone have any recommendations on where I can get a Nikon D80 relatively cheap? Any personal experiences companies?

Im assuming an Australian model would be best as it will come with the relevant warranty and power cords etc?

Thankyou kindly
Samara

Check http://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au I think they have a melbourne store. http://www.vanbar.com.au they have a melbourne store

Thanks

Im starting to get a little disheartened - never thought d have so much difficulty findng something within my budget!

Should I stay away from hong kong models?

Try these guys:

http://photobuff.com.au/index.php?main_ ... cPath=7_13


76 Shetland Street
Endeavour Hills Vic 3802
Ph.(03) 9700 0504
Mob.0439 027 466

Hours: 10am - 5pm Weekdays
10am - 2pm Saturday

Great to deal with ,excellent prices, almost like Hong Kong Prices plus GST (ie. 10%)

Let me know how you go

Thanks for that! Thats definately more in my budget

if you wish to stay away from H K or similar you can have a look at these....gst included...12 months warranty.....trustworthy.... link below.

http://www.d-d-photographics.com/nikond80.htm

Thankyou Pa

dont DD Photographics & Photobuff source their stock from o'seas including HK? :S

-j

seeto.centric wrote:dont DD Photographics & Photobuff source their stock from o'seas including HK? :S

-j

DD does not sure about Photobuff, that is why I recommended VanBar and DCW

seeto centric wrote

dont DD Photographics & Photobuff source their stock from o'seas including HK? :S

dd photographics do

they look after they're own warranty...plus you pay gst

I emailed DD and got this reply:

Yes all of our Nikon D80 are Australian stock. They are all prepared for the Australian market and come with English manuals and Australian compatible power chords.

Bam wrote:I emailed DD and got this reply:

Yes all of our Nikon D80 are Australian stock. They are all prepared for the Australian market and come with English manuals and Australian compatible power chords.

What, precisely, did you ask them? That sounds like marketing doubletalk (aka bullshit) to me, and it sometimes helps to ask specific questions, and to pay very close attention to what is (and is not) said. AFAIK, their stock is sourced from HK.

You might try asking if their stock is coming through Nikon Australia, and if it carries a Nikon Australia warranty. Please use something very close to that exact wording.

"prepared for the Australian market" could mean anything, and wtf does "Australian compatible power cords" mean? Poon includes an adaptor, and IMHO that makes his power cords "Australian compatible". As all of the camera bodies, regardless of the distribution channel, are manufactured within the one factory, then it could be reasonably said that they are all "prepared for the Australian market".

I believe they offer their own warranty, but that is NOT a Nikon Australia warranty. Same with HKS, and I'm not for a moment suggesting that that is an issue. You simply need to be alert to what they are truly saying.

I asked them whether their Nikon D80's were Australian models. I will be very specific from now on, thanks for the tip!

Bam, how cheap is cheap to you?

http://www.digitalcity.net.au/store/pro ... oduct=2678 $962.40 ex. shipping (cannot get same price instore)
DCW comes close at a little over $1k.

-j

Thanks for that J! Do you know if its an Australian model? Ill email them when i get back home...

im looking at spending $1500-$1700 for body and lens (18-200VR)

No problems, afaik it should be Australian stock (ie. sourced via Nikon Australia) since its DIgitalCity and i've never heard of them dealing with grey stock before.
I'm not 100% sure.. but assuming that their online store is just a sidekick to their bricks and mortar operations then it should be the same stock regardless of which store you get it from.

If you're not sure, DCW (NSW based) and CameraStore (Sth Aust based) are definitely resellers of reasonably priced genuine aussie stock D80
http://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/prod3879.htm $1070
http://www.camerastore.com.au/frequentl ... stions.htm $1049

as for having the 18-200 and D80 for under 1700..you'll be looking at grey (non aussie) stock.
http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/sea ... d80+18-200


-j

Great choice of hardware, I have the D80 with the 18-200VR and love it.
I started with the 18-135 kit lens and it served me well but the lack of VR was annoying, if you can afford to start with a VR lens do so!