Over the last 15 or so years I have had periods of major investment in new (or new-to-me used) lenses. Always I have sold older gear to help finance the purchase of the newer must-have items. Camera bodies as well as lenses. Looking back, some of the ones I regret parting with include all of my father's gear. There were plain-vanilla M-series lenses, a 50/2.0, a zoom or two, a couple of ME bodies. Nothing that I would use now, but in the grand scheme of things the money I made from the sales doesn't compensate for the loss of the sentimental treasure.
In my own purchase/sell dealings, I fondly remember the K 85/1.8 which I sold to finance the FA*85/1.4 , and I have equally fond memories of the FA*85/1.4 and FA*24mm which I sold to help finance the FA Limited 77 and 31 and 43. The FA* 80-200 was stellar, but the DA* lenses I bought with the proceeds from that sale are smaller, lighter, and equally good. These and similar exchanges I would do again today. I do miss the FA 20-35, that was a sweet lens and, even though it would be totally redundant with the DA* 16-50 and a couple of primes in that same range, I wish I had held onto it. A nice compact lens that gave very nice results. Ones that I wouldn't let go? The 77 Limited. The FA*200/4 Macro. The holy trinity of DA* zoom lenses: 16-50, 50-135, and 60-250. stan On Feb 14, 2013, at 8:33 PM, John Coyle wrote: > I think there are two - one I still have. This is a Vivitar 135/1.9 (screw > mount), which is a great > portrait lens, both on film and digital, despite the increased working > distance on the latter. It's > very sharp, but the maximum aperture allows DOF to be controlled really well. > The lens must be > about fifty years old at least: I bought it second-hand in about 1970. > The one I regret having to part with is the Pentax F70-210/F4 PZ: beautifully > sharp throughout , and > not too heavy despite a very solid build. > > I may have to add one too - the most useful lens in most of my current > photography, an SMC-Pentax > DA16-45, a great lens for travel. > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia > > > > > > 12. feb. 2013 kl. 19:03 skrev Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com>: > >> I thought it might be an interesting discussion to ask the PDML >> assembled, the following question: >> What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* part with)? I >> have the feeling some interesting stories, images, and >> who-knows-what-else might come from this thread. Depending upon >> everyone's participation (of course) it has the potential to be a >> whopper of a thread. >> >> I'd like the discussion to include anything & everything, from manual >> focus screwmount lenses up to the latest technology. >> Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to pop some popcorn in anticipation >> of the coming show. >> > -- 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.
