welcome to Tokyo Tuesday if you're a
regular viewer welcome back today we're
talking cheap camera gear right here
IKEA have it up and I wasn't even
planning on making this video today but
daagon do it so you say you need three
cameras don't worry all right moderately
exciting news just landed a gig to shoot
a concert but I'm gonna need an extra
camera because I've only got two and I
need a third so that's what we're gonna
do today I already have one in mind the
trick is just finding it cheap so step
one is to find the actual camera I do
like to buy things in a physical shop
whenever I can sometimes I do purchase
online when it's much cheaper but Japan
has a great price compare site that not
only helps you find the cheapest option
but find the ones that have physical
shops as well there are three criteria
that I want to be number one low price
number two if I can physical store and
number three I want to find a place that
actually has their own insurance policy
because I tend to break my gear
so we're gonna start with a search
there it is right there the shop here
has none in stock plus it's not even in
Tokyo this wink shop right here it's in
Tokyo and they have a shop and if you
look over here they do have warranty
options and just like that we're kind of
shopping it seems to meet all the
criteria so we're gonna go check them
out
and since the shop is in Akihabara it
gives us the option to take a look at
some other camera stores including some
that should be avoided additionally I'm
gonna sneak in a small hack here on how
to get stuff cheaper even at major
camera stores so just bear with me a bit
let's get going Renee Nucky habit an
area of Tokyo known for its availability
of electronics and everything like that
there's no shortage of electronic shops
here but there are a couple that you
should avoid one of the ones that I
would recommend avoiding is behind me
here so down over here we have swaggy
Toto station and right here we have this
place
while this shop does have pretty
friendly staff and a wide range of used
camera gear the prices are not ideal
some of the used lenses in there are
actually pretty close to their original
prices you can usually find it on like
yahoo auction or ebay for about half of
the price of what you would find it for
in that store
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with Akihabara being such an electronics
focused area a lot of people come here
assuming that it's going to be really
easy to find camera gear or used camera
gear but then they find out that it's
mostly computers and electronics and
stuff like that not so much camera stuff
so a lot of people will default by going
to places like Yoda washi camera soft
map or even big camera I personally
would recommend against this though the
main reason for this being is that the
prices are very very inflated one of the
reasons for this is that they all have
point cards so you get about 10% of this
back in point now a little bit of a hack
more often than not if you tell them
that you're willing to forfeit the
points they can actually decrease the
price by the amount of points that they
would give you so if you don't have a
point Carter you're not interested in
the points that's pretty useful
additionally a lot of them do do the tax
free as well so if you're just a tourist
and get tax free
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and I guess that brings us back here so
the shop that I founded is pretty close
to here so we're gonna go this way
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I'll admit it feels a little odd to be
walking this bridge right now love this
British also side note about the bridge
right over there beside the bridge
there's a tiny little hidden shrine it's
really cool check it out if you're in
Tokyo all right back to the camera
search
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alright it looks like the shop should be
right around here somewhere
I found it and actually I know this job
I've been to this shop before okay
alright now we're onto something now
that we found the shop I'm going to jump
in I'm gonna grab my camera and the lens
as well as my five year accidental
damage insurance that I need and then
I'm gonna show you guys some places to
get used camera gear on the cheap
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now there are a few things that you
gonna want to watch out for with this
shop number one the opening hours it
usually says from about 10:30 to 7:00
but some days like today they do change
it up to 6 p.m. the second thing is is
it's cash only so watch out for that now
for those of you who are like I don't
need a physical shop I can just do it
all online definitely you can in fact
the cheaper shops had this same gear
that I'm buying today for about 10 bucks
less each also a full disclosure no I'm
not sponsored by this shop or bike cut
occur or anything like that
wish I was camera gear isn't cheap but
the concerts got that covered
mission accomplished bonus the staff are
really friendly that's huge to me
because if I don't go all the way out to
a shop to buy something the customer
service is got to be on point they were
really nice all right now we're under
the used goods so for used goods there's
three places I want to show you one
might be a little anticlimactic one is
really good and one is really cool
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the first one is borderline obvious but
a lot of people don't think about it
let's book off hook up is probably my
least favorite of the three options but
sometimes just sometimes you get
something decent in there there's also a
shop called heart off which can also be
found in the back streets about kihavah
Googler the other shop can be tricky to
find but there is a sign for it right up
there
again I'm coming to the physical shop
but this shop has one of the best online
used or as they say in Japanese to go
services I'll link it below this shop
has a huge selection of cameras and
lenses and it pales comparison to their
online selection
everything's also put into categories
based on its condition which is pretty
awesome
now the last shop we're going to the
last shop is a little goofy but it's by
far my favorite it's not just cameras
either and fair warning regular viewers
already know this place
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you want to make your way to this space
here right under the tracks I love this
place let's go
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hidden within these hallways which by
the way are amazing photography spots on
their own some of the best pictures I
have seen of Tokyo are just like the
staff sitting at the desks in the shop
they're gorgeous photos but hidden
within these walls is a shop that I
absolutely love in order to find it
we've got to go to the second floor the
excitement I feel every time I come
around those stairs and I see this love
this
you can see it's not just camera gear
and the camera gear that they do have
tends to be much older but I just love
this little shop
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not to mention that any time I've ever
needed a cable for anything ever I just
come in to this little shop right here
so there's little bonus for you
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ending on disclaimer this barely even
scratches the surface of amazing places
and IQ habitat a fine cheap camera gear
if you know anything definitely leave it
in the comments below but these are just
my favorite places the places that I
have used for the past five or ten years
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