Graywolf wrote: >It must be the new *istDS owners. That lens only cost about $125 new, and hasn't >a great reputation (the 3.5 was better). I guess these insane new prices mean I >will never own that M20/4.0 I have always wanted. You guys who stocked up on >older Pentax lenses when they were cheap are going to be rich, Don.
That depends. In my country photographic eqeuipment (and most other stuff) is quite expensive (taxed). I guess I paid 300 USD for my first M 2.8/35mm in 1981. A Pentax *ist D body has a list price of 2600 USD. The same as the MZ-S. I bought my *ist D in Germany (internet) and paid 1600 USD (body only). A normal car (VW GOLF) costs 1 year worth of an average wages (50,000 USD)! This means, that I can buy stuff cheaply through ebay. But never really sell anything attractively :-(. What the h..., only 4 countries on this planet have a higher GNP/inh. than Denmark does - so I guess we'll survive... .. at least until China completely dominates the world economy :-/ graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- Don Sanderson wrote: > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3879053120 > > Holy Hoppin Horny Toads! > > Don > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.2 - Release Date: 3/4/2005
