John Forbes wrote:
Yes, but Rob has been in the market since 1988, and in Australia, and
before the internet, and perhaps buying new. Not many Pentax lenses
are worth more than they were new.
Although some of the more high end lenses are selling for exhorbitant
prices right now. See the recent thread on the 80-200 2.8 ($2100). The
A* 85 is another example.
These are definitely more than new prices for these particular lenses.
John
On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:23:10 -0000, Paul Stenquist
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Then you overpaid. That's your fault, not Pentax's. Every lens I
bought in the last three years is worth at least what I paid for it.
And we've know for at least three years that Pentax was most likely
going APS-C. It wasn't a secret
On Feb 28, 2006, at 8:16 PM, Rob Studdert wrote:
On 28 Feb 2006 at 18:58, Paul Stenquist wrote:
But your A, FA and LTD glass is worth more now than it was then. And
you can now buy what was then the best Canon offering for about half of
what it was selling for at the time. You're way ahead of the game if
you switch now. So falling for the carrot saved you big bucks. Make
yourself happy and buy the Canon.
There is no way that my lenses will return me more than I purchased
them for,
it would be lovely if that were the case but it's not. I've compared my
purchase prices with the current market values and it just ain't so.
If I had a
drawer full of FA80-200/2.8 zooms that may be the case but I don't. So
basically I'm well behind where I would have been had I not
purchased Pentax
kit over the last few years plain and simple.
Rob Studdert
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Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
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