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While looking to buy lowepro in India, I cam across this post - 5 Best online photography shops in India

Which ones have you guys used?
I personally think jjmehta is bit on expensive side now.

Any other sites/shops that people frequent here..

Nice, but all prices are on higher side.

Hello Friends, Old Delhi Photo Wali Gali is a gold mine for photo equipment and accessories - 100s of shops.
Problem: we forget the smaller sellers and patronize only the big fellas.
Do look up this galli next time you are in Delhi on business / fun.
I have bought some great stuff there - to name a few, M42 to Bayonet Adapter - very well made in aluminium, Step up / down rings, Close-up K-mount Tube Set - 3 pieces, slave flash modules, flash brackets, fun lens prisms - different effects, some unique effect filters, hand straps, padded cases for my lenses, hand strap & regular broad strap ... and lots of other useful goodies. All Made in India.
There are bargain lenses and cameras too, but alas, I buy most of my stuff abroad.

@nanhi. Good piece of info. May be the Delhi Pentaxians can visit these shops occasionally and let others know what are available and what prices. The others could pay you (+auto charges ) and you could ship the items back to the rest of the Pentaxians. What say?

Thanks Shiva, I live in Bangalore and am desperate to get to Delhi.
I'll be there in December and you bet I'll splurge some moolah on lots of photo gear at half the price of Bangalore. One of them will be a Reverse Mount Adapter for Macro work.
I'd further like to share with my Pentaxian friends how cheap old manual lenses are in the US - M42 as well as well K mount when compared to Bangalore, Gandhinagar.
For $ 10 a piece I picked up a Yashica 50mm f1.7 MC Auto and a Sears 28mm f2.8 (made by a famous Japenese co). Equivalent quote here Rs 1500 to Rs 2000.
And some of my friends in Bangalore have bought old lenses from ebay - no customs duty were charged.
I am avoiding DA lenses - useless the day Pentax comes out with a Full Frame.
Happy hunting folks.

@nanhi. I too live in Bangalore. Do let know when you go to Delhi. I will give you my shopping list

Did anyone try 'shopyourworld.com' ; online?

Not sure about shopyourworld.com, but I am almost in a trap of a chinese fake/scandal site called zol-jpese.com. Be careful with such sites, always try to buy from reputed sellers and sites.. my friendly advise.

@ntrao. The site seems too good to be true. DA300/4 for about $500?
What kind of trap are you in? Did you pay and item not delivered yet?

@siva: Check this link. zol-japan.com - Electronics Scams
Nobody on earth can sell you for that low.. and there are many chinese site like these with ZOL***
I ordered DA15 from them for (an unbelievable) just above $200 and then got a doubt on the site. Started googling, but there is no info at all available on this site. Then, they started pinging me for money, I asked them for a paypal account for payment, they don't have.. then started googling with their bank account details and found many such sites are having the same bank a/c details. It is clearly scam website with some very nice pictures.. to tempt you. Now, there are many people who are trapped and you can listen them crying in various forums. Thank God, I saved my $200 and bought a DA 12-24 from another forum member for $600.

Close call. Good thing you did not pay immediately.
Post some pics with your 12-24. Is this shipped directly to India? Any customs duty levied on this wonderful piece?

Hey Siva, Rao sahib, Mohan and all my Pentaxian Friends, please stick to ebay, amazon, B&H, some 3 Bangalore Stores in Gandhi Nagar - see Bangalore Photography Club.
Please use your friends visiting the US for the best prices.
Even in the US there are plenty of fraud Stores in the Brooklyn NY area. Check consumer reports before you buy.
Yep, Rao sahib post some shots with your astonishing Pentax DA 12-24 zoom.
For poor Pentaxians there is the Sigma 10-20 equivalent. And for still poorer Pentaxians there is a Samyang (Korean Co) ultra wide Zoom + a prime.
I have a Samyang Zoom Binocular with BAK prisms and I can swear by it.
The only difference is that the Pentax has better flare control - with its super multi coating.

Has anyone tried Calcutta Markets for lenses? I hear you get some really good cheap lenses there.. All Old ones.. Luckily they work with new pentax dslrs

of the one mentioned here, smartshoppers is known to be reliable and cheap but unfortunately they don't stock anything pentax...

Nanhi, I was in Delhi recently and I asked local friends but unfortunately couldn't locate Photo wali gali. I had very limited time but will be visiting again. Would be great if you can share the direction or google map co-ordinate.