All the pros (and wannabes) shop at the extensively stocked Cathay Photo, filled to the brim with cameras, lenses and filters. Across the hall a second store (01-04) bursts with lighting, video and printing equipment. Peninsula Shopping Centre across the road has several good secondhand camera stores.
Cathay Photo
Colonial District, the Quays & Marina Bay
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Nearby Colonial District, the Quays & Marina Bay attractions
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3. Civil Defence Heritage Gallery
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