My friend saw me using the Olympus Mju Wide 100 a wide angle zoom compact in our last outing and was interested to get one for her coming trip to Beijing. From our experience, we find that the best bargain for such cameras is at the Sungai Wang Shopping Complex. We took her to the previous shop that I bought mine but surprisingly, they have turned themselves into a specialty shop for digital cameras. With the abundance of camera shops in the complex we very quickly just popped into the next shop which was just a few lots away.

We were lucky second time - no problem with the stock. However, when we heard the price, my friend was definitely even more lucky - only RM580. That was a real steal compared to the RM780 I paid when I bought mine early last year (same model). On top of that the lady running the shop seemed to be on a good day this morning and threw in a set of four Olympus designer watches with different colored wristbands to represent the four seasons. Well, the deal was quickly wrapped up with my friend getting the camera plus spare batteries and films and 4 free watches, all ready for her holiday.

We expected the price to have come down after a year but not that much. Well looks like the intense competition on pricing over digital cameras has also taken a toll on the film cameras as well so that is good news for camera shoppers, digital or film alike.

Nevertheless I am happy for my friend. She got a good bargain and a good Olympus camera. I’ll be looking forward to enjoy her pictures when she’s back from Beijing. As for myself, no regrets. The lovely pictures I took with my Olympus Mju Wide 100 on my trip to Shanghai last year are well worth the investment on my new toy. Hope my friend enjoys her new toy too.

Thanks to my Olympus Mju Wide 100, I was the only one in our tour group who managed to capture the above picture of the complete Tiger Hill Pagoda in Suzhou.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 12th, 2004 at 11:17 pm and is filed under General.