I was in Cairns just before Christmas and quickly decided that it was not
the place to go hunting for OM equipment. Walked the city and found little
of interest. Chris's suggestion of Phototechnical Services is probably the
best spot, although when I was there they did not have much OM stuff, a 1-13
screen in a 1-4 box, a hotshoe 2 and a couple of offbrand lenses.
There is a Cash Converters south of the city (Mulgrave Rd I think) who had
some Oly gear but I thought it was quite highly priced for the condition. I
did pick up an XA though. My wife would be dissapointed if I came back from
a business trip without at least one new camera :-)
Stephen
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Christopher Biggs
Sent: Monday, 24 January 2000 12:55
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] .......... Cairns, Australia ..........
claire <clairetm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> moved upon the face of the 'Net and spake
thusly:
> Dear friends........
> Can anyone point me to a good camera store there ?
> (interested in OM and Leica eqpt)
I lived in Cairns for about 12 years, and was last there when I
visited my parents in Dec 1998.
There aren't any real "pro" stores in Cairns, at least, not when I
lived there.
"Smiths Camera" in Lake St (on the mall) is the largest store in town.
I bought my first camera (my tired old OM-1, for $90) there in 1990.
There's a small hole-in-the wall store called "Phototechnical
Services" in an arcade that runs between Lake and Grafton Sts, across
the road from Smiths. The arcade is called "city arcade" I think.
They do repairs and servicing, and have a large (for Cairns) selection
of used gear.
Lab wise, I was happy with the slides done by "Northern Photo
Express", a minilab who do 2 hr slides (again, on the mall in Lake
St.). I noticed in 1998 that there are some newer pro labs a few
blocks north, but I never used them.
HTH
Chris.
p.s. Check out Peter Lik's gallery (ilfochromes from 6x17cm panoramas)
when you're there.
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