An amazing bargain on the TSN- 883 with the new zoom for anyone visiting Japan . . .
I just bought a perfectly legitimate TSN-883 plus WZ-11 zoom lens for the amazing price of a smidgeon under £1,600 from the giant BIC Camera chain in Japan.
Body
https://www.biccamera.com.e.lj.hp.transer.com/bc/item/1653751/
Lens:
https://www.biccamera.com/bc/item/1984067/
To get the final price deduct 10% from the list price (sales tax is not payable if you live outside Japan) and astonishingly, when I went to the store I got another 5% discount for paying with a credit card!
The price was so good I also got the
carrying case and a
Manfrotto 700 RC2 tripod head with the same levels of discounts.
The only downside is that the website did not work well and I had to visit two different stores in Tokyo to collect the various bits.
This new set-up deliver a wonderful first day:
1. Watching Japanese Grosbeaks, Hawfinches and Dusky Thrushes coming down to a stream to drink
2. Watching a cracking male Copper Pheasant going about his business for an astonishing 30 minutes! (NB pic not through the scope)
3. First views of a Japanese Flying Squirrel emerging from its roosting box before gliding away.
Cheers
Mike