fwiw, I bought one on ebay for about $700 three years ago, then I got a M42 Tak version (no smc) about a year later for about $550, and then I sold the SMC K version for about $900.
I prefer the M42 version as it's a manual lens anyway, fits more cameras, and the lack of SMC doesn't really mean much on a 5 element lens. What I could have done in hindsight was kept the SMC version and swapped the rear mounts so I would have had a frankenlens, SMC PENTAX, with M42 mount. Never occurred to me until now.... JCO -----Original Message----- From: Andre Langevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 12:20 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax 1,000mm F8 K lens >On Jan 19, 2005, at 1:58 AM, Cotty wrote: > >>I'm sure Peter in Sunny Brighton used to have one for sale. He might >>even still have it. > >Stop it, you're making me feel guilty :) > >It was me who pointed out a very large Pentax-labelled trunk case >while waiting in line for Photographica to open for dealers. > >I don't see it on his website: perhaps he kept it for shooting, >ummm, wildlife on Brighton beach. > >Cheers, > >- Dave > >http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ I am pretty sure Peter sold it on eBay some time after he offered it twice on the PDML. Not sure how much it sold, but quite less than a grand if I remember well. Andre
