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m00nless
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I will probably be visiting Dublin in Ireland soon and I was thinking if there are any camera shops there selling binoculars of reasonable quality.
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Robert A.
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If you are interested in a Nikon E2, you might find for sale there!
It is a special non-waterproof binoculars that is light and nimble.
Rob.
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m00nless
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Where exactly can I find these?
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Robert A.
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That is the key question.
I just know that Britain is supplied with the Nikon E2's but it was decided that it was withheld from the USA.
Now if I go to Google.uk, and do a search, I find that the Nikon European website,
http://www.europe-nikon.com/family/en_GB/categories/broad/10.html
I look up the sales locations of the Nikon binoculars, and there seems not to be any in Ireland! Can anybody find that I am wrong?
You would have to purchase them from England and have them mailed to your Hotel or family friend.
Bristol Cameras
Amazon store UK
These are just two links I found. I do not know about how it is to do business with them.
With these two links, it shows them for £359.00 to £466.66.
You would have to be motivated to go for them!
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DLitster
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Loc: Dublin, Ireland
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Hello Moonless,
I live in Dublin and there is one store Con's Cameras I know of that stocks a decent range of binoculars. This store is located near the city centre on Clarendon Street in a nice area of town and one of the main shopping districts.
They stock several models of the main big brands, Nikon, Canon, Leica, etc and also do a mid range brand called Opticron which I am not that familiar with.
One thing to be aware of it that Binoculars are expensive over here. If you will exporting them to outside Europe you should be able to get a VAT rebate of 21.5% off the retail price. I'm unsure if the store can sell you them less the VAT or you have to complete some sort of export form to claim it back afterwards. Given that we are in the middle of a economic recession its well worth haggling for a discount on price, esp on the higher end models.
As Robert says, you should be able to purchase some models not available in the US, e.g. Nikon E2 10x35. However as an example the quoted price for this model on the Con's Camera site is 713.59EUR or approx 1050USD (this will include 21.5% VAT).
You should also be able to purchase Fujinon binoculars like FMT-SX 8x30 and 10x50. The Fuji film stores can get them for you special order which might take a week to order in. Bear in mind that their stores mainly sell cameras and film processing so may have limited/no knowledge of binoculars. I'm not aware of Fujis being available off the shelf or even advertised in any of their stores. I you want to enquire on this further I'd recommend the Fuji film store in Dundrum Shopping Centre fujiimageservice@gmail.com or +353-1-2967359. Ask for the store manager Noel Cassidy.
If you are here for a while you could also purchase mail order from the UK at:
Amazon UK
Warehouse Express
Note pricing will be in GBP(British pounds) and not EUR from these sites.
David.
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m00nless
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I am looking for something in the 60-80mm aperture range. As fas as I know none of the above brands (except Fujinon) offer such binoculars. How come brands such as Helios that are so widely available in the UK are not available there?
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KennyJ
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Dublin strikes me as a rather odd chocie of location at which to buy almost ANYTHING , apart from Guinness ! :-)
I say this based on reports from friends who have visited Dublin recently and claim thar prices in general are considerably higher than even in London -- which in turn has prices of everyday goods and services averaging around 25% higher than the north west of England .
Kenny
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Swift Audubon Kestrel 10 x 50
Helios 15 x 70 Observation
Strathspey 20 x 90
Televue 76 APO
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DLitster
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Loc: Dublin, Ireland
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Hello Kenny. Yes it is fairly expensive here and one think thats not in your favour coming to Ireland from the UK right now is the exchange rate, the EUR is strong against GBP. Speaking of Guinness - the drink is 250 years old today.
Moonless - The market is much bigger in the UK so many more brands are available there - the population in Ireland is approx 4 million and in the UK 60 million or so.
Best of luck with your visit... David.
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