"What it's worth", did you say? What it's worth, is what it sells for, by
definition.
John
On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 19:29:35 +0100, P. J. Alling
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Right there's no demand for K/M lenses, yet even the ubiquitous f2.0
50mm lens sells often sells for 2 to 3 times what it's worth on e-bay.
Anything in the least rare or special and the price goes out of sight.
These can't all be being sold to collectors.
Pål Jensen wrote:
JCO wrote:
Regarding millions of lenses I think that it's often
forgotten that SLRS used to be much more popular mainstream photo
items before the advent of advanced P&S cameras that followed
them in the 80's. So back in the K/M era which was ALL THEY MADE
from 1975 thru 1983 not only were there many more lens
buyers, at that time PENTAX had much more market share too.
(years earlier PENTAX made the most popular SLR in the world
the spotmatic, boy times have changed)
the pentax M cameras in particular were very popular cameras...
Those two factors combine to mean that millions of K/M lenses
were made and sold during those years.
Sure, but most don't want old lenses. They want AF lenses with added
functions like metering options and perhaps IS. In addition, most want
zoom lenses these days (they count for 99% of lens sales!) wich offers
higher speed, better quality, and/or larger zoom range than lenses of
the past. The few people cherishing old glass are a minority.
I made the statement
before that no one questioned which totally surprised me but
I wouldn't be surprised if there are MORE K/M lenses
in existance than ALL OTHER LATER SERIES COMBINED because
by the time A/F/ and FA lenses came out SLR popularity had
waned substatially in general and at the same time PENTAX
lost a lot of market share on top of that. The A lenses
are far rarer than K/M lenses and in my experience
so are the rest.
Pentax have made 9 400 000 K and M lenses. By the mid/late 90's they
hade made 7 200 000 A, F and FA lenses. By now these may have surpassed
the K and M lenses in volumes.
Both Minolta and canon had AF well before
Pentax did and that may have a major reason why
pentax lost market share, I don't know, but that's why I said
millions of K/M lenses.....
Nope. Canon released AF about the same time as Pentax (1987). Pentax
was inndeed firts of all with AF in 1981 (ME-F) but there was only one
lens...
Now if anybody wants to argue
that matter BRING IT ON because I would love to see some
real production data or more info on it but I do know
See above...
Unfortunately, this isn't a numbers game. People today buy different
lenses than 30 years ago. How many lenses that is out there doesn't
really count that much...
Pål
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