Patience... I have been looking for one for ages. I think one thing to do is to watch smaller forums than ebay, especially those that are not auctions, and shops that are not too experienced with used Pentax equipment. Ebay is too well known and the price gets too high.
Pentax is not very popular in Norway any more but they did have a large marked share here in the 80's, so there is a lot of old equipment around and a lot of people with no idea of the price. Prices are usually lower than outside Norway. I've seen a couple of A* 85's and even A* 135's at good prices, but usually they disappear very fast. This time I was lucky. I found mine on a Norwegian forum http://www.foto.no/bruktmarked/ . Click on "Alle 35mm" on the left (or "Alle mellomformat" for medium format) and then choose "Pentax" under the box called "Merke". The guy who sold me the 135 still has a K 50mm 1.2 for NOK 2000 (~$300), two A 70-210 for NOK 700, and in another ad one K40mm 2.8, two K35mm 2.8 and a K28 2.8 for NOK 300 each, as well as an A35-70 4.0 for NOK 500. He seems to be reliable and rates the quality of the lenses as good (mine was "As new", which it is). DagT > fra: Mishka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > dato: 2004/12/03 fr AM 01:09:43 CET > til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > emne: Re: Enabled.... hmmm > > i'd easily pay a few times that. but they are really hard to get by. > the last one i saw > on ebay went for >$1500, iirc. > so, yeah, you guys are disgrace to the human race! i only wish i could > join you there :) > best, > mishka > > > On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 13:48:33 +0100 (CET), Frank Wajer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mishka, > > > > you'll hate me even more, I found one for EUR 295, :-))))))))))))))) > > This lens is really difficult to find, and I couldn't believe it when I saw > > one for sale, grabbed it immediately of course, and I'll never ever let go. > > > > Frank > > > > > > > > >i hate you too. > > > > > mishka > > > > On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:05:52 +0100, DagT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The A*135 1.8 is even larger, but I couldnīt resist at the price of NOK > > > 3500 (a little more than US $500). > > > > > >
