On Mar 16, 2011, at 14:02 , P. J. Alling wrote: > Two years ago I'd have taken you up on it. >
You may contact me off list if you find yourself too shy to fawn in public, people. > On 3/16/2011 2:58 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: >> Anyone have $500 they might want to trade me for my -A version? >> >> Plus shipping, of course. >> >> >> On Mar 15, 2011, at 05:00 , Mark Roberts wrote: >> >>>>> He is on the right planet if he can find a serious collector: That's >>>>> not the standard 15/3.5 like I have - it's the very rare early version >>>>> with the aspherical element. According to Boz only about 100 were >>>>> made. >>>> If I was claiming that, I would have included a picture of the serial >>>> number - which just happens to be one of those listed on Boz's page. >>> If I were claiming that I'd: >>> * Make it perfectly clear in the text that this was the extremely rare >>> lens with the aspherical element >>> * Explain the history of how they came to be made >>> * Describe how to tell the difference between the standard 15/3.5 and >>> the rare version >>> * Provide a link to Boz's page documenting all this >>> * NOT CREATE THE EBAY AD IN RAVING 1996-STYLE NOOBIE HTML!!!!!! >>> >>> One of his photos *does* show the distance scale calibration that >>> gives this away as the rare lens, but you have to go researching on >>> your own to find that out. >>> >>> $2999.00 is overpriced, even for this lens, but he does have a "make >>> offer" option as well ;-) >> Joseph McAllister >> pentax...@mac.com Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com "Gaudeamus igitur, juvenes dum sumus..." http://tinyurl.com/ndmfhb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
