Product List, retail sites and price guides (update 04)

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Share a retail list with y'alls. but bear in mind it is mainly for DSLR as I'm not familiar with other systems. also added a small portion on travel photography

all product listing follows this nomenclature
country of origin - brand and series/model name (link specified to the country)



Links to backup posts
1. General buying guide, retail sites
2. links to price guides
3. Product Listing: Digital Camera system/bodies
4. Product Listing: Film/other Camera system/bodies
5. Product Listing: Interchangeable lens & filters
6. Product Listing: Tripod/support systems
7. Product Listing: Camera Bags
8. Product Listing: Lighting
9. Product Listing: Viewfinder, Maintanence, miscellaneous accessories
10. Product Listing: Photo storage, Post-processing
11. Binding services
12. Regarding travelling...



General buying guides

Solarii's "Everything You Need To Know Before & After Buying Yr 1st dSLR" (payable), 2nd edition

will be adding very slowly as i come across some reviews.

Comparison of wide/ultawide angle lens
Ken Rockwell ultra-wide 2006
Nikonians ultra-wide 2005-2006





Retail sites both online/shopfront, local/overseas

Retail Shop List in Singapore
List of better known shops in Singapore
Product listing from cathay photo


Local Online Retailers
Perly
perfectpixelcameraparts.com
Tagotech & PQ23's site at clubsnap


Overseas Online Retailers
Malaysia: Shashinki (clubsnap), (main)
US: B+H (US)
US: Adorama (US)
UK: Robert White (UK)
HK: Maxsaver.net: can consider their B+W filters, took about 1-2 weeks to arrive. look at this thread
US: Buydig recommended in this post

Overseas Shop General Pricelist / Buying overseas
HK - Tin Cheung (HK): shop
Japan - Photoguide Japan: link, In Tokyo, you should check out fujiya camera in Nakano - just a couple of stations away from Shinjuku (from tetrode )
US: forum with B&S (local) Fredmiranda recommended in this post

 

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Links to price guides (user maintainence)

Compacts, Ultracompacts, Prosumers
Digicams pricelist

Bronica medium format system
clubsnap link from skyestang

Sony, Konica-Minolta DSLR
KM & KM-Compatible Lens Pricelist

Nikon DSLR
Nikon & Nikon-compatible-3rd party Pricelist
Nikon Lens in HK Pricelist

Canon DSLR
Canon DSLR Pricelist
Canon Lens Pricelist
Canon Accessories Pricelist
Canon 3rd Party Pricelist

Olympus DSLR
Olympus equipment Pricelist
Olympus Zuiko Digital Lens Pricelist

3rd party Lens
Sigma Lens Pricelist
Tamron & Tokina Pricelist

Other accessories
Lowepro bag Pricelist
Crumpler bag Pricelist
Filters Pricelist
Gitzo Tripod Pricelist

Memory cards
Compact Flash Pricelist (started in 2006 Apr 10)
Compact Flash Pricelist (started in 2006 Aug 06)
CF & SD Pricelist



Links to price guides (web admin maintanence)
Display
Graphic cards
Printers
Scanners
Software: only got 1 item so far, ADOBE Photoshop CS2 (Box Edition) at S$1176.
portable memory cards

 

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Product Listing: Digital Camera system/bodies

Larger format Digital or Digital back/adapter systems
USA - Leaf camera backs (global) (now under Kodak)
USA - Mega-vision (main)
Germany - Leica R system with digital module (usa)
Germany - Contax 645 (usa)
Germany - Rollei (special, metric)
Switzerland - Sinar
Sweden - Hasselblad (SE in english)
Japan - Mamiya (usa), (uk), (main)
Japan - Komamura Horseman (usa)

DSLR system/bodies: 1.50 aspect ratio
Japan - Nikon D (global), (sg)
Japan - Canon EOS (sg), (usa), (hk)
Japan - Konica Minolta Dynax (ca) now under Sony
Japan - Sony alpha (sg), (usa)
Japan - Fujifilm S3 pro (global)
Japan - Sigma SD series (usa), (jp), (uk)
Japan - Asahi Pentax K & *ist (global)
Korea - Samsung Techwin (global), (usa) similar to pentax at the moment

DSLR system/bodies: 1.33 aspect ratio
Japan - Olympus E (sg)
Japan - Ma-tsu-shi-ta National Panasonic Lumix DSLR (global) capable of shooting to 1.50 and 1.88 aspect ratio

Bridge/Prosumers: Fixed lens often with SLR-style sidegrip & manual exposure controls
Japan - Canon Powershot (sg), (usa), (hk)
Japan - Olympus SP & C (sg)
Japan - Sony Cybershot DSC-R & DSC-H (sg), (usa)
Japan - Fujifilm S (global), E (global)
Japan - Ma-tsu-shi-ta National Panasonic Lumix (global)
Japan - Asahi Pentax Optio 750Z (global)
Japan - Casio Exlim Pro (usa)
Korea - Samsung Techwin (global), (usa)
USA - Kodak Easyshare (usa)

Digital compacts ("C") and ultracompacts ("UC") (aka point & shoot)
Japan - Nikon Coolpix (global), (sg), accessories (global)
Japan - Canon Ixus (sg), (hk)
Japan - Olympus mju (sg) , FE & C (sg)
Japan - Konica Minolta Dimage (ca) now under Sony
Japan - Sony Cybershot DSC all cybershot (sg), W&S "C" (usa), T&N "UC" (usa)
Japan - Fujifilm (global)
Japan - Ma-tsu-shi-ta National Panasonic Lumix (global)
Japan - Asahi Pentax Optio (global)
Japan - Ricoh Caplio & GR (asia)
Japan - Casio Exlim Card & Zoom (usa)
Japan - Sanyo VPC (global)
Japan - Yashica (defunct from 2005)
Taiwan - Benq DC (global)
Korea - Samsung Techwin NV "UC" (global), digimax "C/UC" (global 1, 2, 3), (usa)
USA - Kodak Easyshare (usa)
USA - Hewlett Packard Photosmart (global)
USA - Vivitar (global)
Germany - Leica (usa) similar to Panasonic
Germany - Zeiss-Ikon Contax (usa)
Germany - Rollei (main)

Underwater cameras
Germany - Cullmann
Japan - Sony (sg)
Japan - Pentax Optio W20

 

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Product Listing: Film/other Camera system/bodies

Larger format Film SLR
Japan - Asahi Pentax (global)
Japan - Toyo (usa) under Mamiya
Germany - Zeiss-Ikon Contax (usa)
USA - K. B. Canham (main)

35mm Film SLR
Japan - Nikon (sg)
Japan - Canon (hk), (usa)
Japan - Asahi Pentax (global)
USA - Vivitar (global)
Germany - Leica R system (usa)
Germany - Zeiss-Ikon Contax (usa)

Rangefinders
Germany - Leica M (usa), M limited editions (usa)
Germany - Zeiss-Ikon Contax (usa)
Japan - Epson R-D1 (usa), digital rangefinder

Special effects camera
Austria - Lomo's lomography shop (US)
HK - Holga's Holgamods (US)
USA - Polaroid (sg)

 

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Product Listing: Interchangeable lens & filters

DSLR Lens proprietary makers
Japan - Nikkor (global)
Japan - Canon (hk), (usa)
Japan - Olympus Zuiko E (sg)
Japan - Sony alpha (sg)
Japan - Asahi Pentax (global)
Germany - Schneider-Kreuznach D-xenon (global) for Samsung DSLR
Germany - Leica (usa)

DSLR Lens 3rd party
Japan - Sigma (usa)
Japan - Tamron
Japan - Tokina
USA - Lensbabies
Germany - Carl Zeiss-Ikon (main), ZM lens (limited information)

Fisheyes from brands apart from above
Japan - Yoshida Raynox
Belarus - Belomo Peleng (DE review in english), (BY homepage in english)
Russia - Zenitar (RU in english)

Conversion lens, teleconvertors, magnification tools, adapter rings
Japan - Olympus (sg)
Japan - Sony (sg)
Japan - Asahi Pentax Photolupes (global)
Japan - Fujifilm (uk)
Korea - Samsung Techwin (global)
Taiwan - Giottos (main)

Special / other lens
Germany - Linos Rodenstock (main)
Germany - Schneider Optics (main), (industrial optics)

Round screw-on filters - common brand
Japan - Nikon Filters
Japan - Hoya
Japan - Kenko, Konix (no English webpage found)
Japan - Marumi
Germany - Schneider B+W
Germany - Heliopan
USA - Tiffen

Round screw-on filters - less common brand
Japan - Sony (sg)
Japan - Zenza Bronica (google link) now under Tamron.
Germany - Contax (uk)
Germany - Rolleiflex (google link), Rollei (google link)
Germany - Rodenstock sold to Linos AG phototonic (Germany)
Germany - Hama (UK)[/QUOTE]
Taiwan - Giottos (main)

Square filters, e.g. graduated density
France - Cokin (FR in english)
UK - Lee (UK), Lee (US)
USA - Singh-Ray
HK - Tianya 天涯滤镜 (retailer site)

Lens Hoods
Japan - Nikon Lens Hoods (sg)

 

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Product Listing: Tripod/support systems

High end
Korea - Markins
Switzerland - Foba
Switzerland - Graf's Studioball
Switzerland - Arca Swiss (no webpage found)
Germany - Linhof
Germany - FLM gmbh (de in eng)
USA - Acratech
USA - Wimberley
USA - Kirk
USA - Reallyrightstuff
Canada - Jobu

Mid range
Italy - Manfrotto
France - Gitzo
Germany - Cullmann
Germany - FLM (distributed via omega satter)
Germany - Novoflex (tripod), (head & accessories)
Taiwan - Giottos
Taiwan - Feisol
Japan - Slik
Japan - Velbon
USA - Tiffen's Davis & Sanford

Others
Singapore - PPCP (SG)
Japan - Sonystyle (sg)
US - Joby Gorillapods
Canada - The Pod (beanbags)
Australia - Miller
UK - Benbo/Uni-Loc (website not found)
China - Benro (take note benro v.s. benbo)
China - Kangrinpoche

 

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Product Listing: Camera Bags

Shoulder/Side Sling, daypack types
UK - Billingham
UK - Fogg
UK - Nat Geo from Barbour, from other retailer, from skyestang
Germany - Cullmann
France/Belgium - Delsey (French) & Agena (Belgian)
Israel - Kata
Australia - Crumpler (AU)
Taiwan - Giottos (main)
USA - Tamrac
USA - Lowepro
USA - Tenba
USA - Domke
China - Safrotto (CN in chinese)

Hard casing
USA - Zero Halliburton
USA - Pelican (US), Peli (EU), Distributor in sg
USA - Hardigg Storm cases (main)
Japan - Nikon Trunk Case CT series
Japan - Sony
Germany - Cullmann
some discussion on pelican and hard casing in general

Portable/bodyclinging (SBO types)
USA - Newswear
UK - Snapper Stuff (global) selling thinktank products in UK
USA - Think Tank (global), recommended review & FAQ 1, 2

Travel Vest
UK - National Geographics (global)

Weather covers
USA - Vortex Media Storm Jackets
Further information in this thread (note: mass order is over)

Underwater casing
Japan - Olympus underwater casing (sg)
Japan - Fujifilm underwater accessories (uk)
UK - Aquapac (main), (usa: camera casing)
Canada - Aquatica (main: pdf product retail prices) - for Canon/Nikon DSLRs
Canada - Bonica Precision (main)

Lens Pouch
Japan - Nikon lens pouch

 

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Product Listing: Lighting

External flash (proprietary)
Japan - Nikon Speedlight (global), (sg)
Japan - Canon Speedlite (usa), (hk)
Japan - Olympus (SG)
Japan - Konica Minolta Maxxum (CA) (discontinued)
Japan - Sony (sg), (usa)
Japan - Asahi Pentax (global)
Japan - Matsu-shi-ta National Panasonic
Korea - Samsung SEF-36PZF flash for GX-1
Germany - Leica SF 24D flash for R9 DSLR

External flash (3rd party)
Japan - Sunpak (JP)
Germany - Metz (DE)
USA - Wein
Germany - Cullmann
HK - Achiever (hk)

External flash diffuser
Japan - Sunpak (JP)
USA - Lumiquest
USA - Gary Fong's Lightsphere
USA - Stofen

Flash brackets
USA - Stroboframe (main) under tiffen

Grey cards
USA - Expodisc

Light meters
Germany - Gossen (DE)
Japan - Sekonic
Japan - Asahi Pentax Spotmeter (global)
Japan - Konica Minolta Maxxum (CA) (discontinued)

Studio lights, stands & diffusers
UK - Bowens
Italy - Cosmolight (IT)
Switzerland - Elinchrom
Sweden - Profoto
Singapore? - Suntax (SG)

 

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Product Listing: Viewfinder accessories

Angle finders
Korea - Seculine Zigview (KR), Intro 2020 (UK distributor)
China - Seagull angle finder (CN retailer site)

Note: Seculine does not reply to email even if it is partially written in Korean.

others
Switzerland - Alpa viewfinder for medium formats (ch)





Product Listing: Maintanence equipments

Drybox
Singapore - Digi-Cabi
Japan - Toyo living totech Super Special Series, professional, dry bags
Japan? - Akarui (cannot find webpage)

Sensor Cleaning
Canada - Visible Dust

Cleaning kit
USA - Kinetronics
USA - Photographic Solutions
Canada - Lenspen
Taiwan - Giottos blower & cleaning kit




Product Listing: Smaller miscellaneous accessories

Proprietary Makers
Japan - Fujifilm (uk)

Shoulder Straps
USA - Op/Tech
USA - Upstrap

Smaller accessories
HK - Jenis
USA - Op/Tech
USA - Hakuba
USA - Lenscoat
Taiwan - Giottos (main): remotes, media casing, screen protector

Miscellaneous
Japan - Kenko-Tokina (JP in Japanese)
Japan - Niko Cosina (JP in Japanese)
Austrian-Germany - Voigtländer (DE in English) now under Cosina

 

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Product Listing: Photo storage

SD cards, CF & other flash memory cards
Japan - Olympus xD card
Japan - Fujifilm xD card (global), various memory types (uk)
USA - Sandisk
USA - Lexar
USA - Corsair
Taiwan - Kingston
Taiwan - Kingmax
Taiwan - Twinmos
Taiwan - A-Data (US)
Taiwan - Transcend (US)
Taiwan - PQI
Japan - Hagiwara (US)
Japan - Toshiba

Card holders
Germany - Gepe (global)

Portable storage
Japan - Epson: portable photoviewer
Japan - Sony
HK - Anpson Digimate (UK)
Taiwan - Vosonic
Singapore - Eastgear compactdrive
France - Archos
Korea - Savit Micro Fotomore & NextoCF; Fotomore II
China - XS drive





Product Listing: Post-processing

Photoediting software (retail)
Japan - Nikon Capture (global), (sg)

LCD monitor display
Korea - LG
Korea - Samsung
Japan - Eizo Nanao
Japan - NEC
Japan - Sony (SG)
Taiwan - Viewsonic
Taiwan - Benq
Taiwan - Acer
Taiwan - Chimei
The Netherlands - Koninklijke Philips Electronics (SG)
USA - Dell
USA - Apple Mac
USA + France - LaCie électronique d2

Printing/Color calibration
Switzerland - Datacolor & Colorvision
Switzerland + USA - Gretagmacbeth

Slide & Film Scanning
Japan - Nikon Coolscan (global), (sg)

 

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Binding services

Retail Binding Services in Singapore
1. Glory workz: 12 stirling road #30-13 S148955 , Tel/Fax 64736592 , HP 90079472
2. Beautiful Memories: Stanford Road (sells Glory Workz stuff (look for Sanjay)
3. Fotohub: Suntec website
4. Simple digital: blk 231 bain st #02-09 bras basha complex, facing NLB that row of shop.
5. IQ Industrial Pte Ltd: contact Kelvin Chean, email: iq_industrial@hotmail.com, Hp: (65) 9455-1066, Tel: (65) 6456-1530
6. Ultra Supplies: Queensway Shopping Centre, #03-37/45, Tel: 64796074 (look for Eddie), 3 days service - S$15, 5 days service - $9.50, 1 day service - $40, 1 hour service - $80
7. Classic Book Binder: Blk 30 #03-92 Defu Lane 10, S539211, Tel 63824597, 62808720
8. nucolor: straddle stitch, does digital printing on their digital printer and than staple together for you
9. Shop at Whitesands Pasir Ris: that's one shop in whitesands pasir ris. 3rd floor
10. Selegie and Zap it at Causeway Point

Industrial/Commercial Printing/Binding Services in Singapore
(open currently to strictly Professional Wedding Photographers only on a business to business basis)
Kikuze: KiKUZE Solutions Pte Ltd
6 Aljunied Avenue 3 #01-02, Singapore 389932, It's a green-yellow coloured building, just look out for it and walk towards it. The entrance to our factory is near the security guard post side. If you enter from the side gate near the bus-stop, just walk straight towards the other side. Tel: +65 6746 8765, Fax: +65 6746 2550, E-mail: enquiry@kikuze.com. (Professional Wedding Photographers can contact nick: igpenguin at clubsnap regarding order details)

Retail Binding Services in Overseas
Pixart (MY)



Retail Printing Services in Singapore
1. Beautiful Memories: Stanford Road (sells Glory Workz stuff (look for Sanjay)
2. Kim Tian: 531 Upper Cross St #01-06 Hong Lim Complex, Singapore
050531, Contact: 65381422, Email: ktcolour@pacific.net.sg, OPERATING HOURS: Mon-Fri 9:00am-8:00pm, Sat 10:00am-7:00pm, Sun OFF, (across the famous "you ji mian"). Very good service and fast also. Look for Michelle or Peiyun when you get there, very pleasant ladies to work with. (from EJB)
3. Miao Laan Color Centre: Blk 154 #01-302 Bukit Batok St 11, Behind Mcdonald's and next to KFC, Tel: 65641062, Look for Kelvyn to help you.

 

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Regarding travelling...

will be starting a small component on this.

Text
Lonely Planet - my favorite text

Web
Wookup - resources put up by enthusiats, it is a waste that a lot of effort is being put in but participation is not strong (which is always the case for many travel websites), lot of questions posted but never anyone who is free enough to go back to answer...

My favorite clubsnap travel photographers
go to advanced search, key in the "User Name", choose "find threads started by user", choose "search in land/citiscape and travel".

not in sequence...
1. melnjes
2. eikin
3. zerodivine
4. w.s.
5. hosea
6. E500
7. nuts
8. arttl
9. splutter
10. wormz777
11. rawbean
12. offspring
13. SniperD
14. behyx






dig out the following from my dead old thread that i can't possibly maintain

How do you plan your travel photographic gear

Lens
The lens you used for travelling? 2005 Dec
Which Travel Lens To Get?
What lens to bring for travel?
If only 1 len which one would you bring
Need help in travel photography.
All in 1 Travel Lens...
For travel use....Which lense you think is suitable for me?
Good travel lens... advice needed
A Good Canon Travel Lens
Travel Lens
Travel lensNeed recommendations for lens (for travel usage)
What lens do you bring when you travel on vacation?
land/cityscape & Travel Lenses

Bags
Not obvious camera bag
Recommendation for camera bag
travel tips for a "virgin"
Bags for travelling

Storage
Cheapest way to store pictures during travel

Preparation for weather
Safe to bring DSLR to France during winter?

Others
Travel photography
Digital Photography Travel Checklist??

How size should I print out my photos?
Megaweb photosize
ISO paper sizes

Where to host your pictures
some of the few places i used.....
Photobucket
Picsplace

Where to share your picture galleries
1. your own website
2. clubsnap
3. World is round