Dubai, Prague, St Petersburg, Moscow and Beijing...

I'm leaving for the Trans-Siberian Railway in two weeks!

Apart from endless fantastic photo opportunities, it has been pointed out to me that this is a good chance to pick up some cheap+interesting gear (brass lenses, maybe an Iskra) that wouldn't normally make it to the west or wouldn't be worth shipping. I have 3 days in Prague, 6 in St Petersburg, 2 in Moscow & 3 in Beijing. Plus 4 in Mongolia and 5 in Guilin/Yangshuo but I don't expect so much shopping there ;) Does anyone have suggestions for interesting secondhand gear shops in these cities?

Of course if there's something that I must go see/photograph in any of those places that you think I perhaps don't know of, by all means I'd like to hear about that too.

Foto-Skoda in Prague.

http://www.fotoskoda.cz/

The shop contains everything from subminiature to large format.

And Jan Pazdera just across the street from Foto-Skoda! Much more interesting IMO.

In S-Pb there are minimum 3 good foto second-hands.
But they don't like internet :))

I may write adresses, if you want. Some of them in the center of the city.

And ofcourse there are a lot of interesting places in S-Pb and around...

In Moscow there is kutuzov photo. They are located in the center. They have a lot of large format stuff, leicas, hasselblad etc. in second hand. Web-site is http://www.kutuzov-photo.ru/ Be mindful that prices in Russia are maybe 20% more expensive than in the USA. Usually, all prices include VAT. Good luck!

Steve

thanks all; what are these stores in St.P, mamanton? That's the one large city I don't have recommendations for yet.

Other recommendations I've had include:
- fotofishka, ekta-f and kamepa in Moscow
- Fotooptika in Prague
- Wukesong mall in Beijing

High prices is a bit discouraging, but then I'm not looking for western gear.

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Originally Posted by polyglot

thanks all; what are these stores in St.P, mamanton? That's the one large city I don't have recommendations for yet.

Other recommendations I've had include:
- fotofishka, ekta-f and kamepa in Moscow
- Fotooptika in Prague
- Wukesong mall in Beijing

High prices is a bit discouraging, but then I'm not looking for western gear.

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http://fototechnica.ru/ - Vasilevsky island

http://b-w-foto.ru/ - center of thw city
http://www.maksilab.ru/module.php?division=catalog - center of the city

http://yarkiy.ru/main/news/view/313/ - not far away form the center

http://shop.foto-one.com/catalog/ - far away from the center